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69. In order to compare ted cruz with Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi?

Sat Dec 5, 2015, 09:43 AM

Dec 2015

As soon as Ted Cruz is selling women like cattle to be sex slaves, murdering every person not of his faith by the thousands upon thousands, murdering every minority or homosexual he can find, and making it legal to do so by law. Then they will be comparable. Until that literally happens, lets drop the ridiculousness of claiming they are equally bad people.

Why even end the ridiculous comparison with Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi anyway? Why not just go for the holy grail of evil... why not say Ted Cruz is equivalent to Hitler and would murder 6+ million innocents, cause tens of millions more to die, in an attempt to militarily take over the entire world, which will in FACT happen if he is elected?

IMO we, as democrats, should stop looking silly and stop losing political capital with these ridiculous false comparisons. The problem of Cruz/Fiorina can be addressed appropriately without going batshit crazy claiming they are the next antichrist (like the loony right wingers claimed obama was).

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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