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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsYour Weekly Sunday Quiz #21
Yes, its that time again. Another quiz.
"C" if you can figure out the answers.
And no cheating.
The answers are:
A. ISIS/ISIL
B. Hamas
C. Both
D. Neither
___ 1. This group rules by violence, intimidation, murder and barbarism.
___ 2. In their own perverted interpretation of the Koran, they hang and kill gays without hesitation.
___ 3. They view women as 2nd class citizens who are subservient to men.
___ 4. They want to erase/ eliminate / murder all people in their domain who do not subscribe to their own religion.
___ 5. Some of them have called for a 2nd Holocaust against jews...because they are jews.
___ 6. They use media to recruit children to become jihadists and kill their "enemy". (war crime)
___ 7. They view Freedom of Assembly as punishable by death.
____8. Freedom of Speech is absolutely forbidden.
____ 9. They are considered a terrorist group .
____10. They commit crimes against humanity by torturing innocent people with rubber generator belts or cables, torturing people with electric shocks or dragging them by motorcycles as a form of intimidation.
And for extra credit.
___11.There are people who , rather than blame these acts by this group, put the blame on the US or Israel.
Next week quiz: #22.... Reality vs Fear mongering.
Rhinodawg
(2,219 posts)ok,ok.... i'll grade on a curve.
OffWithTheirHeads
(10,337 posts)Rhinodawg
(2,219 posts)but sorry.
customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)Has Ben Affleck turned in his quiz yet?
Rhinodawg
(2,219 posts)he got an A for sincerity..
and a F for reality.
customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)I'd start it out with the title of one of his recent movies "Argo f- yourself!"
Maybe when he was making that film, he went native?
cali
(114,904 posts)Rhinodawg
(2,219 posts)Used humorously, to go native means to take on some (or all) of the culture traits of the people around you, often said of people who go to foreign countries or far away cities. These traits may include dress, language, accent, etiquette, religion, etc.
Important: The common use of the phrase does not have anything to do Native Americans.
1: When he visited China he loved the culture so much that he disappeared and went native.
2: Better keep her away from the village. She might just go native on you.
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)Confusing the opinions of other with the reality we serve ourselves is an easy mistake to make... whether it's an actor during a round-table, a simply another poster advertising a bias.
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)For years I have been saying that many Democrats infantilize the Muslim world. Treating them as children who simply have no choice (due to Israel and US) but to turn to violence with not a word to how they treat their own people. hamas and isil are two sides of the same coin but I wouldn't expect many on DU to acknowledge that fact.
Violet_Crumble
(35,961 posts)That's bullshit. Show me these posts you claim exist where anyone blamed Israel for Hamas firing rockets at Israel. Or any DUer who's blaming the US for the atrocities carried out by ISIL.
What I have seen only two months or so ago was some DUers blaming Hamas for Israel bombing the shit out of Gaza. Remember that thing where 2000 Palestinians were killed by Israel?
So how about putting blame where blame's due and those who carry out the violence be held responsible for it, and that includes Israel?
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)I never said they blamed the US for Israel blaming hamas although I'm sure there were plenty of those. I'm talking about what isil and hamas do to their own people which people like yourself seem to ignore on a regular basis by bringing up Israel and the US. Do you think they're good for their people? How about the thousands that isil has killed? Want to blame Israel and the US for that also?
Violet_Crumble
(35,961 posts)So where's the links to where DUers have done that? It'd be far more convincing than a yawn followed by something that's blatantly untrue, which is the bit where yr now trying to make out I don't give a shit what ISIL and Hamas do to their own people.
I just find it amusing that while on the one hand you rightly want people to hold groups like ISIS and Hamas responsible for what they do, but don't feel the same when it comes to Israel slaughtering thousands of Palestinians...
I dunno. Maybe if you go back and read what I said and realise you appear to be tilting at strawmen? And then come back with those links to where DUers have blamed anyone but ISIS for the atrocities that have been happening...
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)so you can try that crap with someone else. I put the blame for what happened in Gaza squarely on hamas where it belongs. You can stop putting words in my mouth anytime now and try and deal with the truth - that DUers treat the Muslim world like fucking children who bear no responsibility for themselves. It's the US's fault, it's Israel's fault, it's imperialism, it's this crap, it's that crap. All excuses like children try in the sandbox.
Rhinodawg
(2,219 posts)didn't notice I said " There are people .....".
I never said DU. Sad that some people took it that way.
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)and meant it. I'm through pussyfooting around this issue and merely rolling my eyes at the insanity.
Rhinodawg
(2,219 posts)cali
(114,904 posts)You sound a lot like her.
Violet_Crumble
(35,961 posts)Nutty's also big on ignoring reality and not spotting the massive differences between ISIL and Hamas
PCIntern
(25,518 posts)Wow. I had no idea! I think you might wish to invite some to dinner with some of your Jewish friends and have a polite discussion. Perhaps things could be resolved!
Violet_Crumble
(35,961 posts)AS far as ISIL goes, it's rare to see Israel mentioned at all. And when it comes to the bombing and slaughter of 2000 Gazans recently, I'm aware that you wanted DUers to blame Hamas totally for that and not criticise Israel at all, but unfortunately for you reality isn't yr friend when it comes to that...
cali
(114,904 posts)One doesn't need to support Hamas to recognize that conflating it with ISIS is a tactic to shut up critics of Israeli policies vis a vis the Palestinians.
Violet_Crumble
(35,961 posts)Rhinodawg is just following Netanyahu's sloppy and dishonest script that he commenced when he tweeted that Hamas = ISIS thing...
King_David
(14,851 posts)Rhinodawg
(2,219 posts)I gave 10 points where they are the same.
lets see...
offensive
stupid
and my favorite of all time..."bigoted crap"
and yet no one can site anything wrong.
Rhinodawg
(2,219 posts)I think I'm falling in LOVE with you.
Orrex
(63,191 posts)And carpet-bombing vast swaths of Gaza in an unrestrained orgy of collective punishment.
Maybe you can include that on next week's push-poll.
PCIntern
(25,518 posts)I haven't read any point-by-point refutations of rhinodawg's assertions. Why might that be?
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)OP as a homophobe and forget hamas is a terrorist organization by anyone's definition. That's an inconvenient truth.
Warpy
(111,224 posts)I have no idea why those other names were there.
King_David
(14,851 posts)You can't tell which one from reading those points.
Rhinodawg
(2,219 posts)A winner.