I'm sorry but this is hilarious

[MrEco]

Wow these people sure do like getting worked up. Every time I see someone going on about how Muslims are taking over the earth I can't help but feel sorry for them.

For the Muslims or the people getting worked up?

Probably for the people getting worked up. Wouldn't you feel sorry for retards?

[Incognito D]

Wow these people sure do like getting worked up. Every time I see someone going on about how Muslims are taking over the earth I can't help but feel sorry for them.

For the Muslims or the people getting worked up?

Probably for the people getting worked up. Wouldn't you feel sorry for retards?

I always think it's very easy to scoff at the idea that muslims want to take over the world, when you live in an area with very few muslim people.
I don't know where you live, but if you lived somewhere in England for example with very high immigration levels you might be more concerned.

On another note, I always find it a curious contradiction that liberals and progressive thinkers tend to sympathise with muslims, when in general muslim society is very conservative and pretty much as un-liberal as possible.

Anyway, in before I get called a racist. I should probably keep out of these political discussions but I just can't help myself.

[AppleQueso]

I always think it's very easy to scoff at the idea that muslims want to take over the world, when you live in an area with very few muslim people.
I don't know where you live, but if you lived somewhere in England for example with very high immigration levels you might be more concerned.

It's still easy to scoff at the idea that they're "taking over the world". Spreading out? Sure, but the rantings and ramblings you see seem to almost outright imply that every time you turn around one of your friends or neighbors has suddenly converted to Islam. Obviously that's not the case.

As for this:

On another note, I always find it a curious contradiction that liberals and progressive thinkers tend to sympathise with muslims, when in general muslim society is very conservative and pretty much as un-liberal as possible.

I think the liberal response would be something along the lines of how we should treat others equally regardless of whether we agree with their society or ideals.

[Hatta]

On another note, I always find it a curious contradiction that liberals and progressive thinkers tend to sympathise with muslims, when in general muslim society is very conservative and pretty much as un-liberal as possible.

I find it curious how conservatives hate fundamentalist muslims when they're pretty much the same phenomenon in different countries. Sharia is to Afghanistan what "Family Values" is to America. It seems like they lack the self awareness to realize that their motivations are exactly the same, and they're both wrong for the very same reasons. The differences are only of degree, not of substance.

[Limewater]

I find it curious how conservatives hate fundamentalist muslims when they're pretty much the same phenomenon in different countries.

I find it curious that someone could find people hating people different from them to be curious.

[AppleQueso]

I find it curious how 'curious' starts to not seem like a real word anymore when you use it enough.

[Hatta]

I find it curious that someone could find people hating people different from them to be curious.

That's kind of my point. They're not so different after all. Someone like James Dobson or Boyd Packer has a lot more in common with the Taliban than they do normal people who just want to live their lives and mind their own business.

[Limewater]

I find it curious that someone could find people hating people different from them to be curious.

That's kind of my point. They're not so different after all. Someone like James Dobson or Boyd Packer has a lot more in common with the Taliban than they do normal people who just want to live their lives and mind their own business.

I've never heard of Boyd Packer, but I think you're being pretty hard on James Dobson.

I got your original point, but I think you're looking at things pretty narrowly in your claim that the differences between American religious conservatives and the Sharia advocates in Afghanistan are of degree and not substance. Sure, they might have some commonalities in the parts that are important to you, but in the areas that are important to the people you're talking about, they are very different.

And besides, you're missing the most important difference. The folks in Afghanistan are brown and dress funny and live on the wrong side of the planet.

normal people who just want to live their lives and mind their own business.

From my experience, wanting to just live one's own life and mind one's own business is not a characteristic of "normal people".

[EvilRyu2099]

I always think it's very easy to scoff at the idea that muslims want to take over the world, when you live in an area with very few muslim people.
I don't know where you live, but if you lived somewhere in England for example with very high immigration levels you might be more concerned.

I find that funny because I live near Dearborn, which has one of the highest muslim populations in the U.S... And I don't feel concerned at all.. Most of them are just people like you and me..

[Erik_Twice]

I find that funny because I live near Dearborn, which has one of the highest muslim populations in the U.S... And I don't feel concerned at all.. Most of them are just people like you and me..

So, they are all muslims Sega addicts who have 20 different consoles in their rooms?