Mother of American teen tells ISIS: "Leave our children alone!" [Eye Rolling Naivete]

CBS ^ | 1/14/15

[SoFloFreeper]

The suburban Chicago mother of a 19-year-old American facing a terrorist charge for trying to join Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants accused the group on Tuesday of brainwashing youths into joining their ranks via social media. And she declared, "Leave our children alone!"

Mohammed Hamzah Khan's mother cried softly as she read her statement....

[SoFloFreeper]

I do sympathize with mothers who lose their kids to lunatics. Maybe the modern western equivalent is teens who are lured into drugs and other types of abuse.

But to think Islamic radicals are going to listen is naive.

The only option is to destroy them....something the leaders of the civilized world (except Bibi) are too scared to admit.

[Opinionated Blowhard]

If her kid is trying to join ISIS, she had better look at her parenting skills and the beliefs that she is teaching him too. “Social media” is not strong enough to turn kids from good homes who have decent values into terrorists.

[Vinnie]

We need a #hash tag. That ‘ll fix it.

[cableguymn]

and a (p)Resident holding a sign with the hash tag..

That’ll really fix it.

[magna carta]

They are really making headway into our schools on worksheets with lessons on the Prophet etc...it is very surreal what is going on.

[Prospero]

Astounding, isn't it?

The root attraction of Islam, and for that matter all mass movement, is the opportunity they present for "flight from an unwanted self," as Eric Hoffer wrote in his definitive 1951 work on the subject The True Believer.

In relatively "good times" it's those who perceive themselves as inherently flawed beyond repair who are drawn to seek escape from a self they seek to disinherit who are drawn to movements that reject the present, in exchange for a glorious future.

They seek escape from the "awful" responsibility that seems to to come from "knowing good and evil."

The only sure and final defeat of a mass movement is in another, more resonant mass movement.

I think a mature American nationalism is the best counter to the draw of Jihadism. If the Left could ever let go of their imagined dream of Internationalism and instead embraced nationalism (as Left wing movements have in the past) Conservatism, as it is today in America, would have no chance. It's the missing piece in their complete victory over America.

I could go on and on, but my eyes shouldn't glaze over so early in the morning.

[Iron Munro]

[iontheball]

.it is very surreal what is going on.
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You can sense the underlying influence and work of the Devil.

[Vinnie]

...as Eric Hoffer wrote in his definitive 1951 work on the subject The True Believer.

Used to enjoy seeing him on TV. A philosopher stevedore.

[dfwgator]

You doubt the awesome power of #Hashtag?

[M1903A1]

Hoffer was an impressive and insightful author. Given some recent research by others, I suspect his “self-educated migrant worker/longshoreman” narrative wasn’t 100% true, but that doesn’t detract from the greatness of his work.

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

-— and a (p)Resident holding a sign with the hash tag..

That’ll really fix it. -—

And James Taylor singing, “You’ve Got a Friend.” That’ll really, really fix it.

[Mears]

” she had better look at her parenting skills and the beliefs that she is teaching him too. “

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Please don’t blame the parents. Ridiculous.

I’m sure that you know as well as I do that a parent can do everything right and a kid can go wrong.

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