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LongTomH

(8,636 posts) Wed Dec 30, 2015, 02:44 PM Dec 2015

Muslims troll ISIS recruiting efforts on Twitter

You'll love this: Muslims hilariously troll the hell out of ISIS after their call for new jihadists ends up on Twitter.

A eader of ISIS learned the hard way this week that Twitter may not be a future option for attempting to reach out to fellow Muslims for his international jihad.

Earlier this week, ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi issued a call for Muslims worldwide to join his drive for an international caliphate.

Anti-oppression activist Iyad El-Baghdadi translated portions of the speech and posted them to Twitter, including one quote from al-Baghdadi reading: “ISIS leaders: We urgently call upon every Muslim to join the fight, especially those in the land of the two shrines (Saudi Arabia), rise.”

You gotta, you just gotta read the comments!!!!!

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Muslims troll ISIS recruiting efforts on Twitter (Original Post) LongTomH Dec 2015 OP

This is great! Chemisse Dec 2015 #1

Reasoned ridicule. Igel Dec 2015 #2

In most ancient societies ridicule was enough roguevalley Dec 2015 #6

Is there a dress code? - Coolhand Luke ‏@Coolhand_Comedy ChisolmTrailDem Dec 2015 #3

@iyad_elbaghdadi #daesh #ISIS Where is the AFTER PARTY ... ??? u have soon no land anymore ... :( ChisolmTrailDem Dec 2015 #4

I could die of laughter over that flag. Thank you for this. roguevalley Dec 2015 #5

I love this one: tanyev Dec 2015 #7

My favorite, too. bvf Dec 2015 #8

Chemisse

(30,817 posts)

1. This is great!

Reply to LongTomH (Original post)

Wed Dec 30, 2015, 02:49 PM

Dec 2015

And even better, sarcasm and ridicule toward ISIS from their fellow Muslims could help break the spell ISIS has over some of our young Muslim Americans.

Igel

(35,359 posts)

2. Reasoned ridicule.

Reply to Chemisse (Reply #1)

Wed Dec 30, 2015, 03:40 PM

Dec 2015

A lot of the humor plays to those that are already inoculated against ISIS, they play to the base and seem very clever to the already fervently converted, but could easily only serve to harden the attitude of fence-sitters and even those with some antipathy towards both ISIS and the particular brand of humor employed.

Good humor should undermine the opposition's views and point out flaws, not merely insult and humiliate. When you start focusing on humiliation, you also humiliate and insult those who are somehow in the same group as those you're targeting. That may be Salafist-jihadi authoritarians, but it may also include "Arabs", "believing Muslims," and other rather large categories whose hearts and minds are supposedly up for grabs.

Empathy that just lets you show sympathy to those in your group isn't a virtue. Empathy is a virtue when it cuts across group boundaries and provides insight into those that you otherwise might not understand, and when it helps you show compassion to those who probably wouldn't have an easy time showing compassion towards you. Then it's a struggle on the side of the empathizer and might just create a bit of cognitive dissonance on those considered "bad."

roguevalley

(40,656 posts)

6. In most ancient societies ridicule was enough

Reply to Igel (Reply #2)

Wed Dec 30, 2015, 04:41 PM

Dec 2015

to get you overthrown. You had to keep your dignity to the masses. Ridicule could topple kings. That is why most leaders treated bards so well. This is brilliant.