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Bryan Grayson's avatar

A "straw man" rebuttal with a hint of gaslighting. You managed so much in such a short reply, even providing justification for an invasion that you deny is actually happening. I would argue that statistics are less relevant than that which one can see with their own eyes.

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Aaron Goodwin's avatar

It's giving Baby's First Thesaurus.

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Aaron Goodwin's avatar

Item #17 is just classic islamophobia. Nobody with a brain thinks every immigrant from below a certain latitude is inherently some anti-european horde from the steppe intent on displacing nations. This is just xenophobic bigotry---which is rich, coming from nations who engaged in rapacious colonialism of the globe. This martyr complex is tiresome.

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Chris Strasser's avatar

Culture matters. I wonder why those that pander Islamophobia seem to only support culture against the west. We can coexist, but a country has a common culture or it’s just an empire. I would think the cultures that brought you ideas like freedom of speech, universal human rights and secular, religiously tolerant societies would be concerned about shiria law and theocratic takeover.

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Aaron Goodwin's avatar

Your description of so-called "western" ideals belies a complete ignorance of actual history, but enjoy your xenophobic pablum I guess. There is no such thing as immigrants establishing sharia law inside European or American countries. It's a complete myth, and the fact you parrot it tells me all I need to know about how little you actually understand the real world and how likely it is you're another silly propagandist of division and culture war.

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Flash Sheridan's avatar

Which of the numbers do you claim are inaccurate?

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Aaron Goodwin's avatar

I think you may be confused. There are no numbers in the item I'm referring to.

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Flash Sheridan's avatar

>>> Item #17 is just classic islamophobia.

>> Which of the numbers do you claim are inaccurate?

> I think you may be confused. There are no numbers in the item I'm referring to.

There are indeed numbers in the article you dismissed as “just classic islamophobia,” e.g. “nearly two-thirds (63 percent),” “77 percent,” “42.2 percent… while representing just 8.9 percent of the population,” “10 percent to 12 percent of the population… 50 percent to 55 percent.”

Of course you are entitled to call this (or anything) “Islamophobia,” but I suggest you actually read the article before dismissing it as “_just_ classic islamophobia.”

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