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Democracyinkind

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41. What part is factually untrue?

Mon Nov 19, 2012, 08:21 AM

Nov 2012

I find myself agreeing with your opinion alot, so I'm quite curious - surely, the article by Juan Cole is written sharply and in a polemical tone, but there seems to be some truth in what he says...

I for one am convinced that if the FBI and local law enforcement agencies (such as NYPD Intel) would put as much effort into encouraging and abetting terror plots by (for example) christian fundamentalists as they do with the muslim community we would see pretty much the same result. I believe that all in all, ceteris paribus (politcal background and the kind of games mentioned above) muslims (or non-whites) are not more prone to terrorism than whites.

I'd be intersted in reading about which parts you found untrue... just curious

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The Top Ten Differences Between White Terrorists And Others [View all] HiPointDem Nov 2012 OP

How many terror attacks have been conducted by someone caucasian former-republican Nov 2012 #1

how many terror attacks have been perpetrated by someone non-white since HiPointDem Nov 2012 #2

thank the war on drugs for that former-republican Nov 2012 #4

for "terror", i mean. HiPointDem Nov 2012 #8

never heard of Anders Breivik? quinnox Nov 2012 #15

you don't have to go so far afield. this isn't terrorism either: HiPointDem Nov 2012 #29

Giffords shooting, theater shooting, many arrested planning on killing the President Angry Dragon Nov 2012 #20

The only one on your list that qualifies as "terrorism" Confusious Nov 2012 #39

Terrorism Angry Dragon Nov 2012 #44

Yea Confusious Nov 2012 #46

Eric Rudolph. JohnnyRingo Nov 2012 #24

Are you serious? solara Nov 2012 #25

Jared Loughner and his terrorist attack near my home in Tucson? Suji to Seoul Nov 2012 #36

Doesn't fit under the definition. Nt Confusious Nov 2012 #40

tell that to the dead people. Suji to Seoul Nov 2012 #45

They're dead Confusious Nov 2012 #47

Thank you. Scuba Nov 2012 #38

Scott Roeder AtheistCrusader Nov 2012 #26

the asswipe that politically assasssinated the kind meek doctor in a church graham4anything Nov 2012 #32

Most of them quakerboy Nov 2012 #34

Well - judging by your name, you may just recently have come out of the bubble, BlueMTexpat Nov 2012 #37

look at most of the names , I don't think most were white former-republican Nov 2012 #3

that's because the white ones aren't called "terror plots". which is the point of the HiPointDem Nov 2012 #5

Because they have a predisposition former-republican Nov 2012 #6

unemployed retarded black people are disposed to blowing up subways? news to me. HiPointDem Nov 2012 #7

lol former-republican Nov 2012 #9

some of the people arrested for these 'terror plots' have been described as HiPointDem Nov 2012 #12

The FBI has infiltrated mosques , have snitches in prisons ( large muslim population there) , etc.. former-republican Nov 2012 #13

"dragged in" by whom? HiPointDem Nov 2012 #17

Sometimes the FBI , sometimes by a snitch that has something to gain by handing over former-republican Nov 2012 #23

retarded crazy people are potential terrorists? how so? HiPointDem Nov 2012 #31

Many(most?) of those were COINTELPRO operations Ash_F Nov 2012 #10

That's not really correct former-republican Nov 2012 #11

I am not sure I follow what you are suggesting 100% Ash_F Nov 2012 #14

No you didn't follow me former-republican Nov 2012 #16

OK, actually I did. Ash_F Nov 2012 #18

richard reid, the 'shoe bomber,' was a career criminal whose career criminal father HiPointDem Nov 2012 #21

you're saying because some of them went to mosque that in itself makes them HiPointDem Nov 2012 #19

No I'm saying in this day and age most terror attacks are conducted by Muslims former-republican Nov 2012 #22

I think you misunderstood the point of the OP. AtheistCrusader Nov 2012 #27

Funny thing about the IRA wars: they were run by provocateurs. HiPointDem Nov 2012 #28

And the article explains exactly why you are suffering under this delusion. NT Democracyinkind Nov 2012 #42

I consider JustAnotherGen Nov 2012 #30

How about Sean Hannity and Glenn Beck and the other far right extremists in the media graham4anything Nov 2012 #33

this is simply factually not true. cali Nov 2012 #35

What part is factually untrue? Democracyinkind Nov 2012 #41

I disagree, I think the characterizations are spot on Fumesucker Nov 2012 #43