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stone space

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24. Offensive and false, but........

Reply to cleanhippie (Reply #23)

Sat Oct 10, 2015, 12:27 PM

Oct 2015

Wow, you're in full-auto right now.

...this line does at least contain the beginnings of a productive idea...

Best slow down or you'll melt the barrel.

That's an idea worth exploring, cleanhippie.

Ii is reminiscent of this idea, another good one:

"When you hold one of these weapons, you know it has been an instrument of death. The challenge it to rid it of it's negative energy."

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We Need to Talk About Islam�s Jihadism Problem [View all] Yorktown Oct 2015 OP

Why limit it to Islam? Cartoonist Oct 2015 #1

Just say it: Sam Harris is a racist warmonger bananas Oct 2015 #3

Excuse me? Cartoonist Oct 2015 #4

The article in the OP was written by Sam Harris. bananas Oct 2015 #5

Then respond to the OP Cartoonist Oct 2015 #7

No mistake, I was responding to you. nt bananas Oct 2015 #9

Could you elaborate? Cartoonist Oct 2015 #10

And it was also written by Maajid Nawaz. Who are you saying he's racist against? muriel_volestrangler Oct 2015 #17

Ayaan Hirsi Ali, former Muslim, is apparently racist against Muslims too. trotsky Oct 2015 #18

I heard Leslie Hazelton (white) call Ayaan Hirsi Ali (black) a racist Yorktown Oct 2015 #29

That appears to be the desired effect. trotsky Oct 2015 #34

Ayaan Hirsi Ali: a war promoter and the darling of right-wing war-mongering atheists cpwm17 Oct 2015 #31

But is she racist against Muslims? trotsky Oct 2015 #33

I wouldn't think so. cpwm17 Oct 2015 #35

Do you think her experience growing up Muslim should be dismissed? n/t trotsky Oct 2015 #36

She is just one person out of over 1.5 billion people that have grown up Muslim cpwm17 Oct 2015 #37

Would you say she lies more or less than Reza Aslan? n/t trotsky Oct 2015 #38

Cenk Uygur on Ayaan Hirsi Ali, and to a lesser extent Sam Harris: cpwm17 Oct 2015 #32

Islam is a race? trotsky Oct 2015 #11

Heh! Usually I see this arguement in the form... stone space Oct 2015 #12

Are you really loading up with "Islam is a race" ammo? cleanhippie Oct 2015 #13

Offensive and false. stone space Oct 2015 #14

Inoffensive and true. cleanhippie Oct 2015 #15

Couching every statement that you make... stone space Oct 2015 #20

Hemmingway said you should write drunk and edit sober. Act_of_Reparation Oct 2015 #21

Wow, you're in full-auto right now. cleanhippie Oct 2015 #23

Offensive and false, but........ stone space Oct 2015 #24

Your usual incoherence has devolved into stupefyingly funny madness. cleanhippie Oct 2015 #25

Aw geez, you're back again already? trotsky Oct 2015 #16

But Islam ISN'T a race, is it? Surely even you know that? mr blur Oct 2015 #19

Well I'd like to discuss those religions who are destroying antient artifacts yeoman6987 Oct 2015 #26

You probably saw I disrespect most religions Yorktown Oct 2015 #27

Sam Harris Tricks Naive Atheists Into Being Neocons bananas Oct 2015 #2

The presenter of this video said something quite asinine (@3:00+) Yorktown Oct 2015 #28

Sam Harris is a neocon asshole. F4lconF16 Oct 2015 #6

Exercpt here casts serious doubt Harris is a neocon Yorktown Oct 2015 #30

The problem with Sam Harris is similar to Hitchens towards the end, and a lot of people... Humanist_Activist Oct 2015 #8

Sam Harris is awful. Act_of_Reparation Oct 2015 #22