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dc_dux · 02-13-2011, 05:19 AM

Pan....yes, I think you are Chicken Little and and mimicking the ugly fear mongering rhetoric of the most blatant Islamaphobes (Frank Gafney, John Bolton, Glenn Beck.....) and only marginally less so, some of those in the mix for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012 (Huckabee, Gingrigh...).

First, who supports illegal immigration...or is that simply an inflammatory way to start the discussion?

Beyond that strange premise, you must have watched a different revolution in Egypt. In the one I saw, the masses were not screaming "the US is Satan and must be destroyed" or "kill the infidels" or even "Allah be praised", but groups of Coptic Christians and Muslims together celebrating the opportunity for democracy and basic human rights.

I dont doubt that some Muslims view the US as racists...but it is from rhetoric from those I named above that see a terrorist behind every Muslim and, that is seen and heard around the world, that present the greater danger to the US.

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BTW, the current protest in Algeria is being led by a secular political party, Rally for Culture and Democracy, not Islamic fundamentalists.

In Lebanon as well, which is secular and has many religions, the protests are as much against the role of Hezbollah in the government as anything else. It is political, not an uprising of Islamic fundamentalists.

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dc_dux Location: Washington DC	Pan....yes, I think you are Chicken Little and and mimicking the ugly fear mongering rhetoric of the most blatant Islamaphobes (Frank Gafney, John Bolton, Glenn Beck.....) and only marginally less so, some of those in the mix for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012 (Huckabee, Gingrigh...). First, who supports illegal immigration...or is that simply an inflammatory way to start the discussion? Beyond that strange premise, you must have watched a different revolution in Egypt. In the one I saw, the masses were not screaming "the US is Satan and must be destroyed" or "kill the infidels" or even "Allah be praised", but groups of Coptic Christians and Muslims together celebrating the opportunity for democracy and basic human rights. I dont doubt that some Muslims view the US as racists...but it is from rhetoric from those I named above that see a terrorist behind every Muslim and, that is seen and heard around the world, that present the greater danger to the US. ---------- Post added at 08:19 AM ---------- Previous post was at 07:51 AM ---------- BTW, the current protest in Algeria is being led by a secular political party, Rally for Culture and Democracy, not Islamic fundamentalists. In Lebanon as well, which is secular and has many religions, the protests are as much against the role of Hezbollah in the government as anything else. It is political, not an uprising of Islamic fundamentalists. __________________ "The perfect is the enemy of the good." ~ Voltaire Last edited by dc_dux; 02-13-2011 at 05:40 AM..