Latest Breaking News

leftynyc

(26,060 posts)

64. No - the problem here

Thu Jan 14, 2016, 12:08 PM

Jan 2016

is far too many on the left whine about Islamophobia when anyone points out anything negative about the behavior of Muslim doing crap in the name of Islam. They say nothing about the behavior and immediately try and shut down the discussion by calling anyone who doesn't agree with them haters. Nobody here is blaming ALL Muslims for anything. Let's not pretend they are.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

67 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Israel: Swedish FM 'Not Welcome' After Calling For Probe [View all] Purveyor Jan 2016 OP

Good leftynyc Jan 2016 #1

+1. Tired to death of listening to the selective COLGATE4 Jan 2016 #2

They're just trying to leftynyc Jan 2016 #3

There's that, and there's also always a less than COLGATE4 Jan 2016 #4

Also true leftynyc Jan 2016 #5

Most people now believe antisemitism is 'ancient history', dead COLGATE4 Jan 2016 #22

That "brigade" is nothing leftynyc Jan 2016 #26

Absolute baloney betterdemsonly Jan 2016 #35

If one word of what you said was true leftynyc Jan 2016 #39

If they don't buy food or hospitals than betterdemsonly Jan 2016 #41

LOL leftynyc Jan 2016 #43

Jury's in Goblinmonger Jan 2016 #58

Thanks for the support leftynyc Jan 2016 #60

So, anti-Jewish sentiment is alive nyabingi Jan 2016 #30

Yawn leftynyc Jan 2016 #32

I didn't conflate Israel with all Jews nyabingi Jan 2016 #42

Hyped the image? leftynyc Jan 2016 #44

Israel helps Isis in Syria betterdemsonly Jan 2016 #6

What are you babbling about? leftynyc Jan 2016 #7

Israel is openly helping Isis in Syria. betterdemsonly Jan 2016 #8

LOL - I see only one leftynyc Jan 2016 #9

The daily mail was officially embedded with the Israeli Army betterdemsonly Jan 2016 #10

Your link isn't to the Telegraph leftynyc Jan 2016 #11

Ok it is to the daily mail betterdemsonly Jan 2016 #12

So where is your condemnation leftynyc Jan 2016 #14

I have many journals expressing disgust with the US and Europe for trying to betterdemsonly Jan 2016 #15

So you pick leftynyc Jan 2016 #17

Most of his brutality is trumped up by Winep a neocon outfit betterdemsonly Jan 2016 #19

Awwww - that's your argument? leftynyc Jan 2016 #20

strawmen are all you have I guess. betterdemsonly Jan 2016 #23

I'm not the one trying to conflate leftynyc Jan 2016 #28

And really leftynyc Jan 2016 #13

Even if you believe medical treatment is all they are doing betterdemsonly Jan 2016 #16

It's what doctors swear to do leftynyc Jan 2016 #18

The doctors wouldn't be in Syria if the IDF weren't shipping them betterdemsonly Jan 2016 #21

LOL - who do you think you're kidding leftynyc Jan 2016 #24

Al Nusra are an admitted Al Qaeda affiliate betterdemsonly Jan 2016 #25

LOL - so now all the rebels leftynyc Jan 2016 #29

Maybe the socalled "rebels" in the article shouldn't have said they betterdemsonly Jan 2016 #31

An changing the subject again leftynyc Jan 2016 #34

The person you're talking to nyabingi Jan 2016 #33

Oh spare me leftynyc Jan 2016 #37

Why don't you stop nyabingi Jan 2016 #45

LOL - you're flailing about leftynyc Jan 2016 #46

Israel won't get involved because nyabingi Jan 2016 #48

Sigh leftynyc Jan 2016 #59

You're right, I brought up Gaza but nyabingi Jan 2016 #62

Good point. If Israel's interests are exactly the same as ours betterdemsonly Jan 2016 #49

What disturbs me is that their friends here in the American political establishment betterdemsonly Jan 2016 #38

I agree nyabingi Jan 2016 #47

And treat our President and PatSeg Jan 2016 #55

Very good points! ozone_man Jan 2016 #57

criticism of concern's in ones own nation if often the domain of the Interior minister. LanternWaste Jan 2016 #36

That's adorable leftynyc Jan 2016 #40

Good for the Swedish FM JustADumbFireman Jan 2016 #27

Let's Face It ... november3rd Jan 2016 #50

Very well said. guillaumeb Jan 2016 #52

Apparently any criticism of Israel translates into anti-Semitism for some at DU. guillaumeb Jan 2016 #51

Apparently so PatSeg Jan 2016 #53

Or multiple accounts. Islamophobia is the acceptable hatred, even at DU. guillaumeb Jan 2016 #54

Yep! PatSeg Jan 2016 #56

The problem is that leftynyc Jan 2016 #61

What is happening in Europe is not happening in a vacuum. guillaumeb Jan 2016 #63

No - the problem here leftynyc Jan 2016 #64

No response to the other issues that I raised? guillaumeb Jan 2016 #65

That the US and Europe aren't perfect? leftynyc Jan 2016 #66

Blowback was the point. A point that perhaps you did not understand. guillaumeb Jan 2016 #67