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Is Islamaphobia Irrational?

Posted by Herb7734 8 years, 2 months ago to Education
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Since a phobia is described as an irrational fear, Islamaphobia becomes an oxymoron.
Need proof? The following are some reasons for a rational fear of Islam and its Muslim followers. I use the word "some" because for the sake of brevity, I could have listed many more. Keep in mind that the following were all perpetrated by Muslims:
The shoe bomber
The Beltay shooters
The underwear bomber
The USS Cole bombers
The Madrid Train Bombers
The Bali Nightclub bombers
The London Subway bombers
The Moscow Theater Attackers
The Boston Marathon Bombers
Pan Am 93
The Iranian Embassy takeover
The Israeli Olympic Team massacre
The Kober Towers bombers
Embassy Attack in Benghazi
The Beirut Marine Barracks massacre
The 1st World Trade Center Bombing
The 2nd World Trade Center Attack on 911
Tha Achille Lauro Hijack
The Peshawary Schoolchildren massacre
If that doesn't prove that it is perfectly rational to fear Muslims, nothing will. However, that doesn't mean that one should run cowering when encountering a Muslim. Quite the opposite should be the case.

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  • Posted by ewv 8 years, 1 month ago
    Islamphobia is also a redundancy. They are phobic about reality and civilization.
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  • Posted by BeenThere 8 years, 1 month ago in reply to this comment.
    Excellent

    "........ typically disproportional to the actual danger posed."

    Radical Islam is a "clear and present danger", thus recognition of that danger is not a phobia, but a rational assessment of reality (of those who worship death).
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  • Posted by BeenThere 8 years, 1 month ago in reply to this comment.
    Chauncey made more sense (then & now) than many "politicos".........................................
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  • Posted by Herb7734 8 years, 1 month ago in reply to this comment.
    I think the movie was called "Fallen Angel?"
    DiNiro played "Lou Cypher" and his gopher was Macntosh. He was one scary devil. As the movie progressed he became more sinister and his nails grew claw-like. Ugh..
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  • Posted by jsrich 8 years, 1 month ago
    There are three kinds of Muslims"
    1. The fundamental - He wants to behead you today.
    2. The Moderate - He can wait till tomorrow to dispose of you.
    3. The Peaceful - He looks the other way while you are being beheaded and sees nothing wrong with you punishment.

    I will stop believing this when more "peaceful" Muslims stand up to the other two. I believe that the term radicalized Muslim applies to all Islam. After all, Islam teaches these abhorrent things.
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  • Posted by $ number6 8 years, 1 month ago in reply to this comment.
    If you understood the TRUE definition of the word you would know : " “The principle of dissimulation of one’s religious beliefs in order to avoid persecution or imminent harm, where no useful purpose would be served by publicly affirming them.”
    http://islamicresponse.blogspot.com/2...


    Actually all of humanity has that rule.
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  • Posted by AdamSamuelsNH 8 years, 1 month ago
    Add the November 2015 Paris shootings and March 2016 Brussels bombing to that list
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  • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 8 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Truman sent advisers first. JFK ordered them out of of Vietnam and was assassinated before that move was completed. LBJ rescinded the order, increased the number, manufactured the Tonkin Gulf incident and committed a full deployment of combat units.

    I fail to see how JFK , safely dead had any bearing. Other than having his orders rescinded by Lyndon B for Butcher Johnson.
    It was LBJ's snowball from start to finish.

    Of course don't let accuracy get in the way of urban myth. JFK had his own crosses to bear namely Bahia De Los Conchos. His legacy should stand on what he did do not what his successor did after this death.
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  • Posted by Herb7734 8 years, 2 months ago
    This has been a most remarkable discussion. While it varied a bit, here and there, it mostly stayed on topic. It was elucidating, annoying, and diverting.
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  • Posted by Herb7734 8 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Before he died he started the snowball down the hill. Next came Good ol' boy, Grab-Your-Beagle-By-The-Ears Johnson.
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  • Posted by Herb7734 8 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    OOh, you are one nasty SOB. UI was with you until wiping out entire cities, including non combatant. A bit too grisly for me.
    As an aside, you might want to edit your posts to correct typos. They'll be more readable, and get more respect.
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  • Posted by Herb7734 8 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Satan is such a fun concept. Just a thought that a single creature can be the embodiment of all evil is such a great idea that authors throughout history have been using it for horror as well as comedy. It would be amusing to ask the Gulch which of the many Satans of the movies they like the best.
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  • Posted by Herb7734 8 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    The translated meaning of Satan is "adversary." The fallen angel we call the devil is Lucifer, the illuminator or Morningstar. The fairy tales are so much more fun when they are disassociated from being a religion.
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  • Posted by Herb7734 8 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Don't forget JFK and his condemning of the Diem brothers which helped escalate things, and likely caused the heroin epidemic.
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