Prosthetic Conscience wrote:It was you who brought up Jesus, Moses and Mohammed. The historical comparisons are yours. And if you think that was "justifying" murder, then you're illiterate. I called the murderers psychopaths. What I'm doing is pointing out that attacking the religion of one and a half billion people, and the calls for internment or deportation without trial, or bans on Muslim immigration, are hysterical over-reaction that won't solve anything. They'll just drive marginal Muslims more to the "they hate us all" camp, and some will turn to violence. It's the over-reaction that groups like ISIS want. They want all Muslims to fear western countries and side with them. If you try to make it a "clash of civilizations" too, you're giving them the eternal war that ISIS craves.
My comment was on topic in regards to the ongoing discussion about Islamic murder and why it is happening. You digressed into a religious diatribe in which I have no interest of partaking in with this thread or any other thread. I was stating fact, not blind hate or anti-religious sentiment.
Your opinion about ISIS wanting an "over-reaction" is a typical view from the left and it is dead wrong. Speaking of history...history has shown that ignoring or placating groups of mass murderers only emboldens them.
Did you ever stop and think how much worse the ISIS terrorism would be right now if ISIS was rampantly doing what they do unabated? Have you thought about how many more members ISIS would have, and how much better their recruitment effort would be if we didn't fight back against them? No, your side would prefer to send them flowers, and hope that they change and suddenly become nice. Well go ahead, your side can send them flowers, my side is going to send them bullets and explosives, right between their eyes.
Everybody, including Muslims, knows that the West is not anti-Muslim. And it's quite obvious, so your point about this being a "clash of civilizations" is really silly and invalid. However, we do need to shake-up average Muslims, and make them realize that there is a malignancy in their religion, and it is going to be removed one way or the other. Because radical Muslims constantly murdering innocent civilians throughout the West is not going to be tolerated. With strong leadership such as Donald Trump, ISIS and groups like it will be dealt with harshly, as harsh as it can be done.