Posted on Mar 23, 2015
Is it rational to fear ISIS & Al Quaida? So why does the press call it Islamophobia?
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Is it rational to fear ISIS & Al Quaida? So why does the press call it Islamophobia?
I was taught "phobia" means "an irrational fear of"...but it's rational to be afraid to get your head chopped off, isn't it? Is this PC run amok, or just another attempt to grab you with a headline?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/french-muslims-caught-between-rising-islamophobia-and-growing-extremism/2015/03/22/7359329c-c739-11e4-bea5-b893e7ac3fb3_story.html
I was taught "phobia" means "an irrational fear of"...but it's rational to be afraid to get your head chopped off, isn't it? Is this PC run amok, or just another attempt to grab you with a headline?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/french-muslims-caught-between-rising-islamophobia-and-growing-extremism/2015/03/22/7359329c-c739-11e4-bea5-b893e7ac3fb3_story.html
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Well, there's about 1.6 billion Muslims in the world. Compare that to the roughly 2.2 billion Christians and 1 billion Hindus, I'd say that if the Muslims REALLY wanted us all dead, they'd have a pretty good chance about it.
Now since there aren't 1.6 billion members of ISIS, but more like a scant few thousand at best, I'd say that being afraid of 25% of the world's population based on the actions of 0.0000004% of the world's population is a pretty bad conclusion.
Now since there aren't 1.6 billion members of ISIS, but more like a scant few thousand at best, I'd say that being afraid of 25% of the world's population based on the actions of 0.0000004% of the world's population is a pretty bad conclusion.
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MSgt James Mullis
I hear this argument a lot however, I have to ask the question: Who is confusing Islamic Terrorists with the entire Muslim population of the world?
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illogically drawn conclusion. My answer would be no.
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COL Ted Mc
SPC Robby Robinson - Spec; How will you know if the Muslims are condemning terrorism if there is no money to be made by reporting it?
Where are the mass demonstrations condemning school shootings (other than those in the immediate community)? Does that mean that the mass of Americans endorse those school shootings? Believe me, if there was money to be made out of reporting them then they would be reported.
Where are the mass demonstrations condemning "gang and drive-by shootings? Does that mean that the mass of Americans endorse them? Believe me, if there was money to be made out of reporting them then they would be reported.
Where are the mass demonstrations condemning school shootings (other than those in the immediate community)? Does that mean that the mass of Americans endorse those school shootings? Believe me, if there was money to be made out of reporting them then they would be reported.
Where are the mass demonstrations condemning "gang and drive-by shootings? Does that mean that the mass of Americans endorse them? Believe me, if there was money to be made out of reporting them then they would be reported.
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SPC Robby Robinson
You can make the straw man argument all day long. I was very clear SIR and continue to be clear, I do NOT fear Muslims for being Muslim... AT no time was I speaking of anyone other than myself.
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COL Ted Mc
SPC Robby Robinson - Spec; It isn't a "straw man" argument. It is simply substituting different terms into the argument you are making to see if changing the nouns (while leaving the verbs alone) creates a statement which remains true.
You will also note that I never "negatived" any of the questions which I asked and the essence of a "straw man" argument is to advance a different proposition that the one being argued against and then "prove" that the different proposition is "false" without actually dealing with the original proposition.
You might want to refer to Mr. Nixon's "Checkers" speech in response to the allegation that he improperly used around $18,000 of campaign donations for personal expenses (and see if you can find any mention of the $18,000) as a really good example.
You will also note that I never "negatived" any of the questions which I asked and the essence of a "straw man" argument is to advance a different proposition that the one being argued against and then "prove" that the different proposition is "false" without actually dealing with the original proposition.
You might want to refer to Mr. Nixon's "Checkers" speech in response to the allegation that he improperly used around $18,000 of campaign donations for personal expenses (and see if you can find any mention of the $18,000) as a really good example.
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MSgt James Mullis
CPT Ahmed Faried - True, but who is confusing all muslims with Islamic terrorists?
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It is a phobia only insofar as it is inaccurate.
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LTC Bink Romanick
Capt Seid Waddell - There shouldn't be. But I understand that today ignorance is a virtue
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LTC Bink Romanick
2LT R. A. - Perhaps he should have kept his mouth shut. By the way , it's not protected speech.
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TSgt John Temblador, PI, CIPA
LTC Bink Romanick - I agree... Glad to see that a few can make it thru the "eye of the needle". Broad is the path to destruction... And in these days, what is wrong is right, and what is right, wrong. Anyone who cannot see this is either in denial or condones such behavior...
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