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FrodosPet

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23. No you haven't

Thu Jan 21, 2016, 01:58 PM

Jan 2016

False equivalence alert.

Yes, there are similarities in ideology. But one religion above all others has the highest percentage of adherents who follow the most destructive and oppressive interpretations of their religion.

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Imam says Koln sex assault victims are to blame for the way they dressed and for wearing perfume [View all] Quantess Jan 2016 OP

Oh fuck no, Imam. You don't go into another's home or country and start dictating to them... ChisolmTrailDem Jan 2016 #1

Religion is to blame. NightWatcher Jan 2016 #2

Religion is part of culture dumbcat Jan 2016 #37

Abso-freaking-lutely! nt hifiguy Jan 2016 #61

Fuck off, Imam. tabasco Jan 2016 #3

well, then excuse me for wanting to beat up this Imam, hollysmom Jan 2016 #4

So "Sami Abu-Yusuf" is Arabic for Pat Robertson? KamaAina Jan 2016 #5

+1 daleanime Jan 2016 #52

The religion of peace, ladies and gentleman. Ace Rothstein Jan 2016 #6

Religion of penis. Lizzie Poppet Jan 2016 #16

No more and no less than, "Men, ladies and gentlemen" LanternWaste Jan 2016 #18

YES get the red out Jan 2016 #32

Most likely a Wahhabi imam in a Saudi-funded mosque in Cologne Dems to Win Jan 2016 #7

Almost certainly. hifiguy Jan 2016 #60

"Shut the mosques down"? Deport the clergy? You sound just like Trump. Akicita Jan 2016 #65

I'm referring to Gemany. hifiguy Jan 2016 #66

Many liberal Germans are also sensitive about treating 21st century Muslims like 20th century Jews - pampango Jan 2016 #68

No one is ascvocating concentration camps hifiguy Jan 2016 #70

Just mass deportation rather than concentration camps. That's progress, I guess. pampango Jan 2016 #72

This ^ CanonRay Jan 2016 #78

I heartily agree with that. Any extremist mosques should be shut down and hate-preaching Imams smirkymonkey Jan 2016 #79

Stop and look in both directions before proceeding! Hortensis Jan 2016 #8

I don't know, but it would be interesting to see some poll results Quantess Jan 2016 #11

are there are plenty polls, just use the googles- like this one snooper2 Jan 2016 #12

"Nine in ten (93%) British Muslims believe that Muslims in Britain should always obey British laws." pampango Jan 2016 #19

Yes, Snooper, but the goal in looking should Hortensis Jan 2016 #22

I can play that game: cpwm17 Jan 2016 #63

Here's one who does not FrodosPet Jan 2016 #20

That imam is okay by me. cloudbase Jan 2016 #33

Wow LittleBlue Jan 2016 #48

Wow, I'm impressed. There need to be more like him. smirkymonkey Jan 2016 #82

It was planned in advance. This wasn't about a bunch of individual men suddenly losing their minds. JudyM Jan 2016 #9

Fuck You demmiblue Jan 2016 #10

My new favorite YouTube upload.... Whiskeytide Jan 2016 #24

And the head of the Russian Orthodox Church blames gays for the rise of ISIS. pampango Jan 2016 #13

deflect deflect deflect Nuclear Unicorn Jan 2016 #41

Conservative religious leaders blaming the victims is hardly "deflecting". pampango Jan 2016 #46

So you don't want to blame entire groups -- until you do. Nuclear Unicorn Jan 2016 #57

I don't consider conservative religious leaders to represent an entire racial or ethnic group. pampango Jan 2016 #59

Yup! Behind the Aegis Jan 2016 #47

Wow. Dr. Strange Jan 2016 #74

Dear Imam Abu-Ysuf: Lizzie Poppet Jan 2016 #14

+ a googolplex. Nt hifiguy Jan 2016 #26

If you've seen one radically fundamentalist religion, you've seen them all. (nt) Paladin Jan 2016 #15

No you haven't FrodosPet Jan 2016 #23

More magical balance fairy bullshit leftynyc Jan 2016 #35

I saw one religion where a father participated in the stoning of his own daughter for adultery. Nye Bevan Jan 2016 #50

Well, the Imam is clearly an asshole. cheapdate Jan 2016 #17

Ah. The old "men-are-just-raunchy-animals" excuse. DetlefK Jan 2016 #21

I wonder what the apologists will say hifiguy Jan 2016 #25

This is such a lousy situation in so many ways. My hope are a lot of people KittyWampus Jan 2016 #30

Thi Kind Of News Plays Into GOP Hands. TheMastersNemesis Jan 2016 #27

It also plays into RW nationalists' hands Quantess Jan 2016 #31

They value cheaply-bought virtue points hifiguy Jan 2016 #62

The cynical side in me... and I am pretty cynical Quantess Jan 2016 #67

"Swedish politicians want to create a permanent underclass" of immigrants? That's what liberals want pampango Jan 2016 #69

That's what I am wondering, when I see our politicians act the way they do. Quantess Jan 2016 #85

Using his own logic- he's to blame if someone assaults him for his clothing/beard/habits KittyWampus Jan 2016 #28

*mic drop* Lizzie Poppet Jan 2016 #34

My thoughts exactly Mendocino Jan 2016 #77

That would never occur to the narrow minded moron. smirkymonkey Jan 2016 #86

Breitbart? Really? Why no mainstream coverage? philosslayer Jan 2016 #29

How about leftynyc Jan 2016 #36

Thank you philosslayer Jan 2016 #40

Interesting... philosslayer Jan 2016 #43

Maybe because video leftynyc Jan 2016 #44

There's a video? philosslayer Jan 2016 #49

maybe muslims should protest him JI7 Jan 2016 #38

Right. hifiguy Jan 2016 #64

Deport the Imam too. Baitball Blogger Jan 2016 #39

I was trying to figure out leftynyc Jan 2016 #45

This Imam romanic Jan 2016 #42

Close down that mosque and all who think like him (i.e., almost all mosques). nt thereismore Jan 2016 #51

Send this dirtbag Imam back to where it came from. Dawson Leery Jan 2016 #53

Too bad this story is only covered by the right wing media Dems to Win Jan 2016 #54

No one on the left-wing media will do that. romanic Jan 2016 #71

unbelievable, isn't it? hifiguy Jan 2016 #73

Fuck him and fuck his sexist hateful liberalhistorian Jan 2016 #55

Ugh.... sakabatou Jan 2016 #56

Men practicing this brand of Islam (salafism) are WEAK. Ilsa Jan 2016 #58

Dear Cleric Sami Abu-Yusuf, go fuck yourself, thank you nt steve2470 Jan 2016 #75

Other things not surprising HassleCat Jan 2016 #76

Why are so many religious leaders such assholes? Nevernose Jan 2016 #80

Simple. It's a power trip. hifiguy Jan 2016 #81

He is saying he and other men have no self control. huh uppityperson Jan 2016 #83

So it's ok that these men have the self control of dog? OnionPatch Jan 2016 #84