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Originally Posted by boatin
So the more I think on this, the more angry/befuddled I get. You "have a feeling" that some posters HERE rejoiced at the 9/11 attacks???
If I "have a feeling" that someone here fornicates with goats and kills children for breakfast, it wouldn't be within my rights to say such a thing. Such an opinion can only hurt the processes of this board.
What you write is pretty much is the most inflammatory thing I've seen on these politics boards. That you could hold such an opinion confuses me to no end. I honestly don't know what to say except that this comment illustrates the gap in understanding between the 'sides'.
Rather than hold such an opinion, I would encourage you to ask questions and dig into what you don't understand about opinions you don't get/like. We are supposed to respect and value the opinions of others in this place. In that spirit, I invite you to help me understand how you could have meant your comment differently than I read it.
Just because I question my articulation, I'll throw this out one more time: ascribing 'joy' to anyone, outside of actual the actual murderers, for the crimes others commit is a leap I can't even comprehend.
edit: fixed quotation marks
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I have seen in this thread and others dealing with the terror issue, people saying essentially that the west is to blame for these attacks, and that terrorists are justified in what they do. It is not a far leap that people who feel terrorists are justified in their acts to feel joy when those just attacks (in their view) are committed. Just like people often feel joy when a US attack succeeds against a terrorist target, these people would feel joy when a terrorist attack suceeds against an American/Western target. Remember, accusing someone of fornicating with goats and killing children for breakfast is only insulting to people who feel that those things are wrong. If someone finds nothing wrong with those acts, it's not an insult.
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This is the division I am talking about. To have someone publicly say and believe that there are posters here that rejoiced at the tragedies, maimings and deaths of thousands is hateful, divisive and uncalled for.
If you are to win a war, you must stand united and stop spewing hate.
Look at sports..... no team has ever won that is divided so much they can't achieve anything. Even if they hate each other, they find ways to get along and show solidarity.
We show none. And on days when we should we have people on public airwaves spewing hatred towards not those responsible, not the terrorists but those in our own house.
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I made sure and quote the entirety of your post this time, hope this helps (even the parts that are irrelevant to what I'm saying).
You remarked about stevo's comments, and indirectly mine (as he was referencing someone talking about my comments). You talk about the divisiveness of our posts, but I notice you don't mention previous posts that sought to directly blame the victims of these attacks for their misfortune. Why are the opinions that are more left leaning not worthy of the divisive tag? Apparently it's uncalled for to say that there might be people who agree with terrorists, but totally reasonable to say that the victims of bombings are to blame for them
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