Posted on 10/07/2016 1:28:20 PM PDT by ncfool
“massive backlash” - meaning one bomb threat. From a jihadi. See how it works?
CAIR - has maybe 50* members. But look how influential.
* - CAIR has more than 50 members. I was using exaggeration to make a point; it’s a small organization. It should be ignored.
I guess I was busy then. It didn’t really click with me until now.
But, at least, it clicked!
Some folks will never see it.
I think the counter-argument, “All black people aren’t like that,” works better than the contention that, “All Moslems aren’t like that.” Having African ancestors is an matter of chance, while Islam is a belief.
Some of my Mexican friends have considerable African ancestry - which, among other things, made my choir-lady from Acapulco over six feet tall! - but they don’t have the belief system of “ideological” American black people. And of course, neither do Kenyans, Ugandans, Nigerians, etc.
In summary, “black” tells you less about a person than “Moslem” does.
Offended Christians don't generally show up at corporate offices with AK's when they feel "disrespected".
That’s why we’re so easy. We pray and place flowers at a shooting where they go all nuts and kill more.
That is true.
It’s a tough situation, anyway. I don’t remember this when I was growing up. I remember the Russians, nuclear war, all that.
Oh yeah...”Duck and cover”.
My father was a Navy officer for 30 years. I helped him with his writing in the 70s and 80s. We thought a Russian first strike was a reasonable possibility.
Maybe that’s when I learned not to care about death. I certainly don’t now!
My Dad was in the navy too. Vet of WW2 and Korea.
he was also the ship’s photographer.
I grew up gazing at unpublished real photos of the Battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa.
Needless to say, I have a profound respect and love for our Veterans.
Wow. My father joined in the late 50s when they had a pilot cadet program for guys with good hand-eye coordination. It was the best thing possible for him. He wasn’t a hotshot pilot - we went to their funerals - but he was a great officer.
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