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cosmicone

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33. Actually, I have never stated that all palestinians are Hamas
Sat Oct 4, 2014, 01:50 PM
Oct 2014

That is YOUR interpretation.

All I said was that Hamas will never accept Israel's right to exist -- even if the Palestinian Authority does and thus Sweden's move was foolish.

Now, instead of hyperbole and propaganda, show me where Narendra Modi said Bangladesh and Pakistan have no right to exist. Show me one instance where he said that.

Lastly, violence begets violence. Muslim Brotherhood people went killing coptic Christians and Shias en masse, then, when the military tried to enforce law and order, they tried to be violent against the military -- they got what they were looking for. If MB had tried an unarmed, Gandhian protest, they most probably would not have been killed.

I have been to Egypt many times and all the people I met were intelligent, educated, polite, well-versed, cultured and full of knowledge. Even they expressed displeasure at how the democracy movement was hijacked by rabidly religious and violent elements and now support the military. Will you be accusing them of Islamophobia?

When will you separate Rabid-violent-terror-driven-Islamophobia from just plain Islamophobia? The former is rational and the latter is bigoted. I do NOT subscribe to the latter.

No one should be hated just because they are Muslim/Hindu/Christian/Jewish etc. However, everyone who practices terror and violence against innocent people for political and/or religious aims is fair game regardless of their religion.

So, stop playing the Islamophobia card.

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Those darn Swedes Android3.14 Oct 2014 #1
Good for Sweden SpankMe Oct 2014 #2
Yes. 7962 Oct 2014 #8
This is huge.. huge.. Peacetrain Oct 2014 #3
Wow. That's big news. lovemydog Oct 2014 #4
Bravo. SoapBox Oct 2014 #5
YAY Sweden! Bigmack Oct 2014 #6
"mutual recognition". That means BOTH sides. Lets see how far that goes. 7962 Oct 2014 #7
I know this will be unpopular on Hamas caucus of DU cosmicone Oct 2014 #9
I know this will be unpopular in the Apartheid caucus of DU FarrenH Oct 2014 #11
Only In ProgressiveJarhead Oct 2014 #13
I'm not an American liberal fyi FarrenH Oct 2014 #14
+100% - thank you for speaking up! mazzarro Oct 2014 #16
Conflating Hamas and Palestine is dishonest and not very helpful. Spider Jerusalem Oct 2014 #15
Par for the course, for that one. closeupready Oct 2014 #19
Hey cosmicone Scootaloo Oct 2014 #27
I have never advocated killing muslims but terrorists are another story cosmicone Oct 2014 #29
Except you've demonstrated no ability to tell the difference Scootaloo Oct 2014 #32
Actually, I have never stated that all palestinians are Hamas cosmicone Oct 2014 #33
And the dam begins to break. Good for Sweden. Comrade Grumpy Oct 2014 #10
Sounds Like Sweden ProgressiveJarhead Oct 2014 #12
/dev/null seveneyes Oct 2014 #17
Modern laws ? Respect of Neighboring countries? Rhinodawg Oct 2014 #24
Proud to be a Swede condoleeza Oct 2014 #18
Now we just need whistler162 Oct 2014 #20
Palestinians are acting like people under a cruel occupation. Because that's what they are. BillZBubb Oct 2014 #22
This may be the most ignorant post on the thread Scootaloo Oct 2014 #28
Another reason to like Sweden! Good for them. BillZBubb Oct 2014 #21
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Oct 2014 #23
Proud to be Swedish StoneCarver Oct 2014 #25
And Good forThem!! montanacowboy Oct 2014 #26
As one of Norwegian background I have reasons to not be too fond Sognefjord Oct 2014 #30
Wonderful news Marrah_G Oct 2014 #31
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