Boko haram and the GOP. Both see public education as an enemy to their ends. Just saying

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[WillyT]

1. Yep... The American Taliban Is Alive And Well... But Shrinking...

And dudes hate shrinkage...

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3. I hope you are right that the American Taliban is shrinking. But I don't know it.

[WillyT]

5. They Are Being Demographically Outnumbered... That's Why They Have To Cheat And Steal In...

Upcoming Elections... They Have No Honor.

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10. True this.

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2. Poor comparison. Republicans are bad enough by their own achievement.

We don't need to try and compare them to Boko Haram. Beyond existing along a continuum of conservative ideology, they are largely incomparable in ethic or deed.

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4. I think the fact that the GOP don't want good information, only corporate information, going

to young minds is very much like how those monsters in Nigeria want to control girls through controlling the information females get throughout life. Obviously the horror is much different. But the point that it is ultimately about control shows a similarity. I don't disagree with you entirely though. I see it both ways.

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7. Liberal Corporatism and Islamic fundamentalism are diametrically opposed at least politically.

By liberal I mean in the classical sense especially as it pertains to Western political philosophy.

Boko Haram and the GOP converge in two key ways. The first is their bend towards authoritarianism. The second is in their unceasing obsession to destroy the other. But beyond that they diverge considerably. Religious fundamentalism denounces the rapture of materialism that the GOP, and many Western political parties, hold dear. That is a fundamental precipice which cannot be covered by even the most thorough comparisons.

I want groups like Boko Haram destroyed and not in some sort of symbolic fashion. I want the group and its members to depart from this Earth. Despite my hatred of the GOP, the severity of my hatred is orders of magnitude lower. I want the GOP to cease to exist through the political process.

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9. Yes, yes and yes.

[NYC_SKP]

6. Both see gender equality as a bad, bad thing.

Two OPs from earlier today struck me:

Elisabeth Hasselbeck Escalates War On Female Breadwinners: Are They a ‘Recipe For Disaster?’

Do you know what Boko Haram means?

According to wikipedia it means Western Education is sinful.

They do not believe in educating girls because it offends their culture and is sinful - condemning the girls to hell. They think by kidnapping these girls they are saving their souls. Plus they can make a few bucks selling them.

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8. Yes. I posted about the new GOP meme that women who get paid well are bad for men. As if there

really are a whole lot of men out there silently suffering because their wife was made manager or got a raise. It is probably pretty rare but with Hillary Clinton running I bet the GOP wants the number of suddenly affected/afflicted men to increase. So the war of feminism will replace the race war the GOP have seeded between all the republicans and all the democrats when Obama was president. They always need a war. Plane and simple.

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11. Thot the same tonight while watching the news.

The far right is in so many places -- not just here in the U.S., but in many countries. There seems to be a force driving movements against women, against education, against knowledge, against facts, against opportunities for all.

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12. +100