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In reply to the discussion: SPLC Disgraces Itself on Ayaan Hirsi Ali [View all]Taitertots
(7,745 posts)17. One disagreement. No one has a right to be violently opposed to ideas
When these beliefs and teachings manifest into behaviors a violent response is justified.
I.e. We should stop female genital mutilation by force, up to and including killing everyone who tries. We shouldn't use force against people simply because it is part of their backward ideology.
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Ali has never incited to violence. Putting her on this list is an assault on free speech
ericson00
Nov 2016
#2
Ali is a brave lady who is standing up to the trumps of her world. Attacking her is a disgrace.
patsimp
Nov 2016
#81
Unbelievable, either they have made a grave error, or their values have become compromised.
tritsofme
Nov 2016
#3
both. The problem on the left, both in America tho more in Europe, of acknowledging
ericson00
Nov 2016
#5
Trump has tainted the talk about the issue; but that aside, there is a genuine issue about
ericson00
Nov 2016
#7
thanks! the left has to wake up. Given how the election is close & Trump still polls best on terror,
ericson00
Nov 2016
#59
it'll be hard to do that because Pew is understood not to have any conservative bias
ericson00
Nov 2016
#50
Did you bother to actually look at the numbers? Or the maps of criminalization of LGBT's?
Albertoo
Nov 2016
#88
In the Harris broadcast, Hirsi-Ali makes the point that it is difficult to screen for these things.
lapislzi
Nov 2016
#48
Cool rationalizations, yet lacking any evidence to support your own premise.
LanternWaste
Nov 2016
#16
A literal interpretation of the Koran IS incompatible with western civilization
Taitertots
Nov 2016
#25
I just don't understand why so many on the left so eagerly stand up for misogynist, anti-gay,
Marr
Nov 2016
#21
I think ideas become distressingly conflated with the people who hold those ideas
lapislzi
Nov 2016
#26
There's no credibility for anyone as closely tied to rightwing conservatives as she is.
procon
Nov 2016
#28
LOL certainly far more genuine than what Nafeez Ahmed and Max Blumenthal cooked up
Albertoo
Nov 2016
#87
who can take some one who threatens to troll SPLC pretty hard online seriously?
La Lioness Priyanka
Nov 2016
#41
The SLPC is right. Thank you for bringing this to my attention. I'll be making a donation
kcr
Nov 2016
#65
... anti-Islam activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali made a staggering claim: “If you look at 70 percent
struggle4progress
Nov 2016
#70
Meet Dr. Zuhdi Jasser, Star Witness in Peter King’s Anti-Muslim Show Trial
struggle4progress
Nov 2016
#100
On Fox, Zuhdi Jasser Claims Obama's Mosque Visit Is "A Political Prop"
struggle4progress
Nov 2016
#103
In other words, Christianity is the only religion permitted to be criticized
davidn3600
Nov 2016
#113
don't forget Judaism, and Hinduism (given that the Western hard-left doesn't like Modhi)
ericson00
Nov 2016
#114