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In the discussion thread: ISIS and “Christian” Extremists: Both of them are terrorist organizations. [View all]

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Thu Feb 19, 2015, 11:35 AM

riqster (13,986 posts)

41. Damfino.

Rings a bell, but IIRC it was more a bunch of politicians yelling than pontifical peeps.

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47 replies	Author	Time	Post
ISIS and “Christian” Extremists: Both of them are terrorist organizations. [View all]	riqster	Feb 2015	OP
I have been saying for ages that I fear the fundamentalist reichwingnutjobs in this country	niyad	Feb 2015	#1
And you have been correct.	riqster	Feb 2015	#2
I think they both have extremist ideologies, but one is a specific organization and the other is not	Bluenorthwest	Feb 2015	#3
I think it's more about funding, organization and opportunity.	CJCRANE	Feb 2015	#5
Of similar beliefs, but dissimilar actions	whatthehey	Feb 2015	#4
Actually, violent Christian extremists are quite a problem.	riqster	Feb 2015	#9
Sure - but nowhere near the same extent. There are Buddhist and Hindu terror groups too	whatthehey	Feb 2015	#12
If it's only a question of degree, I don't think my OP is disproved	riqster	Feb 2015	#14
Another point, albeit a minor one:	riqster	Feb 2015	#34
Best to confront these "terrorists" as soon as possible, like, at the visitor parking space.	Nuclear Unicorn	Feb 2015	#6
I am sure that would have stopped Eric Rudolph.	riqster	Feb 2015	#35
Well, the militant atheists managed to stop 3 religious types recently.	Nuclear Unicorn	Feb 2015	#39
Christian extremists have killed far more people than ISIS could ever dream of	mwrguy	Feb 2015	#7
I have no dog in the make believe fight, but this is not true recently	whatthehey	Feb 2015	#8
Depends on how narrowly you draw your definitions.	riqster	Feb 2015	#10
or how much you push the limits of definitions	whatthehey	Feb 2015	#13
The OP said that there are Moslem and Christian terrorist groups.	riqster	Feb 2015	#15
The rule of law in Western-style democracies makes 90% of your post pointless	Pooka Fey	Feb 2015	#11
Crap. Christian terrorists exist.	riqster	Feb 2015	#16
The western judicial system punishes criminal violence - religious inspired or otherwise	Pooka Fey	Feb 2015	#17
True, but not all that relevant in relation to the OP.	riqster	Feb 2015	#23
I don't make irrelevant posts.	Pooka Fey	Feb 2015	#25
And upon you, peace.	riqster	Feb 2015	#26
One way to dilute the atrocities of one group is by saying everyone does it.	Kaleva	Feb 2015	#18
And another way is to say "those other guys kill more people than these".	riqster	Feb 2015	#20
Case of the mistaken mondegreen	seveneyes	Feb 2015	#19
Wore my copy out, I must admit.	riqster	Feb 2015	#21
I completely agree with this	el_bryanto	Feb 2015	#22
I certainly did not mean to tar all Moslems and Christians with that brush.	riqster	Feb 2015	#24
Not at all - I appreciate that you made the distinction.	el_bryanto	Feb 2015	#27
Like Obama made crystal clear in his speech yesterday....both are evil...both cloak evil in religion	Fred Sanders	Feb 2015	#28
S'truth.	riqster	Feb 2015	#31
Also, largely ignored is the entirety of Obama's messsage, the media filters not only Obama to suit the agenda	Fred Sanders	Feb 2015	#33
Yeah, I usually wait for transcripts myself.	riqster	Feb 2015	#36
Here it is:	Fred Sanders	Feb 2015	#38
Thanks.	riqster	Feb 2015	#40
We can rein in domestic terrorism with one first step	meow2u3	Feb 2015	#47
I would be interested in seeing a link	Jenoch	Feb 2015	#29
So, a beheading is worse than shooting an abortion provider?	riqster	Feb 2015	#30
+1000	hobbit709	Feb 2015	#32
When did 21 abortion providers	Jenoch	Feb 2015	#43
So it's quantity then?	riqster	Feb 2015	#44
I am not justifyig the shooting of a single	Jenoch	Feb 2015	#45
Nowhere in the OP did I claim quantitative equivalence.	riqster	Feb 2015	#46
And let's not forget the fatwa issued by the Pope against the guy who created "Piss Christ".	Nye Bevan	Feb 2015	#37
Damfino.	riqster	Feb 2015	#41
Not sure about the Pope, but Bill O'Reilly just issued a fatwa	CJCRANE	Feb 2015	#42

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