Thank you, Murf, for so directly and honestly demonstrating what most of us have known regarding how most GOP views are based in utter ignorance and bigotry.Murfinator wrote:Muslims HATE the United States. Period. They envy our high standard of living and our freedoms. They primarily hate our decadence and moral decay exemplified by Hollywood which provides them a narrow view of our culture. There is a tangible element of self loathing within many countries because our greatness makes them feel all the more insignificant and backward. How would you feel if a military force from a foreign country entered your country and in a weekend overthrew the dictator you were too lazy, disorganized or cowardly to dispatch yourself? How would you feel if ships of a foreign navy, any one of which possessing adequate firepower to turn your entire country into a parking lot in five minutes flat was cruising within sight of the coast? The term: moderate Muslim is an oxymoron. Read the Koran. The term radical Islam does not require the adjective. Muslims who preach peace and acceptance of other religions are either lying (a policy expounded positively in the Koran) or do not comprehend the doctrine of their own religion.
In case you have any interest in learning what the Muslims who live around you are like, here's a good snapshot: http://pewresearch.org/assets/pdf/muslim-americans.pdf
But I doubt you'll ever learn anything. Here's a newsflash: the US isn't perfect, we don't make people from other nations quiver in fear or self-loathing, and your kind of self-aggrandizement is exactly the type of attitude that makes those who do hate us, hate us. Maybe you should get out in the world and meet some Muslims--if you're willing to risk your insular, ignorant view of the world being challenged. The Muslims I know are better educated than average, hold great jobs, and are great members of their communities, active in local charities and in their children's lives.
Here's a slight modification of a quote that seems to mirror your thoughts on Muslims:
And here is the full context of that quote in its unmodified form: http://www.calvin.edu/academic/cas/gpa/ ... dober1.htmThe fable of the “decent Muslim” is not a fable that has been handed down by our people and therefore something with educational value, but rather it is a shameless lie designed to lull the host people to sleep and appeal to hysterical weaklings.
This Muslim method has undoubtedly had some success in the past, and also works today in countries and peoples with democratic foundations that have given themselves over to Muslim control. However, outside of a tiny group of intellectual know-it-alls, no reasonable person would want to say “decent” and “Muslim” in the same breath ... [Your behavior] conceals your true intentions from those blinded circles who see in Islam a different ideal than the will to totally control the world. The “poor Muslims” hope that once they have torn apart the peoples of the world, putting them at the service of the Muslims, they will be able to assure the rule of a world bled dry.
-tammer
