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Manifestor_of_Light

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12. Bill Maher talked about this a couple of weeks ago on Real Time.

Mon Nov 16, 2015, 10:27 PM

Nov 2015

He said the common thread in young terrorists was male sexual frustration and hatred of women. Lack of normal interaction of any kind with women, and not even being able to see a woman's face.

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Susie Bright on the Sex-Obsessed Paris ISIS Manifesto [View all] KamaAina Nov 2015 OP

Wait, I thought they were fighting because of some US policies? FLPanhandle Nov 2015 #1

Yep GummyBearz Nov 2015 #30

Because Americans have a hard time realising that everything isn't always about them (n/t) Spider Jerusalem Nov 2015 #33

Everything that ISIS does is Obama's fault according to some here Democat Nov 2015 #34

I get it. Sex is only OK if the woman is unwilling. Warpy Nov 2015 #2

They are worse because their parents don't have basements. FSogol Nov 2015 #4

Alienated angry violent young men... hunter Nov 2015 #3

It's made worse by the fact islam is nevrotic about sex Yorktown Nov 2015 #5

I've met a few severely twisted Christians in my travels. hunter Nov 2015 #9

Oh, I have no doubt Christians have been/can be weird about sex Yorktown Nov 2015 #10

Christians have problems with that sort of thing too. hunter Nov 2015 #14

True. Especially with priest forced to be single. But I was talking about the holy texts. Yorktown Nov 2015 #16

Virgin Mary, Mother of Jesus... hunter Nov 2015 #19

Better question: why would being a virgin mother prove God? Yorktown Nov 2015 #21

Seriously? You claim ignorance of Fundamentalist Christianity's obsession with female virginity? hunter Nov 2015 #41

Have mercy on the cacti Yorktown Nov 2015 #44

So what's all those priests' excuse? KamaAina Nov 2015 #22

Some brain malformation, according to medicine. Yorktown Nov 2015 #23

The sound like the college young republicans...nt joeybee12 Nov 2015 #43

Don't become a terrorist, join a band. Put down the gun and pick up a guitar NightWatcher Nov 2015 #6

Guitar, drumsticks, mic xmas74 Nov 2015 #7

You can, of course, do both! Scootaloo Nov 2015 #15

Yeehaw, jihad, the musical Yorktown Nov 2015 #17

Lol. Look at all those casings. Calista241 Nov 2015 #42

But don't they forbid music and dancing too? smirkymonkey Nov 2015 #24

H.L. Mencken's definition of Puritanism springs to mind. Warren DeMontague Nov 2015 #32

It's like the MRA's on steroids. smirkymonkey Nov 2015 #8

ISIS is a waste of life. GeorgeGist Nov 2015 #11

Bill Maher talked about this a couple of weeks ago on Real Time. Manifestor_of_Light Nov 2015 #12

Hmmm, makes sense. smirkymonkey Nov 2015 #31

Yep. Sexual repression makes people nuts. ISIS is the cousin to our own anti-sex domestic puritans. Warren DeMontague Nov 2015 #13

The Duggars of TLC infamy would have been happy fundamentalist Muslims... hunter Nov 2015 #18

Indeed. From the manifesto: "targeting the capital of prostitution and obscenity" Warren DeMontague Nov 2015 #20

I have lived a sheltered life... Fumesucker Nov 2015 #36

I've noticed she has this odd symbiotic media relationship with "Wheelock College" Warren DeMontague Nov 2015 #39

And the whole "Freedom Fries" brigade ThoughtCriminal Nov 2015 #38

It seems to me the way to piss these people off is to have sex, watch smut, listen to rock and roll Warren DeMontague Nov 2015 #40

I think she's on to something. Islamic societies seem to forbid any kind of emotional or physical smirkymonkey Nov 2015 #25

No sports? KamaAina Nov 2015 #26

I wasn't aware of that. But do Islamic cultures really encourage involvement in smirkymonkey Nov 2015 #28

Now we're getting somewhere BeyondGeography Nov 2015 #27

k and r niyad Nov 2015 #29

That's just the standard Islamic take on sexuality ramped up a few notches Fumesucker Nov 2015 #35

Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2015 #37