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9. Playing to an apples and oranges comparison

Reply to Buzz Clik (Reply #5)

Fri Dec 4, 2015, 01:35 PM

Dec 2015

I prefer apples to apples. To each their own though

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Why isnt the teevee telling us how Dear was radicalized by religion? [View all] valerief Dec 2015 OP

Those were my thoughts as well. mmonk Dec 2015 #1

DURec leftstreet Dec 2015 #2

Did Dear pledge loyalty to Fiorna on facebook? I didn't see it GummyBearz Dec 2015 #3

Sheeeit. Really? Buzz Clik Dec 2015 #5

Playing to an apples and oranges comparison GummyBearz Dec 2015 #9

Ok, let's pretend: Why is this apples and oranges? Buzz Clik Dec 2015 #10

You are comparing Dear shooting to the San Bernadino shooting GummyBearz Dec 2015 #13

I'm not comparing anything -- that was the OP. But, ... Buzz Clik Dec 2015 #17

You asked me why I thought it was apples to oranges... so I did GummyBearz Dec 2015 #21

Oh ... I forgot to wave! Buzz Clik Dec 2015 #22

Looks like a balrog squirrel GummyBearz Dec 2015 #24

Ignore in 3, 2, 1, .... Buzz Clik Dec 2015 #26

so just how much blood on the hands would you require????? dembotoz Dec 2015 #47

In order to compare ted cruz with Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi? GummyBearz Dec 2015 #69

Good take, except... maddiemom Dec 2015 #61

Yikes. Buzz Clik Dec 2015 #62

Dear didn't claim "public loyalty" to Fiorina, but he was a PP protester ... Myrina Dec 2015 #27

Dear DID "pledge allegiance" to the Army of God Nevernose Dec 2015 #63

^^^THIS^^^ SunSeeker Dec 2015 #77

Both were done for religious reasons. lark Dec 2015 #72

Yes. Religion is at the base of many bad deeds. erronis Dec 2015 #78

Show me where the word radicalized is defined as being associated with Facebook. nt valerief Dec 2015 #6

Don't waste your time on that one. Buzz Clik Dec 2015 #23

Yeah, I can tell. I just wanted a response before I put him on Ignore. nt valerief Dec 2015 #25

Neither loyalty nor extremism requires a pledge on Facebook. LanternWaste Dec 2015 #8

He paid homage to her lies lark Dec 2015 #71

Because "radicalized" is a dog whistle term for "sneaky, angry, killer Muslim" Buzz Clik Dec 2015 #4

^^ This, x10 ^^ Myrina Dec 2015 #28

Because they are needed (the ones that vote) by the GOP so that they can shore up votes. Rex Dec 2015 #7

nailed it. nt restorefreedom Dec 2015 #49

So true, so true. hifiguy Dec 2015 #58

Spot on malaise Dec 2015 #68

Actually, that should come soon Yorktown Dec 2015 #11

Are you comparing Ted Cruz to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi? davidn3600 Dec 2015 #12

Sure. I'm a woman. If Cruz could get away with treating women the same way, valerief Dec 2015 #15

Al-baghdadi is a stone cold killer, who is exterminating Calista241 Dec 2015 #38

Give Cruz time. His Xtian jihad against women can't happen overnight. nt valerief Dec 2015 #43

AH, but those like Cruz and Fiorina may not commit atrocities or deliberately maddiemom Dec 2015 #51

+1,000,000 lark Dec 2015 #74

+ 100 DashOneBravo Dec 2015 #54

These people think everything's about them LittleBlue Dec 2015 #55

and FOX news. nt abelenkpe Dec 2015 #14

They're a mouthpiece for the PTB who use religion as a tool to exploit and plunder. nt valerief Dec 2015 #16

we won't be hearing much about that guy anymore librechik Dec 2015 #18

Bingo! That's how the PTB roll. nt valerief Dec 2015 #19

I was thinking he very same thing yesterday. hifiguy Dec 2015 #59

They would have to acknowledge that fundies are more alike than different suffragette Dec 2015 #20

Good, informative post! maddiemom Dec 2015 #52

GOP is helping Daesh radicalize US muslims, too, with their hateful rhetoric blm Dec 2015 #29

And more reason for war and WAR PROFITS for defense contractors. nt valerief Dec 2015 #31

Eeyup. hifiguy Dec 2015 #60

+10000 sinkingfeeling Dec 2015 #45

This message was self-deleted by its author southerncrone Dec 2015 #65

Not the first time the GOP has worked in the dark w/Mideastern rebels. southerncrone Dec 2015 #66

Because it's OK when "Christians" do it. Triana Dec 2015 #30

For God's sake, Christians can't be radicals. God tells them what to do. Not like those people. n/t jtuck004 Dec 2015 #32

Remember.... odd_duck Dec 2015 #33

Silly valerief. No one in all of history has ever been radicalized by Christianity. KamaAina Dec 2015 #34

Because what Dear is doing is righteous, according to fixed noise. muntrv Dec 2015 #35

Because Christianity is the one true good religion. retrowire Dec 2015 #36

If I remember correctly from a world religion class years back: maddiemom Dec 2015 #67

What teachings of Jesus are most abhorrent to you? 6chars Dec 2015 #76

none of them that I can think of. why? nt retrowire Dec 2015 #79

haven't you heard? there are ONLY Islamic Terrorists ... who ever heard of a Christian Terrorist? napkinz Dec 2015 #37

The right demands the POTUS use the term "Islamic terrorist." Vinca Dec 2015 #39

If Dear had belonged to some kind of extremist church, Nye Bevan Dec 2015 #40

But the guy in Colorado was "mentally ill" world wide wally Dec 2015 #41

Xtianity isn't radical (for them) Proserpina Dec 2015 #42

Shush, you're not allowed to point that out here. sinkingfeeling Dec 2015 #44

What happens if you point out that double standard? el_bryanto Dec 2015 #50

I don't think it is so much the religions as some of the religious leaders that are to blame. nt Live and Learn Dec 2015 #46

because now the media is in full FEAR BOOGIE MAN MODE. they can say ISIS IN AMERIKA!!! pansypoo53219 Dec 2015 #48

Presumably for the same reason nobody on DU spent the last two days Codeine Dec 2015 #53

The parallels are breath-taking malaise Dec 2015 #56

The existence of RWNJ buybull-inspired lunatics hifiguy Dec 2015 #57

because they are still trying to pretend that one of the very real threats in THIS country niyad Dec 2015 #64

There's no war funding for fighting crazy Christians lark Dec 2015 #70

Great point! I wish that the hate speech in the US could be controlled flamingdem Dec 2015 #73

He's a chistian Elmer S. E. Dump Dec 2015 #75