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On terrorism, Republicans reach for new heights of stupidity and moral repugnance
Washington Post ^ | 7/15 | Paul Waldman

Posted on 07/15/2016 12:41:46 PM PDT by TangledUpInBlue

At the risk of taking Gingrich’s nonsense seriously, just imagine for a moment what translating his proposal into action would mean. The government would round up 3.3 million American Muslims, then “test” them to see “if they believe in Sharia,” a notion about which Gingrich doesn’t have the remotest clue. Sharia is the Arabic word for “law”; there’s no guidebook of official Sharia, and Islamic scholars have a multitude of ideas about how Koranic ideas could or should be translated into civil rules. But even if there were, Gingrich is literally proposing to prosecute thought crimes, as well as jettisoning the First Amendment to throw people in jail for visiting certain web sites. And where is he going to “deport” the Americans whom he decides believe in Sharia to?

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Hmm, aren't we already punishing people for thought crimes? (hate crimes) And are we sure he means Koranic? and not Moronic?
1 posted on 07/15/2016 12:41:46 PM PDT by TangledUpInBlue
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To: TangledUpInBlue

Liberals want desperately to defend Islam.

They’re welcome to it and they’ve got stupidity and arrogance nailed down to a T.


2 posted on 07/15/2016 12:44:49 PM PDT by goldstategop ((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever))
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To: TangledUpInBlue

Destroy islam


3 posted on 07/15/2016 12:45:24 PM PDT by onedoug
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To: TangledUpInBlue

Self-preservation is stupid and morally repugnant.

Suicide-by-proxy, I’m telling you.

These are the same people who look down on anyone who’s trying to make a buck. From the comfort of their mansions and their gated communities.

Chelsea Clinton: “I tried to care about money, and I couldn’t.”


4 posted on 07/15/2016 12:45:43 PM PDT by Steely Tom (Vote GOP: A Slower Handbasket)
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To: TangledUpInBlue

More Anal Discharge from the Compost. Sometimes you have to do tough things to deal with tough problems.


5 posted on 07/15/2016 12:46:49 PM PDT by DarthVader (Politicians govern out of self interest, Statesmen govern for a Vision greater than themselves)
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To: TangledUpInBlue

Many thousands more will have to die in our PC society before people finally wake up.

If they ever do.


6 posted on 07/15/2016 12:47:44 PM PDT by headstamp 2 (Fear is the mind killer.)
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To: TangledUpInBlue

Round ‘em up, round ‘em up, let’s go. Round ‘em up, let’s go. Oh, my eyes are seein’ red. Double vision from the blood we’ve shed. That’s the state of my, state of my, state of my head…

Far as any testing goes, I don’t really care if they believe in sharia or not.

I think a much more relevant test would be to drop them all in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean and see if they can swim back to their desert.

Round ‘em up, round ‘em up, let’s go. Round ‘em up, let’s go.


7 posted on 07/15/2016 12:50:38 PM PDT by chris37 (heartless)
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To: headstamp 2
Many thousands more will have to die in our PC society before people finally wake up.

If they ever do.

During WWII, pretty much everyone knew someone or had a family member who was either (a) fighting in the war, or (b) dead from the war.

There were very few exceptions.

That's what you need to get people's attention.

That is, if the MSM isn't pushing the cause.

When their loved ones are hurt, they'll get on board like nobody's business.

8 posted on 07/15/2016 12:52:05 PM PDT by Steely Tom (Vote GOP: A Slower Handbasket)
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I am finding it increasingly harder and harder to even find the words to comment on such inane, utterly stupid articles such as this from WAPO...


9 posted on 07/15/2016 12:52:35 PM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
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To: TangledUpInBlue

no, Paul.

round them up and repatriate them to their own Krapistans

forget about “testing” them
that’s a joke


10 posted on 07/15/2016 12:56:24 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians are not born. They're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero)
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The repugnant Paul Waldman is just another foolish "concern troll".

If he were really "concerned" about people who are "literally proposing to prosecute thought crimes, as well as jettisoning the First Amendment" then he would be shouting to the rooftops about AG Loretta Lynch and her ugly comments. She has the entire "Justice" department at her beck and call, and can really follow through on her threats.

So, do we see Paul Waldman getting all hot and bothered about Lynch's remarks? You know, little things like: When asked about hate crimes, Lynch said that since 9/11, the Department of Justice has launched “over a thousand investigations into acts of anti-Muslim hatred, including rhetoric and bigoted actions, with over 45 prosecutions arising out of that.” “I think it’s important that as we again talk about the importance of free speech we make it clear that actions predicated on violent talk are not America. They are not who we are, they are not what we do, and they will be prosecuted,” she concluded.

Of course not.

He is too busy acting as a shill by dismissing "little" improprieties such as Bill Clinton meeting in secret with Lynch to talk about their grandchildren:

http://prospect.org/article/enough-optics-and-narrative

Waldman is a committed leftist, which means that he is also a committed liar. Pay no attention to that fraud...

11 posted on 07/15/2016 12:57:04 PM PDT by Zeppo ("Happy Pony is on - and I'm NOT missing Happy Pony")
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To: goldstategop

Islam is the militant wing of the left.


12 posted on 07/15/2016 12:58:18 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Edmund/Liawatha 2016. If you are going to lie, lie big.)
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To: goldstategop

You can almost picture this dope typing away frantically in defense of the desert neanderthals.


13 posted on 07/15/2016 12:58:26 PM PDT by ConservativeWarrior (Fall down 7 times, stand up 8. - Japanese proverb)
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To: goldstategop

Liberals want desperately to defend Islam.


yup


14 posted on 07/15/2016 12:59:24 PM PDT by samtheman (Trump For America.)
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To: TangledUpInBlue
The government would round up 3.3 million American Muslims, then “test” them to see “if they believe in Sharia,” a notion about which Gingrich doesn’t have the remotest clue.

What did we do to the German-American Bund before WWII?

I would round up 3.3 million American Muslims and ask them to publicly renounce Islam and sign a loyalty oath to the US. Upon doing so, they would gain the full Constitutional protections to which they entitled, and be treated with the respect and dignity due them. Failure to do so would mean deportation for non-citizens, and No Fly List or Watch List status for citizens.

Adherence to Islam must be seen and treated as a political allegiance, not a religious belief.

15 posted on 07/15/2016 1:04:15 PM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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Newt was trying to prevent THIS:

...but it is suddenly Newt who is morally repugnant?

Remember how the liberals always smugly jack off in your face:

"It's worth it if it only saves *one* child."

LIARS. Therefore collaborators.

You can't stop a terrorist with raised eyebrows.

16 posted on 07/15/2016 1:06:10 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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Dirty job, defending Islam, but SOMEBODY’S got to do it.

It just does not have to be Americans.

Islam and Shari’ah law are diametrically opposed to the vast portion of the US legal code, and in fact, to many legal codes around the world. There is very little of mercy, or appeals, or amnesty anywhere in Shari’ah, and even less of justice or forgiveness that can be found in the words of Mohammed or in the lines of the Koran itself.

If Muslims themselves can come up with a defense of the tenets of their ideology, and not simply tell people “I’ll kill you!” when inconsistencies in the doctrines of Islam come up, then a real dialogue might be started. Then, of course, the whole belief system of Islam would have to be purged of this default “Kill them all!” pandering to mental illness that seems the basis for the whole ideology surrounding Islam and Shari’ah law.

I do not see that happening until the territories and cultural centers of Islam are invaded and they are put under the same choice they offer members of other religions - convert, or die on the spot.

It worked during the Spanish Inquisition. In 1492, that same year Columbus set sail for the New World, the last of the Islamic Moors were kicked out of Spain, and the mosques were closed for good.


17 posted on 07/15/2016 1:08:03 PM PDT by alloysteel (Of course you will live in interesting times, Nobody has a choice, now.)
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To: onedoug

+1


18 posted on 07/15/2016 1:11:40 PM PDT by TangledUpInBlue
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No guide book to Sharia which is just law? Pfffft tell that to the mayor in Irving TX who stood her ground to prevent a Sharia court in TX. She stands tall amongst the hateful threats to her life or her family. This article is full of bull!


19 posted on 07/15/2016 1:12:23 PM PDT by patriotsoul
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To: TangledUpInBlue

Newt can’t be far off if the Post hates it!!!


20 posted on 07/15/2016 1:12:35 PM PDT by ontap
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