Hope the victim gets better and recovers, since he has severe burns, they will heal but leave some nasty scars, I hope he recovers from that too.

The mongrel who did this needs to go to prison, and should drop the soap during bath time.

786 Ha! Classic!

My edit to the sticker. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/e782b4d9fd9e1fc8b461ccd1f90655d06b78a2e4651143a1da0d9ca6ffcb4d35.jpg

786 These stickers have also been appearing in South Shields, in the North East: http://metro.co.uk/2016/09/22/knuckle-draggers-put-racist-rapefugees-not-welcome-stickers-across-town-6144096/ http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/547401/Neo-Nazi-group-plaster-British-town-with-Rapefugees-not-welcome-stickers

and Coventry, West Midlands: http://tellmamauk.org/anti-migrant-anti-muslim-stickers-coventry-reported/

North West Infidels’ Bolton Chapter FB page displays the “14 Words” popularized among white supremacists by the late David Lane, clearly showing their racist leanings. They have their own YouTube channel (!) and official stickers from Zazzle. I don’t know whether Zazzle is the printer of the stickers in question here; but in any case Zazzle ought to be ashamed for printing their other stickers. They’re probably too bu$y counting their money.

I can’t even get access to the whole article.

I had a friend, a good, gentle, and highly intelligent lady, who lived five blocks from me. We faced every election season together, researched issues together, watched debates over popcorn together, voted together. But last June, the roses went from her cheeks, and she said the political climate was so brutal she no longer wished to live to see the outcome. Then, she faded and died — she was gone by early July. I suppose I am both coarser and denser. I will carry on. But I understand where she was coming from.

Thanks JSB! Unfortunately I find the article flawed in regard to the mass shooting statistics. The PBS article he linked to contains a dead link where it ought to link to shootingtracker dot com (it says, “No input file specified”). Even after finding the correct page, it fails to resolve an important point. The fears of Americans are spurred on by the fact that, while extremist “Muslim” attacks account for a comparatively small number of incidents and victims overall, attacks by those perpetrators tend to result in a larger number of fatalities per occurrence compared to the vast majority of incidents. The superior firepower and marksmanship tragically displayed by the takfiri Kharijite scum is itself an element which provokes the fears of my countrymen, and I find myself unhappily unable to propose any considerations which might address that specific factor in order to help allay those fears. Don’t get me wrong, I believe it’s a good piece overall, but that small bit gets caught in my teeth.

There is good supporting of Israel, and then there is this :/ one can support the Jewish state without being an ass.

Really? So this person or persons who committed the crime tried to burn down a Muslim woman’s home. No wait. It was an apartment. I can almost guarantee that Muslims were not the majority of people living in that complex. If this fire had gotten out of hand, other people, who were not Muslims could have been harmed.

Also, as someone who owns motels, why does the owner or owners of this complex not have cameras? They are just as stupid as the perpetrators.

That’s why rational arguments won’t work. Xenophobia can just be confined by counter-conditioning. It’s a thing of the guts. Most major religions have embraced such instruments for peace (compassion, mercy, mindfulness, alms etc.) as they have utilized the contrary in times of war. Critical, if one wants to perserve the more humane aspects of cultural evolution.

The caption is white and the background is light grey. What kind of subtitle is that? (edit) okay, nvm. Just need to change the settings. Seriously. Why is this default setting?

And a certain orange individual might have learned from the Reichstag fire (though he’s not the first). Chelsea, q.v.

But it is soooo much easier to lump a group of people together and forget that they are individuals. You are basically asking people to stop thinking black and white, and actually THINK regarding issues instead of acting out, pffffffffff preposterous !!!

Same old thing. No wonder you can’t find history classes in public schools any more. People might start recognizing stuff.

wow,that’s great.He did this trick before in groves of spears(nasreen’s blog)ha ha we had a good laugh ,as both his incarnates are from the same id at that time. Still he talks to himself in different accounts .He is seriously affected.

Dont engage with this loony toon.Ha ha he is that same stupid elcid stalking you in another account.Read his messages and see the word pattern,you could understand

He never sweared, he made his own (and accurate) degrotary terms for racists, warmongers and fascists.

I’ve seen worse, large BLACK lizards crawling near the windows in my houses dining room. They kinda look like they came out of some dark abyss from some H.P Lovercraft story.

You are toying with me, thumbing your nose at evolution, absolving me of being a monster and having fun doing it, all at the same time. I think I am gonna like you.

I am not a teenager so I will not take your dare and double dog dare, your multiple challenges, in the second para. Maybe later after I have read more of your posts and up to snuff on what I am up against.

For the moment, I take shelter in your first para. I agree the dehumanization processes desensitizes guilt. Pest control, the extermination man then cometh, what follows is swept away, rationalized and justified as sanity. In an insane world the sane appear insane. Your point is well taken.

You just moved the goal posts, to justify your point, by inserting “pest” and “filth”. Anything out of balance becomes a pest and accumulates filth. Nothing is exempt. Not the gecko or wall lizard, not Man, not the cells of a man’s or woman’s body. When the janitor/sewage system fails in any of those populations the system clogs and fails.

There is a body of thought that considers Man a pest on the planet. That Man has accumulated much waste, filth, and polluted the Planet beyond its self cleansing capacity.

The Bible states that it had happened before and was cleansed by ‘God’ in the Biblical flood of Noah. That, I believe, was in reference to spiritual and moral decay and filth, not the kind we are talking about here.

In my layman’s reading of the Qur’an I get the message that it defaults to the protection of all life. Muslim behavior, I am sorry to say, runs counter to it. That is what I was saying.

Really? I have not been long on the Internet and am amazed at what I get to see and read. But this one, what can I say.

Yes so cute… up until they start crapping in your food, your clothes, your bathroom, your living room, your changing room… I wonder what the reward is for knocking them off the wall and feeding them to your turtle?

I found this gem,

When aggressive Athiests run out of material to claim Muslims are violent.

https://aymplaying.wordpress.com/2015/01/23/there-are-enough-things-wrong-with-religion-that-you-should-avoid-making-things-up/

#GeckoLivesMatter

Aggressive fools from whatever ideology or group tend to embarrass themselves and not solve anything. Overly agrressive people just but heads with each other, never accomplishing things worthwhile.

Huh!

I haven’t listened to trash talk AM radio in years and guess what? It has zero impact on my life. The best way to combat Islamophobia is practice Islam itself. Make your mind and body strong, and crush the usual suspects with no quarter given. It’s worked for me, and I’ve been at it since my junior high days.

Atheists have never impressed me, and the advent of the gimmicky “New Atheists” has only confirmed their collective feather weight intellect.

Thanks, for the general explanation. Philosophy of religion seems very interesting.

Yes I agree, people should move on and invest their time in their new religion/atheism istead of railing against their former communities, I believe it is due to feeling ‘wronged’ (but $$$, and attention always helps) in some way, I’m not sure why but I heard this is one of the reasons for their antagonistic attitude against their former communities.

OH MY GOD!!!

Everything makes sense now! The liberal Muslamo-fascists are soo cunning with their eeeeeevvviiilll words of deciet and lies, you truly broke the code brother! Anyone who doesn’t lump all war torn refugees and their families with pedophiles and rapists (pppppppfffff we white straight males CLEARLY don’t have the same amongst us, we are all innocent butterflies….) is a fookin evil, rape supporting, politically correct, gay libtard who wishes to take OUR FREEEDOMZZ.

(Sarcasm)

Seriously though, go back to 4chan, reddit, YouTube, etc. and bitch about big scary Ayrab men with other human thrash and debate whether it is ‘humane’ to castrate every Syrian refugee man entering

You are right regarding the target audience, but in my eyes, I see ignorance growing a lot these days. The economy is hitting hard and is slowly getting at rock bottom in most of the west these days. People are slowly getting more and more poorer, and not able to consistently keep up their middle class lifestyle, and people are getting more and more angry, and they want answers, simple answers to complex questions. More and more people are starting to disregard the Muslims of their dignity, they will ignore the pleas of Muslims who suffer discrimination and soon violence. In their eyes, we desreves it. the economy in the west is dwindling, people are getting more and more angry, and less rational, Muslims (in this day and age) are a great scapegoat, and people will just need a ‘little’ dis information to give them that push to just attack Muslims. Identify politics are very strong in this day and age, one of the U.S. presidential candidates (Trump) was psycho who used such politics to gain a lot of support, he was A U.S. PRESIDENTIAL CANIDIDATE, HE WAS A FEW STEPS AWAY FROM PRESIDENTSY OF THE WORLDS MOST MILITARILY POWERFULL NATION. He too was a very popular candidate. In a few years, when the economy is further down and more people are angry/less rational, the likely of another candidate like Trump getting elected would increase. The ignorant people susceptible to the trash these venomous ‘ex-Muslims’ peddle, is slowly growing. arrogant and ignorant fools, with the right amount if disinformation (MO WAS A PEDOOO, MO’s WIVES WERE ALL CONCUBINES, HENCE ALL MUSLIMS BELIEVE ALL THIS IS A OKAYYYY) will lash out and definately harm someone. I live in Pakistan, the poor here (which are pretty much the majority) are easily susceptible to lies regarding Christian/Hindu minorities, you can tell them that Pakistani Christians support the West’s constant destruction and plundering of their country, and they will be live it and burn any church down. My Psychology teacher once told me that, despite what we tell ourselves, we can all become savage, only in the right conditions. In the right conditions, people will abandon civility and embrace rage, and do things they would consider morally repugnant, but they would still do it, especially after being fed lies regarding a minority’s beliefs, they would start to not tell the difference between the religion itself and the adherents. The target audience for these screeching ‘ex-Muslims’ are growing, the dumb, mean, aggressive attitude amongst people is growing a lot.

It’s as if they think Islam is Western civilization’s Kryptonite…

Yep beur stood for North Africans for a long time (in 98 when France won the world cup people talked about black blanc beur team) hence the neologism.

786 Do you also have a rooster? Hens do indeed crow, but in the absence of a rooster it is more likely they will do so. We have freedom rangers and chaunticleers and I’ve beheld hens from both breeds crowing. Note it might also be due to Virginia’s breed; breed definitely influences behavior.

786 It’s not unknown for gay people to also be virulently anti-gay when it suits them. Remember Ted Haggard?

Why is my hen, Virginia, crowing? She has assuredly not been reading any trans-sexual propaganda.

Muslims surpass atheists as most unpopular group in U.S.

http://www.sltrib.com/lifestyle/faith/4354334-155/muslims-surpass-atheists-as-most-unpopular

Maybe atheists should just embrace it as a slogan: “Atheists: The group Americans love to hate.”

About 40 percent of Americans say atheists “do not at all agree” with their vision of America, according to a new study from sociologists at the University of Minnesota who compared Americans’ perceptions of minority faith and racial groups.

But the study marks a grimmer milestone — Americans’ disapproval of Muslims has jumped to 45.5 percent from just over 26 percent 10 years ago, the last time the question was asked.

And “nones” — those who say they have no religious affiliation, but may also have spiritual or religious beliefs — are also unpopular. This is significant because nones now make up a third of the U.S. population. The study found:

• Almost half those surveyed — 48.9 percent — said they would disapprove of their child marrying a Muslim, up from 33.5 percent in 2006.

• The spiritual but not religious are mistrusted by 12 percent of Americans, while almost 40 percent of Americans say the rise of the “nones” is “not a good thing.”

• Disapproval rates for several minority groups have grown — Jews, Latinos and Asian-Americans experienced 10-point jumps in disapproval, while recent immigrants, conservative Christians and African-Americans grew about 13 percent each.

The new study also attempts to find out why atheists are so reviled by what its authors call “dominant group members” — aka religious Americans. The findings pinpoint three things: Religious Americans associate atheists with “criminality,” materialism and “a lack of accountability.”

True, all societies are flawed, as they are comprised of humans, who are also flawed. The notion that one’s society is perfect or ‘better’ than another is a ridiculous idea since all societies have many problems (though each have different problems compared to each other, even the most ‘civilised’ ones).

Occupying yourself with other societies and bitching about the problems of that society is counterproductive, as one should focus to improve his/her society instead of belittling others.

Illisha, I would like to hear your opinion on these statements:

“Pretty much this. Middle east is ignored as people from civilized wont go there to watch tournaments and pay for tickets. Also most of the middle east culture is you know what and you know how they treat women.. so no tournaments for you as you don’t deserve it .. Period. And do not sell me this political correctness that i am youknowhatphobic or somth.. Just NO is an simple answer.”

“Despite the sarcasm this is a good point. There are very serious issues culturally in those parts of the world. Gaming is diverse and crosses many cultural lines. Truthfully, professional gaming is a small part of the many things that those cultures will miss out on due to their lack of acceptance and inclusion.”

“Every time the west tries to fix a problem in the middle east, it turns out even worse. How about you learn how to fix your own problems for a change? Maybe put gaming pings on a lower priority than some of the others you have, like tyranny, fundamentalism, misogyny and general human rights issues. When you got those all nicely fixed, I promise I will personally pay for a server in your area. As if that would ever happen.”

I know this is not related to topic at hand but I would like to hear your opinion on these statements.

These statements were from a gaming subreddit of a specific game that I usually frequent. One Middle Eastern gamer was asking why there were no Middle Eastern servers and lag issues in the Middle East Internet. Many were simple replies regarding infrastructure and such but there were the occasional smug comments like above (although they are complaining about thing not related to the servers).

I would like to hear your opinion on these, since you are one of the more well balanced moderators on this web site.

As a university student right now, I would love to see them attempt to set up an ACT chapter at ANY university. That kind of shit isn’t tolerated anywhere and students of all stripes would shun it.

Also just shows that loonies like Bridgette and the rest rely on the older generation for their fearmongering paychecks.

They never believe it.

“Politically Correct” is a bit of a Rorschach test: it means what people want it to mean.

The positive view is that it means not to be offensive. The negative view is that it demonizes acceptable terms or views into offensive ones.

As an example: a well-known charity is the United Negro College Fund. The word “Negro” was accepted when the charity was founded, but usage has changed and the word is now generally considered offensive. Telling people not to use that word outside of historical context would generally be considered a positive form of political correctness, though people may not use the term there. On the other hand, insisting the people refer to pets as “nonhuman companions” is generally mocked as the negative form of political correctness.

In its negative form, a claim of “political correctness” is meant to argue that someone is trying to turn an acceptable idea or term into something offensive. It’s probably used more when claiming that discussion of an idea is being ruled out of bounds by making even discussion of the concept the equivalent of using the N-word.

Bu…but why do they hate us? – French politician

Lol. What is that graphic supposed to be though? A pillow?

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An interesting analysis. I don’t agree with everything, but it is incisive and I agree with a lot.

One thing I would say is that the GOP was not monolithic. I think there were some who quietly shared the beliefs that Trump now espouses openly, and they are thrilled. Others really believed in the genteel image of the party, and they are splintering into those grudgingly supporting Trump, those trying to be noncommittal, and those coming out against Trump. The final two groups are in many ways genuinely shocked at what their party has become, though they have very different ways of dealing with it.

As for the shifting of the Overton Window, a lot may depend on how the election turns out and how it is interpreted. If Trump loses, will the GOP blame the loss on his message or his personality? And the third group that I mentioned above–those that openly rejected Trump–will they be viewed as traitors or as the true conscience of the party? Only time will tell.

I believe the expression we’re looking for is that when all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.

I get what you’re saying, though: obviously ACT!’s goal first and foremost is to appeal to the people who already feel a particular, negative way about Islam and get them to join together. It’s the point of all student organizations/interest groups/what have you. But their issue comes down to the fact that, regardless of the wisdom of trying something like this (college/university campuses and towns are notoriously liberal places where this kind of thought is going to be frowned on, and even besides, I doubt many administrators would want the reputation of being home to a chapter such as this; too much bad publicity), is that there’s an eventual ceiling that can be expected as to who is joining up.

…Though the fact they apparently might not even be able to muster four is probably the most pathetic part.

What’s wrong with that?