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LoathedVermin72 wrote:
BurtReynolds wrote:That because you're all dopes.
It's a numbers game, basically. There are way more Christians in the US than there are Muslims, and they have far more political power. While I do think, in this day and age, that Islam is the more dangerous ideology, it doesn't have enough traction in the US to be a comparable concern right now.
Sure. It's a bit of an apples and oranges comparison, speaking of the U.S.

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theplatypus wrote:They (radical Christians and radical Muslims) are scary in different ways
This!
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Rangi Guy wrote:
theplatypus wrote:They (radical Christians and radical Muslims) are scary in different ways
This!
*Fundamentalist Muslims

And while I agree, you can't vote to undetonate a car bomb in the next election cycle like you can a reduction in funding for women's health services.
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Okay, I will amend my statement to read *Fundamentalist Christians and *Fundamentalist Muslims
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theplatypus wrote:Okay, I will amend my statement to read *Fundamentalist Christians and *Fundamentalist Muslims
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*Soft Serve
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theplatypus wrote:Okay, I will amend my statement to read *Fundamentalist Christians and *Fundamentalist Muslims
Nah, change it back. Now it's all scary.
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"The fatal flaw of all revolutionaries is that they know how to tear things down but don't have a f**king clue about how to build anything."
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"The fatal flaw of all revolutionaries is that they know how to tear things down but don't have a f**king clue about how to build anything."
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Blasphemy laws are back!
The court also said the woman’s comments were not objective, failed to provide historical background and had no intention of promoting public debate.
As if any of that matters. European conception of free speech is so warped.
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Yeah that’s insanity
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https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opini ... 25997.html

Its an interesting article even if the framing is weird.

Is this part of a naritive to make things go full circle? Does Al Jazeera have a narrative here?
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Three months old, but a great discussion with Ayyan Hirsi Ali.

https://www.pbs.org/video/ayaan-hirsi-ali-10pnsj/
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theplatypus wrote:They (radical Christians and radical Muslims) are scary in different ways

My boyfriend was in a small rural town here for a funeral this weekend and was harassed verbally and aggressively for four hours by evangelical Christians from the states cos he was gay. He’s no shrinking violet but it was so bad he was afraid to go to the hotel reception and ask for the management. Wtf they were doing here in a small town I don’t know but if a similar group of Muslims were travelling the country doing the same thing it’d make the fuckin papers.

Extremist Christians are easily more dangerous than their Muslim equivalent in this context.
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Air Force grants first beard waiver to Muslim airman

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Bi_3 wrote:
Rangi Guy wrote:
theplatypus wrote:They (radical Christians and radical Muslims) are scary in different ways
This!
*Fundamentalist Muslims

And while I agree, you can't vote to undetonate a car bomb in the next election cycle like you can a reduction in funding for women's health services.
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Anyone who thinks Islam and Christianity pose an equal threat to the world is a fucking idiot.

Even in the U.S., evangelical Christians are facing their demise as the older generations die off.

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plus, the Christians are more attractive physically
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American evangelical Christian tries to bring God to North Sentinel island who’s population hasn’t ever been disturbed by well, anyone. Outcome=expected

Indian police struggle to get body of American killed by arrow-shooting tribe
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"The fatal flaw of all revolutionaries is that they know how to tear things down but don't have a f**king clue about how to build anything."
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Not nearly as despicably racist and vile as Trump's travel ban, but still:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/worl ... 56396.html
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