Islam

[Xorlidyr]

I wouldn't say terrorism, but Islam has certainly proven itself to be a very violent and oppressive religion and culture.

Now that is more cliché than a pianist playing Für Elise.

[Havoc]

GTFO you troll.

[STM]

Gish, at the end of the day you cannot talk about acceptance and open-mindedness to some people, so don't waste your breath. Westerners love to believe that Islam is an imminent, burgeoning mass of war and oppression because our lives are safe, insipid and without cause to feel worried. We as a race are bored and like to entertain the idea that perhaps one day we'll be faced with genuine issues like those that Syrians, Iraqis, Eastern Africans and so on and so forth, face on a daily basis. Why do you think post-apocalyptic media is so widely consumed amongst white, western, middle class people?

[Xorlidyr]

There are a lot of possible reasons. I guess, it would be better to leave this topic alltogether.

In tenebris - beatitudinem.

[Vlam]

STM (and Xorlidyr), is this self-hatred?

[STM]

I hate myself but that's more to do with all the dead bodies in the basement.

[Vlam]

Don't you like your way of life?

[STM]

I will do when I finish my conversion to Islam.

[Nepsotic]

Gish, at the end of the day you cannot talk about acceptance and open-mindedness to some people, so don't waste your breath. Westerners love to believe that Islam is an imminent, burgeoning mass of war and oppression because our lives are safe, insipid and without cause to feel worried. We as a race are bored and like to entertain the idea that perhaps one day we'll be faced with genuine issues like those that Syrians, Iraqis, Eastern Africans and so on and so forth, face on a daily basis. Why do you think post-apocalyptic media is so widely consumed amongst white, western, middle class people?

And what have you done about it? Also, again with this bullshit rhetoric that we're "afraid of Muslims". Being afraid of terrorism is fucking retarded because thousands more people die a day from car crashes than fucking ISIS bombs.

[Nate]

I wouldn't say terrorism, but Islam has certainly proven itself to be a very violent and oppressive religion and culture.

Then allow me to rephrase my post:

You completely miss the point. No-one is denying that terrorism is mostly to do with <a very violent and oppressive religion and culture>. The issue is people who suggest that Islam is mostly to do with <a very violent and oppressive religion and culture>.

You're cherry picking the examples that prove your point. And other people are cherry picking the examples that prove their point. I'm standing in the middle and telling people not to be so un-nuanced in their declarations.

[STM]

And what have you done about it? Also, again with this bullshit rhetoric that we're "afraid of Muslims". Being afraid of terrorism is fucking retarded because thousands more people die a day from car crashes than fucking ISIS bombs.

Speak for yourself, Nepsotic. There are others on this thread who are of a differing opinion. Although I do agree that being afraid of terrorism is silly.