Should muslims be treated equally?

by **Cymrea** » Mon Jan 19, 2015 10:36 am

The Emerald Dragon wrote:Yes, of course.

I'd rather have daily terrorist attacks than seeing them be treated any worse off.

Since the OP asks if Muslims should be treated equally, this post implies if not outrights states that all terrorists are Muslims.

by **The Emerald Dragon** » Mon Jan 19, 2015 10:40 am

Cymrea wrote:
The Emerald Dragon wrote:Yes, of course.

I'd rather have daily terrorist attacks than seeing them be treated any worse off.

Since the OP asks if Muslims should be treated equally, this post implies if not outrights states that all terrorists are Muslims.

Ah, apologies.

Not my intention.

by **Kainesia** » Mon Jan 19, 2015 10:40 am

Take all the murders, assaults and robberies in the USA. How many were done by low-income people?

The answer to all crime is to strip poor people of their rights. YAY!

You want to stop terrorism by stripping the rights of all muslims, you best strip all poor people of theirs because they are statistically more likely to commit a crime.

by **New Socialist South Africa** » Mon Jan 19, 2015 10:43 am

Kainesia wrote:Take all the murders, assaults and robberies in the USA. How many were done by low-income people?

The answer to all crime is to strip poor people of their rights. YAY!

You want to stop terrorism by stripping the rights of all muslims, you best strip all poor people of theirs because they are statistically more likely to commit a crime.

Which, just to be clear for all the Burlesons in the room, isn't an actual solution.

by **Jerusalemian** » Mon Jan 19, 2015 10:44 am

Everyone should respect each other, It doesn't matter if you are Muslim, Jewish, Christian or part of any religion. Treat others as you would like to be treated.

by **Kainesia** » Mon Jan 19, 2015 10:47 am

New Socialist South Africa wrote:
Kainesia wrote:Take all the murders, assaults and robberies in the USA. How many were done by low-income people?

The answer to all crime is to strip poor people of their rights. YAY!

You want to stop terrorism by stripping the rights of all muslims, you best strip all poor people of theirs because they are statistically more likely to commit a crime.

Which, just to be clear for all the Burlesons in the room, isn't an actual solution.

Yeah, shoulda put a sarcasm warning on there.

by **Murkwood** » Mon Jan 19, 2015 10:48 am

No. Museums don't deserve human rights. Especially MoMA. Fuck that peace.

by **Southern Hampshire** » Mon Jan 19, 2015 10:49 am

Cymrea wrote:
Southern Hampshire wrote:
short answer, yes.

I'm certain there are Muslims who think the very same thing about Christians and Jews.

that is their choice, I have no personal arguments.

my feelings are the exact opposite.

by **Kiribati-Tarawa** » Mon Jan 19, 2015 10:49 am

by **Alcase** » Mon Jan 19, 2015 10:52 am

As soon as I saw "The Onion wrote" at the top of the OP, I knew not to take everything else that followed seriously...

by **New Socialist South Africa** » Mon Jan 19, 2015 11:01 am

Southern Hampshire wrote:
Cymrea wrote:I'm certain there are Muslims who think the very same thing about Christians and Jews.

that is their choice, I have no personal arguments.

my feelings are the exact opposite.

Ok, well you have the freedom to have and express stupid, intolerant and Islamophobic opinions.

by **United Russian Soviet States** » Mon Jan 19, 2015 11:03 am

Everyone should be treated equally.

by **Burleson 2** » Mon Jan 19, 2015 11:10 am

The New Sea Territory wrote:
Burleson 2 wrote:Yes, God forbid that an American should ever talk about something from his own viewpoint...

Why don't you take that nationalistic fervor and throw it out a window?

I'm proud to be an American, and if you have a problem with that, I'll let you borrow my rope.

by **Breko** » Mon Jan 19, 2015 11:11 am

Burleson 2 wrote:
The New Sea Territory wrote:
Why don't you take that nationalistic fervor and throw it out a window?

I'm proud to be an American, and if you have a problem with that, I'll let you borrow my rope.

Being proud of being an American is what people do when they don't have anything else to be proud about.

by **Bojikami** » Mon Jan 19, 2015 11:13 am

Yes they should. Suprising as this may be, they are people too and therefore are entitled to human rights.

by **The New Sea Territory** » Mon Jan 19, 2015 11:14 am

Burleson 2 wrote:
The New Sea Territory wrote:
Why don't you take that nationalistic fervor and throw it out a window?

I'm proud to be an American, and if you have a problem with that, I'll let you borrow my rope.

You're proud that you were born in an imaginary set of lines, through no work of your own. How cute.

by **The New Sea Territory** » Mon Jan 19, 2015 11:14 am

Bojikami wrote:Suprising as this may be, they are people too

What!?

by **Gauthier** » Mon Jan 19, 2015 11:15 am

Alcase wrote:As soon as I saw "The Onion wrote" at the top of the OP, I knew not to take everything else that followed seriously...

There's something special to be said for reading an Onion article and then concluding that it's actually a great idea.

by **The New Sea Territory** » Mon Jan 19, 2015 11:15 am

Alcase wrote:As soon as I saw "The Onion wrote" at the top of the OP, I knew not to take everything else that followed seriously...

Agreed.

by **Demphor** » Mon Jan 19, 2015 11:17 am

Yes.

People often forget on this site that not everyone in the real world are affected by the politics of the whole situation, nor do the care, or that the belief systems are real and must be respected even if you follow something different then what they do.

The 1st Amendment to the Constitution of the United States states that "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;"

It also states in the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution, "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws;"

And finally, the 15th Amendment states, "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude."

While I, as an American, live under these laws, I am bound to obey and respect them. It has done me better to follow these and follow a path of respect rather than to be one that views others with suspicion, fear and hate. People who follow the Muslim faith are just the same as anyone else: they have beliefs contrary to me, or you, and we are all human.

We must respect that and get along, or else we put ourselves down a path to fear, hate and consequences.

by **The Princes of the Universe** » Mon Jan 19, 2015 11:28 am

Alcase wrote:As soon as I saw "The Onion wrote" at the top of the OP, I knew not to take everything else that followed seriously...

The article might not be serious, but OP is completely serious... which is quite nauseating, really.

by **Lost heros** » Mon Jan 19, 2015 11:31 am

Burleson 2 wrote:
The New Sea Territory wrote:
Why don't you take that nationalistic fervor and throw it out a window?

I'm proud to be an American, and if you have a problem with that, I'll let you borrow my rope.

You're proud because you were born in a set of land between imaginary lines on a map to white Christian parents?

by **Southern Hampshire** » Mon Jan 19, 2015 11:40 am

New Socialist South Africa wrote:
Southern Hampshire wrote:
that is their choice, I have no personal arguments.

my feelings are the exact opposite.

Ok, well you have the freedom to have and express stupid, intolerant and Islamophobic opinions.

you too have the right to express stupid, gullible and islamophiliac opinions

i don't know why you are reading my rights here though. are you arresting me?

by **Burleson 2** » Mon Jan 19, 2015 11:42 am

The New Sea Territory wrote:
Burleson 2 wrote:I'm proud to be an American, and if you have a problem with that, I'll let you borrow my rope.

You're proud that you were born in an imaginary set of lines, through no work of your own. How cute.

Imaginary set of lines?

by **Scomagia** » Mon Jan 19, 2015 11:43 am

Burleson 2 wrote:
The New Sea Territory wrote:
You're proud that you were born in an imaginary set of lines, through no work of your own. How cute.

Imaginary set of lines?

You do know that borders don't actually exist, right? They're an idea.

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