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In reply to the discussion: Are you scared of ISIS? [View all]nruthie
(466 posts)39. Not scared, but worried.
To see hordes of people being burnt to death and decapitated disturbs me greatly. This is 2015, not the dark ages. Whether or not we personally believe in the apocalypse stuff, they do and they want to get on with it. My Christian evangelical friends believe it too. To me this is seriously something to be a little concerned about. With extremism on both sides, who is going to be reasonable? We can laugh at the utter stupidity of their thinking if we want to, but they are not laughing. These are not rational people and they WANT to kill everyone who doesn't agree with them; they have no desire to discuss this. They will kill or be killed. Period.
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Erect Bogeyman, wave flag, declare we need protection, give more money to the MIC.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Feb 2015
#2
The Islamic State awaits the army of “Rome,” whose defeat at Dabiq, Syria, will initiate . . .
Petrushka
Feb 2015
#42
As usual, the representation of divine energy (Isis) is turned in to something violent (ISIS)
Dont call me Shirley
Feb 2015
#14
I don't perceive any potential threat posed by ISIS as a media-driven narrative.
LanternWaste
Feb 2015
#24
As I said in another thread, I'm more afraid of police, and I'm not even a POC. n/t
winter is coming
Feb 2015
#26
I'm more scared of the damage that the Koch Bros and the republican party will do to this country.
kimbutgar
Feb 2015
#33
Pass: Am I scared enough to stay out of Middle East? Maybe. But then again, I wasn't planning a
merrily
Feb 2015
#54
No, no more scared than I was of Iraq. The war propaganda scares me far more. The neocons
sabrina 1
Feb 2015
#60