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edhopper

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3. Sounds like the GOP and the Tea Party.

Reply to cbayer (Reply #1)

Tue Oct 15, 2013, 02:30 PM

Oct 2013

In the end though, the curtailment of civil rights is wrong no matter the cause.
And shame on the "moderates" for going along with this. A moderate going along with extremism is inexcusable.

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Malaysian Court Restricts Use of �Allah� to Muslims / NYTimes [View all] edhopper Oct 2013 OP

Analysts are saying this was a move to appease the right wing Islamists. cbayer Oct 2013 #1

Aren't ALL religiously based laws protecting the right wing fundamentalists? cleanhippie Oct 2013 #2

Sounds like the GOP and the Tea Party. edhopper Oct 2013 #3

Actually, the moderates did not support this. cbayer Oct 2013 #4

Oh. edhopper Oct 2013 #5

It looks like it will be appealed, but from what I am reading both cbayer Oct 2013 #6

Perhaps in THIS case that is true, but it is moderates that empower the radical right. cleanhippie Oct 2013 #7

nope Dorian Gray Oct 2013 #8

That's nice. cleanhippie Oct 2013 #9

"By insisting that their beliefs be respected, they empower the fundamentalists." rug Oct 2013 #10

Sure, totally unsupportable. cleanhippie Oct 2013 #11

Completely. rug Oct 2013 #12

Nothing of the sort has been demonstrated, so until it is... cleanhippie Oct 2013 #13

Two posts. Still zero substantiation. rug Oct 2013 #14

Exactly. Two posts and you've not substantiated anything. cleanhippie Oct 2013 #15

Three. rug Oct 2013 #16

Four. cleanhippie Oct 2013 #17

Your claim. Read #10 again, slowly if necessary. rug Oct 2013 #18

Your last-word compulsion. Seek help if necessary. cleanhippie Oct 2013 #19

Separation of church and state is a wonderful thing. Iggo Oct 2013 #20