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leftynyc

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28. I keep hearing that

Thu Sep 1, 2016, 01:29 PM

Sep 2016

but I've yet to see any group with any power in this country ever try to put laws on the books that would beat a person for being an atheist. Perhaps you have a story you'd like to link to. Otherwise, you're just minimizing what these people are ACTUALLY going through in order to trash the US - which is nothing short of pathetic.

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Saudi Arabia sentences man to 10 years and 2,000 lashes for saying he is an atheist [View all] Calculating Sep 2016 OP

It's a religion of peace you know. whatthehey Sep 2016 #1

Lacking objective evidence, we often resort to cowering behind sarcasm LanternWaste Sep 2016 #9

You can call it cowering all you want leftynyc Sep 2016 #12

Yup. nt clarice Sep 2016 #26

Agree get the red out Sep 2016 #52

I think we have darn good objective evidence of Saudi attitudes. Exhibit ZZTYGA being this very OP whatthehey Sep 2016 #14

Is there something about the particular group in question that you find common cause with?nt clarice Sep 2016 #25

what objectivity do you need to acccept that lashing someone for free thinking is wrong? patsimp Sep 2016 #40

No one expects the Spanish Inquisition Cicada Sep 2016 #32

You have to go back 500 years to find some equivalency in your mind... former9thward Sep 2016 #57

kick patsimp Sep 2016 #41

The House of Saud are Wahabbis JonLP24 Sep 2016 #51

This is what Ben Affleck defended with his accusations of bigotry to Bill Maher and Sam Harris. Marr Sep 2016 #2

Because it's 10,000 miles away, whereas a conservative he MIGHT be construed Dreamer Tatum Sep 2016 #3

Saudi Arabia doesn't equal all Muslims. nt killbotfactory Sep 2016 #5

No of course it doesn't. trotsky Sep 2016 #7

And we in the west have teamed up with them to overthrow more secular arab nations killbotfactory Sep 2016 #21

Please let me know if you'd like to address what I said. n/t trotsky Sep 2016 #22

Saudi Arabia represents a faction of Islam. killbotfactory Sep 2016 #24

Nonetheless, it's a faction of Islam. trotsky Sep 2016 #34

Islam itself is a faction of the Abrahamic religions. killbotfactory Sep 2016 #36

I'm not letting any of them off the hook. trotsky Sep 2016 #38

No, but it is something of a Mecca for Muslims. Dr. Strange Sep 2016 #13

good one maxsolomon Sep 2016 #17

Bravo citood Sep 2016 #54

But it very much equals a country run by Muslims for Islam. whatthehey Sep 2016 #15

If fundamentalist Christians had their way, our country wouldn't be any better. nt killbotfactory Sep 2016 #20

True, but a smaller percentage than want this in Saudi Arabia, thank Vishnu whatthehey Sep 2016 #23

I keep hearing that leftynyc Sep 2016 #28

I grew up in a fundamentalist christian religion. killbotfactory Sep 2016 #30

There is only one reason leftynyc Sep 2016 #31

We are not "protecting" islam, we are protecting the people who follow the religion killbotfactory Sep 2016 #35

Then why the need leftynyc Sep 2016 #39

It's not "we", it's fundamentalist religions of any stripe. killbotfactory Sep 2016 #42

Are you kidding me? leftynyc Sep 2016 #45

Do you distinguish between Muslims in the US and Muslims in the ME? killbotfactory Sep 2016 #47

Don't even think of condescending to me leftynyc Sep 2016 #48

Believe it or not I'm considering what you've said. killbotfactory Sep 2016 #50

I am not a fan of Affleck's form of Liberalism. Oneironaut Sep 2016 #10

Who cares if his ancestor owned slaves? Calculating Sep 2016 #18

That's exactly my point. Oneironaut Sep 2016 #33

Well put Calculating Sep 2016 #16

criticism or questions are not tolerated on DU on this topic. patsimp Sep 2016 #43

Hmm. Plenty of evangelical phylny Sep 2016 #46

This sort of 'yeah, but we suck, too' isn't helpful in the slightest. Marr Sep 2016 #49

I had hoped that since they were persecuting a man in this case get the red out Sep 2016 #53

I'm sure that many people here will condemn it. Buckeye_Democrat Sep 2016 #4

No name given. No court specified. No location provided. No date for event. struggle4progress Sep 2016 #6

It looked like an old story, recycled, to me also Warpy Sep 2016 #29

From February, I think - here's the AP story: muriel_volestrangler Sep 2016 #37

Is this an Islamic doctrine or not? Taitertots Sep 2016 #8

good question. patsimp Sep 2016 #44

Islamic doctrine would be to execute him. Marr Sep 2016 #56

Now now, we are supposed to respect them because they had a hell of a civilization while Europe CBGLuthier Sep 2016 #11

Thank God for the first amendment! Initech Sep 2016 #19

This is why they... Mike Nelson Sep 2016 #27

Donald from Dumbfuckistan will sort them out quick smart BSdetect Sep 2016 #55