leftwing7   357 days 9 hours 4 min. ago

you both start out with valid lines of thinking but then fall into the usual bullshit that accompanies talk about Islam. You are both correct that not all muslims are terrorists with a plot to kill americans. Those terrorists who do choose to plan attacks and are muslim, represent an extreme minority of the religion. A point that seems to come out of the little that you both discussed is that in the US today there is very much a polarized split between those dubbed "bleeding heart liberals" and those called "islamophobes". It is true that many college students are greatly influenced by the teachers and peers that they see as soo intelligent and wise. A student sits in a class and listens to a teacher bash the president, make comments about a war for oil, etc. and with jeers and laughs from their peers these students are pulled into believing this information. However this information is as superficial as the bill of goods sold to extremely conservative people by the president and by their parents. "We should just send some nukes over there and let god sort them out" or "We are dealing with a group of people who want to attack out way of life" These statements are often backed by no support or factual information yet just like the student in class, the person says "exactly, yeah" and they begin to believe it. Out of this grows the idea that the middle east is seedy, evil and full of people out to harm our "way of life".

What I don't think you both realize is that you are arguing for the same thing. Correct me if I am wrong, but I feel that you both want, like myself, to increase peoples knowledge about what Islam is, what faction of Islam would want to harm nations like the US and why? By increasing people's knowledge only then will they be able to move beyond the superficial comments and prejudice that is so wide spread today. No more one liners of "let's nuke "them" all!" or "You're a stupid republican you don't know what you're talking about".

Hollywood   358 days 7 hours 12 min. ago

thanks for educating me Letta ..haha. Of course not every single person practicing the religion of Islam is a terrorist and no one is saying that. Try to stick to the argument instead of rephrasing it and trying to personally attack me. plus http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/index.html#Attacks