"My father didn’t take a lot of time to make good on his campaign promises. On the first day he sat behind the Resolute desk, he began signing executive orders..."
...trying to cancel everything Obama worked for, and attack everything dear to the Democrats. Like the environment. Makes me almost believe Covid is God's way to stop him from destroying the nature.
No, just think about it. So many people praying daily to God to save USA, and then Covid happens. Could be just a coincident, but...
"The ban was temporary, and it wouldn’t have allowed spying on Muslims who live peacefully in this country, as the fake news would have had you believe."
Hmm... who said it would? Looks like another strawman. (Besides... define "peacefully" >:-> USA once locked thousands of peacefully living Japanese heritage Americans into concentration camps, because they "must" be "dangerous".)
The problem with the Muslim ban was not that your dad tried to protect USA from terrorism. That's totally fine. The problem was - as usual -
* the rhetoric - using language to paint all Muslims terrorists, and all terrorism Islamic. The violence, harassment, and discrimination of "Muslims who live peacefully in this country" has increased, and you aren't doing anything to stop it. On the contrary. You keep attacking Ilhan Omar and speaking of her being a Muslim as if it explained why she's "bad", you call president Obama "Muslim" - as if it was something bad - and then you claim NOT to be islamophobic. Sure. Keep attacking Ilhan Omar because she's Social Liberal, but keep her religious beliefs out of it. Barack Obama is not and has never been a Muslim, but even if he was, it shouldn't mean anything, unless you think Muslims are somehow collectively "bad".
* ignoring the efforts of the people working on the customs, borders, embassies, Homeland Security, immigration; existing laws and structure; everything that was already being done - not knowing what happens, and not caring either
* creating plans and actions based on his assumptions and misconceptions totally ignoring what people who actually know what is happening, are saying.
The Islamophobic Administration
U.S. Muslims Concerned About Their Place in Society, but Continue to Believe in the American Dream
FACT CHECK: Trump's Tweets On Christians, ISIS And Vetting Miss The Bigger Picture
What Are ‘Terrorism-Related’ Offenses Trump Claims Foreigners Commit?
"The Worldwide War Against Christians"
As if.
"The bias against Christians on the part of the left and liberal lawmakers is bad, but at least liberals tend to just whine, while terrorists actually act on it."
You know, I have seen liberals more in church than you and your dad. All the pictures of your dad praying look staged, while the pictures of President Obama praying look real.
Also, the left's "bias against Christians" is justly critiquing unacceptable behavior and people standing up for what they believe, but the "Christians" they "whine" about, being assholes, of course make it all about "I'm just an innocent victim, and look at all those bad people being mean to me, I have done NOTHING!!!" Typical right wing refusal to take any responsibility of your own actions and words, typical Fascist lack of theory of mind.
"Each month 345 Christians are killed and 219 are imprisoned because of their faith"
Are they? By whom?
I haven't been able to find any more information about this except the Christian site Open Doors.
I also haven't been able to find a "world watch list" for the violence, discrimination and suppression against any other religion.
Also, the reports by Open Doors and other organizations, even the Christians themselves, who live in these so called extremely dangerous countries, don't support the claims. How have they received information from North Korea, for example? Are they aware of that there are churches in North Korea where people go? Totally in public, in bright daylight? There is only one mosque, in the Iranian embassy.
But let's assume they are correct. Where does this happen, and by whom?
“The primary cause of persecution is Islamic oppression,” Open Doors stated.
No, they didn't. They said “In seven out of the top 10 World Watch List countries, the primary cause of persecution is Islamic oppression."
Interesting to me is that two of the seven mainly Islamic countries on the top 10 list are not on Trump's "terrorist country" list. Afghanistan, and Pakistan.
Why is this interesting? President Trump mentioned the 2015 San Bernardino attack, and the perps had roots in Pakistan. Osama bin Laden was caught in Pakistan. Why isn't Pakistan on the list?
Donald Trump's Call With Pakistan Was a Hypocritical Mess
In the rest of the top 10 World Watch List countries, the causes of persecution are
1) the country doesn't approve of any religions [China, North Korea (#1 perp)]
2) the country doesn't approve any but the main religion (which is basically the reason for harassment in those 7 Islamic countries) (this is why Christians are being harassed in India)
In Eritrea those who mostly harass Christians belong to the main stream nationally approved Christian denomination. They persecute Christian minorities.
“This means, for millions of Christians—particularly those who grew up Muslim or were born into Muslim families—openly following Jesus can have painful consequences.”
One has to understand one thing here.
To a Muslim, an "infidel" is not someone who never was a Muslim, it's an apostate. Someone who was born a Muslim or at one point of their lives chose to be a Muslim. Someone who received the "gospel", but rejects it. An unfaithful, disloyal. They are seen as renegades and traitors, and according to the law of the country, they should be killed.
It is only extreme Muslims who persecute born Christians and Christian immigrants and foreigners.
Considering that Trump loves to call people traitors and demands death penalty for various crimes; and that Trumpettes threaten people with execution and lynching, and Christian politicians are asking for death penalty for "crimes against God's laws", like homosexuality, witchcraft, and abortion, I think it's hypocritical of Christians to cry when the Muslims make God's law the law of the country. That is what Sharia law is, God's immutable divine law.
Now, I'm not saying it's not bad, because it is, but I'm saying that the American right is trying to push their version of Sharia law in place, and it's just as bad. Considering that Trump is trying to push "alternative execution methods", so who knows when Americans start beheading people as punishment for their sins.
But, yet another example of fascist lacking theory of mind. "It's only bad when it happens to me, not when I'm doing it".
Which leads me to the next point with all of this. It doesn't matter what some other people do in other countries. What matters is what Americans do in America.
It doesn't matter if hundreds of Christians are persecuted all over the world. It matters whom YOU persecute. Christians aren't persecuted as a group in USA and Europe, so when the Left decries religious persecution and points at the Muslims, they are correct. The Muslims are more persecuted in USA than Christians. The Christians' rights aren't violated - so much so, that they have to invent hurt and violations. "We are not allowed to say "Merry Christmas"!" "People get mad at me when I refuse to do my job of religious reasons, and then boycott my store!" "It's my religious right not to wear mask!" "I'm not crying, you are!"
"one whose ideas we are prohibited from criticizing, even if we’re not criticizing the people themselves"
*sigh* "Hate the sin, not the sinner", huh? Let's kill all the disgusting gays, because you love the sinner, and hate their sin? Sure. I doubt even you believe that crap.
I spent years trying to explain people that it is not antisemitism to criticize Israel for the human and civil rights violations they are guilty of, and that it is of course totally fine to boycott Israeli products and wares, as a protest against these violations, but when you start calling them "the Jewish state", and accusing all the Jews of being pro-Israeli and anti-Palestinian by proxy, and saying Zionism is racism, and other such things, quoting the Protocolls of the Elders of Zion, and presenting conspiracy theories about Jews controlling the world economy, press and USonian politicians, then you are being an antisemite.
The same way, one can condemn Islamic terrorism, Islamic antisemitism, such disgusting "traditions", like marrying children, gender mutilation, misogyny, violations of human rights under the guise of Sharia, etc. without being Islamophobic.
It is totally fine to criticize individuals, but not a whole people. "Muslims" are not a monolithic group of people who all think alike, just as "Christians" or "Americans" aren't. Or blue-collar workers, or New Yorkers.
"This has made it impossible to have anything resembling a real debate about radical Islam without being shut down or called a racist."
No, what has made it impossible to have anything resembling a real debate about radical Islam, is that some people believe every Muslim, except a few exceptions, who basically just confirm the rule, are radical Islamists and terrorists, and refuse to even listen to anything that claims anything different. It's when you do that, when you are called a racist. Or most likely Islamophobe. Because that's what you are. (But it's just words, and you shouldn't be sheltered from hearing uncomfortable truths, according to your own words. But truth hurts and you can't take it, so here we are.)
"Obama ordered his entire administration to use the phrase “violent extremism” so as not to hurt the feelings of murderous cowards who strap suicide vests on pregnant women and sell children as sex slaves."
No, Obama ordered his entire administration to use the phrase "violent extremism", because it is violent extremism, so as not to make innocent people who has never even said an unkind word to a fellow human beings targets of misdirected outrage.
And also, because he was speaking of all kinds of violent extremism, not just the Islamic one. I do hope you agree that ALL violent extremism, right wing, left wing, Islamic, White Supremacist, what ever, is to be condemned hard and without hesitation and doubt.
"...to counter hateful extremist ideologies that radicalize, recruit or incite to violence. Violent extremist threats can come from a range of groups and individuals, including domestic terrorists and homegrown violent extremists in the United States, as well as terrorist groups like al-Qaeda and ISIL."
Obama's White House Press Release
Let's say, "you had some very bad people in that group, but you also had people that were very fine people, on both sides".
"Last Easter in Sri Lanka, radical Islamic terrorists wearing suicide vests entered churches and other places where Christians were celebrating the holiday and detonated the devices. Some 250 people, mostly Christians, were blown to bits. Another 500 were wounded. When Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton finally got around to offering their condolences, they did so like this: “The attacks on tourists and Easter worshippers in Sri Lanka are an attack on humanity,” the former president tweeted."
"When they finally got around to offering their condolences"... Hmmm
They tweeted about 4 hours later than the President of the country. When Obama was the President, he always posted first, without anyone berating those who posted after him. I think people should have the right to sleep a little longer on Easter Sunday morning, but you apparently don't. Nancy Pelosi, Barack Obama, and Elizabeth Warren all posted about 7 A.M. Hillary Clinton posted a couple of hours later. After the Sunday sermon. She probably heard of it then.
When did you post your condolences, and what did you say? The Internet has no record of you saying anything.
Nancy Pelosi
"Today’s heartbreaking attacks in Sri Lanka come as the country has worked hard to build a common future after years of war. Our thoughts are with the injured & the families of those killed in today’s Easter Sunday attacks."
Barack Obama
"The attacks on tourists and Easter worshippers in Sri Lanka are an attack on humanity. On a day devoted to love, redemption, and renewal, we pray for the victims and stand with the people of Sri Lanka."
Elizabeth Warren
"I'm heartsick for the victims of today's terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka. Hundreds have been killed and wounded. To slaughter worshippers at church during Easter service is an act of great evil. My thoughts and my prayers are with the victims and their loved ones."
Hillary Clinton
"On this holy weekend for many faiths, we must stand united against hatred and violence. I'm praying for everyone affected by today's horrific attacks on Easter worshippers and travelers in Sri Lanka."
Kamala Harris
Easter is a reminder that there is hope and rebirth even in the darkest of times. We must remember that today, more than ever.
I am horrified by the attacks in Sri Lanka, where so many families were celebrating such a joyous day. Praying for the victims and their loved ones.
Bernie Sanders
"Our hearts go out to the victims and families of the horrific attacks in Sri Lanka. No person should have to fear for their life in their place of worship. We must work to bring this world together around our common humanity."
Tulsi Gabbard
"My heart is with Sri Lanka on this #EasterSunday, w/hundreds killed & wounded in a horrific attack as they gathered in prayer. On a day devoted to love & peace, may we remember Jesus Christ’s message of love - for God & for each other - as we commit to defeating hate with love."
Cory Booker
“The Apostle Paul wrote, ‘Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep,'” Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) tweeted early Sunday morning. “. On a day meant for celebration, so many families in Sri Lanka are devastated, and my heart breaks along with theirs. There’s absolutely no justification for this.”
What did you dear Leader say:
"Heartfelt condolences from the people of the US to the people of Sri Lanka on the horrible terrorist attacks on churches and hotels that have killed at least 138 million people and badly injured 600 more. We stand ready to help."
No mention of Christians there. Not even as "Easter worshippers".
"Easter worshippers?
Are they kidding?
What would they have called them if it had happened on December 25? Christmas carolers? Why don’t they just slap the victims’ families in the face?"
No, they are not kidding. You are just an ignorant asshole making fuss over nothing.
“Easter worshipper” is not in any way a “weird” or “belittling” way of saying it. It might be unusual, and a lot of people might not have noticed it before much ado was made about it, big fuss, mountain of a molehill, simply because it was Obama who said it.
"A crash in the gallery of the Italian Roman Catholic Church of St. Michael, in Lawrence Street, near Tillary Street Brooklyn, during the celebration of solemn high mass yesterday morning, precipitated a panic among the 600 Easter worshippers that might have had serious results if it had not been for the efforts of calmer minds to quiet the fears of the excited ones."
- The New York Times, 1910
"There are special church services, crowded with holiday worshippers"
- Appendix to the Congressional Record, 1947
"The most gorgeous cathedral, filled with holiday worshippers, is not more pleasing in my recollection than that noble landscape by which we were surrounded"
- George Seddon · 1998
"On Sunday, two suicide bombers targeted the Christian church packed with Christmas worshippers, killing at least nine and injuring more than 30 others."
- Big News Network, 2017
"Easter worshippers encouraged to pray for Sri Lankan bombing victims"
- Winchester Star, April 22, 2019
"Tourists, Easter worshippers lament closure of Notre Dame"
- Fox News, April 20, 2019
There are tons of other instances, but I think that should suffice.
The thing is that the attack was directed not at all Christians, but explicitly those Christians who were worshiping God in churches on Easter Sunday. That is, Easter worshippers.
As has been pointed out several times, only Christians celebrate Easter.
The target was not the Christians who celebrated Easter, it was the Christians who worshiped on Easter. Plenty of Sri Lankan Christians celebrated Easter at home. Only those who were in those churches. Worshiping. On Easter. Easter worshippers.
And as President Obama pointed out, it wasn’t only the Easter worshippers who were hurt in the attack, there were also people there who weren’t there because they were Christian. Four hotels full of tourists on vacation were bombed as well. 46 foreigners were killed. Who knows if they were Christian.
Frankly, everyone who said “Easter worshippers” and didn’t mention the tourists, even as “other victims”, were talking ONLY about the Christian victims.
Also, the “I worship Jesus, not Easter!” is ridiculous. No-one has said you worship Easter. How ever did you even think it would mean that? President Obama and Hillary Clinton are Christian people, whether you accept it or not.
But what did other Conservatives say?
Donald Trump jr.
Nothing
Sean Hannity
Not a word
Mich McConnell
"I’m grieved this Easter Sunday by the horrific terrorist attacks on Christian churches and hotels in Sri Lanka that have killed hundreds and wounded many more.
These attacks are a tragic reminder of the continuing and global threat posed by terrorists. We stand with Sri Lanka in prayer, in mourning, and in solidarity against this evil enemy."
Mitt Romney
"As we celebrate the miracle of Easter, we hold in our hearts the victims of the senseless violence in Sri Lanka and their loved ones. We pray that they may experience God’s eternal grace, comfort and love."
Bill Weld:
"Leslie and I are horrified by the reports of the terrorist attacks in #SriLanka this Easter morning. Our hearts and prayers go out to all the victims and their families, and to the entire Sri Lankan nation for the trauma they have suffered on a day that should have been a time for prayer and joyful worship. Nothing can match the horror of this cold-blooded, calculating slaughter of innocents on such a holy day. The perpetrators are subhuman cowards and must be held fully accountable for the tragedy they have caused.
There is no what so ever difference in the tone and wording of Democrats and Republicans, except that the Democrats actually said something, while most Republicans didn't even bother.
So, what about the Christchurch mosque shooting?
Mitch McConnell
I join all Americans in sending our deepest sympathies to the people of Christchurch, New Zealand, as they mourn the victims of yesterday's horrific acts of terror.
There is no room for hate and violence in our society, least of all in the places we turn for mercy and compassion.
So today, we stand with the New Zealand Muslim community and the faithful of the Linwood and Al Noor mosques in their hour of grief, and pray that all faith communities sustain each other on the healing road ahead.
Kamala Harris
My heart is heavy with grief for New Zealand & Muslims worldwide affected by the tragic murders in Christchurch. The massacre of those in a house of worship, in prayer, is evil & cowardly. We stand with our friends around the world to condemn hate & speak out against intolerance.
Bernie Sanders
"Our thoughts are with the victims of the horrific attack in Christchurch, New Zealand. No one should have to fear for their life because of their religion. We must come together to condemn all forms of hate and violence to build a future of respect and understanding."
Cory Booker
"I’m sickened by the news coming out of New Zealand—the horrific terrorist attack targeting Muslims at prayer that killed at least 49 people.
The rising tide of white supremacy and Islamophobia around the globe must be met with our determination to work against hate."
Barack Obama
"Michelle and I send our condolences to the people of New Zealand. We grieve with you and the Muslim community. All of us must stand against hatred in all its forms."
Melania Trump
"My deepest condolences to the families who lost loved ones in the horrific shooting. We pray & grieve with you and stand against all of the hatred."
Donald Trump
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Then he deleted that, and posted
"My warmest sympathy and best wishes goes out to the people of New Zealand after the horrible massacre in the Mosques. 49 innocent people have so senselessly died, with so many more seriously injured. The U.S. stands by New Zealand for anything we can do. God bless all!"
BTW, the Whitechurch shooter called Trump "a symbol of renewed white identity and common purpose". Now, I know that's just one man's opinion and it has nothing to do with Donald Trump, but if a Muslim terrorist said something similar about Obama, you would be all over it, tweeting, and retweeting, as if it was evidence of something.
"Take the coverage of Omar Mateen, for instance. He’s the monster who a couple of years back walked into the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida, and shot and killed forty-nine innocent people. He committed the act in the name of radical Islam. We know that because he told us so."
He told us so? Then it must be true! When has a terrorist ever lied?
Then there's also the fact that he was active on gay dating sites, a friend said they used to go to gay clubs together when they were in the police academy, he asked a couple of class mates (male) out, several guests had seen him at the club, several times, even his family said they "didn't know". It was only his father who vehemently denied him being gay, but also his father thinks homosexuality is a sin. And it was a gay club. But, surely this could have nothing to do with anything, it is impossible he would have invented the Muslim terrorist excuse to save his dad of the humiliation of having to admit his son was gay.
"Remember the Fort Hood shooter? The radical Islamic army major who shot and killed thirteen people at a military base? CNN labeled him only as an “army psychiatrist,” with no mention of his religion or his extremist views, which had been documented in uncovered emails."
Fox News labels him also only as an "army psychiatrist". Most everyone does. And everyone mentions his religion and his extremist views also, after they became known.
I believe it was a terrorist attack, and the survivors should have received all the benefits that come with surviving a terrorist attack. And I am more left than Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
Also, no-one was lamenting the death sentence, or getting outraged over the decision of shaving him violating his religious freedom, or being "an usual and cruel punishment".
"When some homegrown piece-of-shit militia group commits a terrorist act, however, the press will run out of ink calling its members Christians."
I wonder what those people think about you calling them "homegrown piece-of-shit militia". They are a big part of your voters. You should have some respect. Though they probably can't read, so it's pretty safe to call them anything you like in a book.
That their religion is mentioned is usually because they are Christians, and because the right wing press will run out of ink calling any and every terrorist Muslim, unless something else can be proven, so if someone commits an act of terrorism, it's best to be quick to prove he's not a Muslim, because otherwise the Right will say he is.
"Even its use of the phrase “white supremacist” is a lightly veiled pseudonym for “Christian.”
Only when they are Christian. There's quite a big group of Asatruende, and other Aryan Pagans there. In my mind they all are, because Christianity is a branch of Judaism, how ever twisted with Indoeuropean myths, and there is nothing there that could be used to justify in any way the White Man's supremacy over rest of the world, or any other activity White Supremacists engage in. Fascism only USES Christianity to keep the masses down, it doesn't follow the Christian teachings and values. They invent their own interpretations, using the Orwellian doublespeak, and just as they appropriate "Christmas", they use the Cherrypicked Christian term to describe their own Germanic Paganism.
"It’s the Christians, they say, who bomb abortion clinics, but it’s an army psychiatrist, not a radical Islamic, who murders more than a dozen people in cold blood."
Frankly, I don't think his blood was cold. But if you bomb abortion clinics because you believe it to be your Christian duty, then it should be mentioned you are Christian. If you shoot your fellow soldiers because you believe it's your Muslim duty, it should be mentioned.
"It’s an evangelical who attacks gays, but it’s a closet homosexual who kills dozens of people in a nightclub."
If the person kills gays because it's against his religion, then it should be said. If he kills gays because he has some sort of twisted psychological reasons due to the fact that he's gay, then that should be said also. Now, Omar Mateen is known as an Islamist terrorist, not as a gay guy who went berserk on a gay club.
"It’s a white nationalist Christian who attacks a mosque, but it’s a man with a troubled mind who kills his coworkers in San Bernardino."
It was a white nationalist Christian who attacked a mosque. Why wouldn't it be said? He was very open about it.
San Bernardino is generally classified as an Islamic terrorist attack, even though... he was working there, and it was Inland Regional Center's Christmas party - "a government-funded not-for-profit public benefit corporation that provides services and programs to more than 33,000 people with developmental disabilities and their families in California's San Bernardino and Riverside Counties."
That doesn't sound like a probable target for Islamist terrorists, I have to say...
I mean, the Boston Marathon bombing was obviously a terror attack - random killing in places with a lot of bystanders, perfect to strike fear to the hearts of people - and no-one is denying it was islamist, even though at the beginning no-one knew who did it. (North Korea was suspected initially.)
"During the campaign, I sent out a tweet that had a photo of a bowl of rainbow-colored Skittles accompanied by the following text: “If I had a bowl of skittles and I told you just three would kill you. Would you take a handful? That’s our Syrian refugee problem.”
As metaphors go, I didn’t think it was so terrible. Maybe not F. Scott Fitzgerald, but not bad for a guy with a business degree from Wharton, right?"
You stole it from feminists :-D. Or probably got it from someone who stole it.
You know how men reacted to that?
"These same people now object to the Skittles comparison. The analogy is identical: a handful of members of a group engage in violence that terrifies a portion of the population. That portion then fears the group in general because they cannot tell which members are safe and which pose a threat.
The only difference is that males are an acceptable target. It is okay to fear men. It is okay to hate men. It is okay to imply that until proven otherwise all men are rapists.
But you cannot say this of Syrian refugees. They have nuanced experiences. Most of them pose no threat to anyone. It is unconscionable to distrust them over a handful of bad actors."
The analogy is identical. I fully acknowledge your fear. But when the women who has been raped (20% of all women), dare to go out, go to work, interact with men, without demanding men are locked up or banned from the public space, why would you be sheltered and pampered, because you are afraid? It wouldn't be fair to "punish" the 90 men who hasn't raped a woman, because of the 10 who has, so why would it be fair to "punish" the 97 Syrian refugees, for the POSSIBLE crimes of 3? Your chance of meeting a terrorist is a lot smaller than a woman's chance of meeting a rapist.
After all, it was you who said: "If I’ve learned one thing about children—and human beings in general—it’s that they can thrive only when they’re challenged. Just as your muscles won’t grow if you don’t put them under the stress of weight lifting and your mind won’t expand if you don’t fill it with difficult thoughts, books, and arguments, people can’t grow if they’re not made uncomfortable, or at least challenged, sometimes."
Maybe you just need to stop being a fucking coward and see the refugees and Muslims as people, just like the blue-collar workers and union men you befriended.
Women's March Organizer Linda Sarsour Spoke of 'Jihad.' But She Wasn't Talking About Violence
Again, you get upset because you assume words must mean something they don't mean. And she even took care of illustrating her meaning with a story. Jihad doesn't mean "holy war".
"As it stands right now, the ideas contained in radical Islamic fundamentalism are completely at odds with the basic tenets of Western civilization."
ALL radical fundamentalism is completely at odds with everything of value.
American Christian fundamentalist radicalism
"Now before people in the fake-news media take me out of context and get too carried away, let me be crystal clear: I am not talking about the vast majority of Muslim people around the world"
Good. Don't. But your supporters are. So maybe you need to be more careful and remember to mention you are talking about radical Islamic fundamentalim, and not about Ilhan Omar or Linda Sarsour, who belong to the "vast majority of Muslim people around the world", and are not radical Islamic fundamentalists.
"If we aren’t free to criticize radical Islam on its merits and to speak freely about what’s wrong with people who subscribe to it blindly and do bad things in its name"
You are
"We’ve been told for so long, usually in the aftermath of some monstrous Islamist attack on the civilized world, that Islam is a religion of peace, but we must also acknowledge that there is a radical element that would kill you, me, and even the trans hippie who’s eating a vegan kale salad right now."
You only talk about the radical element. We know there are radical islamists and islamist terrorists who cause a lot of destruction and kill people. We know extreme right Muslim countries use Sharia law to control their countries.
"Even the ones like this man [the San Bernardino shooter] who came to the United States legally"
Yeah... he was born in the USA. Can't come more legally than that.
Guess which other terrorists were also born in the USA? Patrick Crusius, James Alex Fields Jr., Dylann Storm Roof, Timothy McVeigh, Terry Nichols...
"Why do liberals go out of their way to apologize for or excuse radical Islam while at the same time they condemn Christians, masculinity, family values, and the American way of life? You can’t have it both ways!"
I think you have misunderstood the "can't have it both ways". Because right now you are saying they are basically the same thing.
I live in an area with a lot of Middle Eastern refugees and immigrants. A lot of them are "Sweden Democrats". Basically Nazis. Not the Muslim ones. The Christian ones. They also whine about "liberals condemning Christians, masculinity, family values, and the American way of life"
Now, I wonder if he is going to say what he thinks is "family values" and "the American way of life"...
I suppose it's just what ever he thinks it is, so that he can attack liberals for "condemning" it.
"By definition, however, a disagreement has two sides. If one side engages in a full-out war of misinformation, hurtful invectives, and physical violence toward the other, it’s not a disagreement.
It’s called hate."
Full-out war of misinformation? You mean, "alternative facts"? Check
hurful invective? You mean, like "sleepy liberal losers, socialist crybabies, and hypocritical politicians and media", "the left, who are just a bunch of oversensitive babies who find everything offensive" "So-called activists on the extreme left have moved from their safe spaces and the basements of their parents’ houses out into the streets", "the trans hippie who’s eating a vegan kale salad right now", and such? Check
Physical violence toward the other? Check
Cars have hit demonstrators 104 times since George Floyd protests began
'You can obviously see from the way they're chanting and the things they say that they were just looking to beat up any white guy with a MAGA hat.
'These are Maoist terrorists,' he added.
'They are not Americans. They are not liberals. They are Maoists, and they will attack you, they will hurt you, they want to burn down this United States. Even if Joe Biden wins, they will not stop. Don't you understand me?'"
So - The Right hates the Left and BLM.
BTW, really scary looking mob those BLM protesters. I have to say that that MAGA hat guy looks the most dangerous of them all.
"Nowhere is this upside-down thinking by the left more evident than in the way Christians are treated in our country today."
Well... there are Christians... and then there are CINOs. And then there are the FFF "Christians". Christians are wonderful people. CINOs are not. And FFFs have no place in a civilized society.
"There were those who said he had chosen Judge Barrett solely because she was a woman, an olive branch to the crazed left-wing feminists in Congress."
Must have been some idiot Rightie. No-one who knows Amy Coney Barrett and "crazed left-wing feminists in Congress" (What a way to speak about the elected representatives of the people of United States. I bet you think you respect women. As long as they stay in their place...) would have thought so.
And you don't get points knocked off because you were a "traitor", you don't get woke points because you aren't woke. Gender is irrelevant.
My father has hired women for major roles for about as long as Joe Biden has been rubbing their shoulders and letting out hot breath onto their necks—which is to say, a very long time.
*sigh* Does this asshole think his language is not insulting, abusive and hurtful?
So, about for as long as Trump's been glaring and grabbing at half-naked teenaged girls and young women, because no-one dared to stop him?
Donald Trump, a champion of women? His female employees think so.
Well... Amy Coney Barrett is against abortion, GLBTQA+ people, and birth control. That is being a threat to civil, constitutional, and reproductive rights. You call it "being interested in expanding possibilities for only some women", and I call it being interested in expanding possibilities of the women who want to have their possibilities expanded.
"ACLU which stopped fighting for the civil liberties of all Americans a long time ago"
People deem ACLU's impartiality by two factors.
1) Whether they see themselves as potentially being accused with their help, or have their plant thwarted;, or whether they see themselves as potentially needing their help
or
2) if you needed their help and didn't get it.
Which one are you?
"It was Judge Barrett’s religion, however, that the Senate committee targeted."
Yes. She's a fundamentalist.
“Indeed, it lived loudly in the hearts of those who founded our nation as one where citizens could practice their faith freely and without apology.”
Yes, practice. Not force everyone else to practice that faith, too.
"In November 2018, senators Kamala Harris of California and Mazie Hirono from Hawaii suggested that Brian Buescher, my father’s nominee for the US district court in Nebraska, be disqualified because he belonged to the Knights of Columbus"
Knights of Columbus, "The Knights promote the Catholic view on public policy issues, including opposition to same-sex marriage, abortion, and birth control." The US law makes all of them legal, and if a person might get into a conflict between following the law and following their personal conviction and beliefs, they should choose their beliefs, and knowing this, they should not accept a position where they might get into a conflict like this.
It's like Kim Davis. She should have quit her job when gay marriage became legal, because she knew she wouldn't be able to follow the law and do her job.
"Hey, Sheldon, you remember anything about separation of church and state?"
Do you? Or do Christians not need to separate church and state?
And remember Rev. Jeremiah Wright?
"The left in this country has completely forgotten the Judeo-Christian values on which the United States was founded. Democrats forget that the only reason we have a country in the first place is because a bunch of people got onto a ship and sailed here from England so they could practice their religion freely. Then, when it came time to write their laws, they looked to the Ten Commandments for guidance.
Separation of church and state in this country means that the government can’t tell people what faith they can practice. It doesn’t stop people from making laws based on their religious beliefs."
John Adams disagreed with you on that. And I think I'd rather take his word on it than yours. After all, he was there when it happened...
“the impious presumption of legislators and rulers, civil as well as ecclesiastical, who, being themselves but fallible and uninspired men, have assumed dominion over the faith of others, setting up their own opinions and modes of thinking as the only true and infallible, and as such endeavoring to impose them on others, hath established and maintained false religions over the greatest part of the world and through all time.”
- Thomas Jefferson
No, the Right has forgotten the values on which the United States was founded, and try to push their own as the Founders'. Just the same way as you push your own values as "Judeo-Christian".
Separation of church and state doesn't stop people from making laws based on their religious beliefs, IF THE PEOPLE AGREES ON IT, which is what Democracy means. The people choose the law makers, to try to represent them according to their best ability.
You keep forgetting Hillary got the popular vote. Donald Trump doesn't have the people behind him. He is the President because of the electorate college, not by the will of the people. He should think a little about what the people wants, in stead of doing what ever he likes. Now he lost the election again, and this time he won't even have the electoral college.
BTW, could you recite the 10 commandments? Do you think you and your daddy keep them? Especially Jesus' Annotated Version?
There are six things that the LORD strongly dislikes, seven that are an abomination to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil, a false witness who breathes out lies, and one who sows discord among brothers.
— Proverbs 6:16–19
This whole book is "a lying tongue, a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil, a false witness who breathes out lies, and one who sows discords among brothers". I'd say "haughty eyes" as well. A lot of bragging and arrogance there...
So the fruit of your tree proves you are not a Christian.
"No one, for instance, has asked Ilhan Omar in a public forum whether or not she married her brother to commit immigration fraud."
No-one has asked you whether you married your sister to commit immigration fraud either. Did you?
BTW, who IS your real father?
Did your mother commit immigration fraud to birth you in the USA?
Were you born in the USA? Do you have your a birth certificate? No, a REAL birth certificate, and not that fake one your "dad" bought.
1/3 of USonians believe Obama is a Muslim. They are "deeply uncomfortable", because they believe Obama is a Muslim, that the “dogma” of Islam “lives loudly” within him, and therefore he is a terrorist, or at least supports terrorists, and they are quite open and loud about this.
I haven't heard you say a word of rebuke to them.
Even though you should know he isn't a Muslim, and even if he was, it shouldn't matter.
At least if one believes you, and you seriously believe that most Muslims are fine, ordinary, peace-loving people who just want to get on with their lives and have caused no-one ever any trouble, why would people be so worried and uncomfortable about Obama's perceived religion?
So... I find it hard to believe you.
"At the time, the fact that we had any support in the Jewish community was baffling to many pundits."
I wonder. Most people who know the American Jewry, know they are like any other Americans. Some are Conservative, some are Liberal. There is no monolith "Jewish community" your dad could make promises to. Not every Jew in USA want the same things.
Appointing conservative judges is only pleasing to conservatives, and 3/4 of Jews are Democrats. Half of them are liberal. Only 20% of Jews are Conservative, and most of them are Orthodox Jews.
You could, of course, say, that 3/4 of American Jews aren't Jews.
"He campaigned on restoring fairness in trade and he’s taken the Chinese and other nations head on."
Interesting that you mention this in connection to the Jews... why do you think the Jews would be particularly interested in trade?
"Similarly, he promised to move the United States Embassy to Jerusalem, something which multiple presidents including George Bush, Bill Clinton, Other Bush, and even Barack Obama also promised to do but never delivered."
Barack Obama didn't promise to move the US embassy to Jerusalem. He acknowledged Jerusalem as Israel's capital, which it is, but he said nothing about the embassy.
"Barack Obama made no secret of his disdain for Israeli leadership"
Every decent person disdains Israeli leadership. Supporting the fascist government doesn't make you Israel's friend. Benjamin Netanyahu and Avigdor Lieberman are... Uh.
"When [my dad] makes a promise, he follows through."
Yeah, sure...
Trump’s 40 Biggest Broken Promises
He says "give me a break" and "left lost its mind" five times in this book. Kill your darlings, donny-boy.
"the United States should support the only democracy in the Middle East"
Israel isn't the only democracy in the Middle East.
"You see, the United States is a leader, and others follow us"
Yeah... Guatemala followed you. The rest stayed in Tel Aviv.
"It’s called leadership—something Obama sorely lacked."
No, darling, it's called delusion. Something that has become painfully clear to everyone but you since Biden won the election.
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