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US ARABS' SILENCE IS DEAFONING AND WE HEAR YOU LOUD AND CLEAR!!

Posted on 09/21/2004 7:27:05 AM PDT by lyingisbetter

How would we know???


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Everytime I hear an update on our soldiers getting killed in Iraq, I think of how quiet the Arab Americans have been in the United Sates.

Maybe all the good Arabs are over here?

Maybe we need ALL the good Arabs from here to go back and teach their people how wonderful we are!

Maybe your silence is telling the United States that you don't want our help?

Maybe the money you make over here is being sent overseas to fight us?

How would we know?

You are saying nothing!

You are either with us or against us, no?

Maybe the food for oil is helping Arabs kill Americans?

Maybe we need to stop doing business with Arab Americans in all aspects?

How would we know?

1 posted on 09/21/2004 7:27:05 AM PDT by lyingisbetter
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To: lyingisbetter
Deafoning? Seriesly?
2 posted on 09/21/2004 7:28:39 AM PDT by Mr. Lucky
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To: lyingisbetter

3 posted on 09/21/2004 7:29:13 AM PDT by Jet Jaguar (Who would the terrorists vote for?)
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To: lyingisbetter
Maybe the food for oil is helping Arabs kill Americans?

Yeah, we all know how corrupt that food for oil programme was...

4 posted on 09/21/2004 7:29:36 AM PDT by dirtboy (Kerry could have left 'Nam within a week if Purple Hearts were awarded for shots to the foot.)
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To: lyingisbetter
All arabs are the same.

Fear rather than love is the focus of their religion.

They are afraid to speak out either because they agree with the brutality of Islam or they fear retribution from the fanatics.

Cowardice is in their genes!!!

5 posted on 09/21/2004 7:30:08 AM PDT by CROSSHIGHWAYMAN (anybody but Kerry)
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To: lyingisbetter

You would do well to spell check your vanity posts. And think about what you intend to say before you post it. And consider doing a little reseach to support your conclusions.


6 posted on 09/21/2004 7:31:19 AM PDT by capitan_refugio
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To: Jet Jaguar
I'm with you on this one.


7 posted on 09/21/2004 7:32:57 AM PDT by Incorrigible (immanentizing the eschaton)
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To: lyingisbetter

I used to give most everyone the benefit of the doubt. Then along came gangsta rap and its punk thug followers. Then along came radical islam taegeting anything non radical muslim. I no longer look for the good in either group, only scorn contempt and suspicion.
The world would be better off without either entire group, entirely.
For years now we have waited for denunciations of these groups by the more moderate of either groups followers. None forthcoming.
F-em.
Don't come round here, the welcome mat is not out.


8 posted on 09/21/2004 7:36:50 AM PDT by Joe Boucher (4 more years)
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To: lyingisbetter
In defense of Arab Americans, they are coming out and denouncing terrorist, the problem is that they can't seem to get on the air. I have many Arab friends, some Muslim some Christian and they are horrified, just like the rest of us, about what is going on. They have additional fears that they are going to be targeted by goof-balls, just because they are Arabs. Remember that Arabs were Christian a thousand years before the first western European, which is not the point anyway.
9 posted on 09/21/2004 7:38:19 AM PDT by DSBull (Truth is the light of the World, shine it everywhere)
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To: capitan_refugio

spellcheck?
get a life there captain.
And what is posted here is correct in content.
Go be an english teacher in grammer school.


10 posted on 09/21/2004 7:39:36 AM PDT by Joe Boucher (4 more years)
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To: Joe Boucher

thanks Joe

"t" in States?



11 posted on 09/21/2004 7:42:38 AM PDT by lyingisbetter ("Let's wait Kerry" or Let's go Bush")
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To: DSBull

"They have additional fears that they are going to be targeted by goof-balls, just because they are Arabs"

You know, we are losing soldiers to "help" them live a free open life in the U.S..
Maybe they need to take the chance!
Maybe frustration will start to create a different kind of goof ball.
Just maybe we need to hear they are on our side.
Maybe they need to do a march down every Main Street in every city!!!
Just maybe it's not too late.


12 posted on 09/21/2004 7:48:02 AM PDT by lyingisbetter ("Let's wait Kerry" or Let's go Bush")
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To: CROSSHIGHWAYMAN; lyingisbetter

Please choose your terms more carefully. Many, many Arabs in this country are Christians, and come from families that have been Christian for 2000 years. They have nothing to do with this sort of thing and it is unjust to tar them with the same brush you apply to Muslim fanatics.


13 posted on 09/21/2004 7:48:49 AM PDT by Capriole (DO NOT WRITE IN THIS SPACE. FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY.)
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"And think about what you intend to say before you post it. And consider doing a little reseach to support your conclusions."

I understood his post very well. He was speaking to the deafening silence of Muslims living in the U.S. I'd like to know what's on their mind too. I'm sure of one thing though, when the U.S. Muslims want to build their mosques and get permission to loudly broadcast their 'call to prayer' noise five times a day they certainly know how to make themselves heard.

14 posted on 09/21/2004 7:52:28 AM PDT by TheCrusader ("the frenzy of the Mohammedans has devastated the churches of God" Pope Urban II (c 1097 a.d.))
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To: Capriole

No problem,

Let's hear from them.
I'll take hearing from any Arab that is on our side right now?

How about an Arab American Christian march?
I think some Americans would apreciate it, no?


15 posted on 09/21/2004 7:53:05 AM PDT by lyingisbetter ("Let's wait Kerry" or Let's go Bush")
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To: TheCrusader

I did not object to his subject matter, per se. My comments were about his presentation. It was an editorial and it needed more substance to be credible.


16 posted on 09/21/2004 8:18:24 AM PDT by capitan_refugio
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To: Capriole
Please choose your terms more carefully. Many, many Arabs in this country are Christians, and come from families that have been Christian for 2000 years. They have nothing to do with this sort of thing and it is unjust to tar them with the same brush you apply to Muslim fanatics.

I apologize to any good arabs whom I have offended!

To the others............stick it!

17 posted on 09/21/2004 8:28:32 AM PDT by CROSSHIGHWAYMAN (anybody but Kerry)
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To: Joe Boucher
It is "deafoning" in the "United Sates."

Rule 1: A poor presentation will ruin a persuasive argument.

The poster of this thread suggests that the American "Arab" community has been largely silent about the issues regarding the war in Iraq. I think many people will agree with this statement.

However, the poster, rather than explain or justify his position, instead makes xenophobic and racist swipes at Arab-Americans. Case in point: "Maybe ... all the good Arabs [should] go back and teach their people how wonderful we are." How is that different from, "The only good Indian is a dead Indian" or "Send the blacks back to Africa."? Did the author consider that quite a few Americans of Arab descent are the "we" in his statement? Does the author understand that there are many American Arabs who are as good patriots and citizens as he is, and who are as thoroughly American as any of us? Do you remember that the American soldier who pulled Saddam out of the spider hole is an American Arab?

"Maybe the money you make over here is being sent overseas to fight us?" Proof? or innuendo?

"You are either for us or against us, no?" Did the author consider that possibly there are us?

"Maybe the food for oil is helping Arabs kill Americans?" What food is killing Americans? Or is the author attempting to make some mangles point about a failed UN program, and if so, how does that pertain to Arab Americans? And does the author conflate Arabs or Muslims world-wide with American Arabs?

"Maybe we need to stop doing business with Arab Americans in all respects." Why not stop doing business with "Mexicans" or "Jews" or "Asians"? Is is just as racist a statement.

The author does end by repeating an earlier question, "How would we know?" The answer is educating yourself on about the issues and avoiding subtle racism.

18 posted on 09/21/2004 8:57:58 AM PDT by capitan_refugio
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To: capitan_refugio
Arab Americans, just speak up!
That would help some.
Stop with the racist crap.
Are we trying to win this war or what.
If I looked and sounded like an Arab and had family over in the middle east, I would be marching against the criminals that look just like me.
We are fighting a different kind of war, you know.
We can't tell the difference unless they speak up!
Can you?
The real point is that the Arab world just think we are horrible. I think if American Arabs make a little more effort and noise, the middle east might think twice about America!!
19 posted on 09/21/2004 9:44:02 AM PDT by lyingisbetter ("Let's wait Kerry" or Let's go Bush")
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To: capitan_refugio

I spoke to a Cherokee friend of mine last week and pleaded with him to inquire with his remaining grandparent as to the experiences they had as an indian the last century and to then share that with his kids. The differences in life can be numbing. But "the only good indian is a dead indian", that time came and went.
Blacks, at least the ones i know are no more africasns then I am. They are assimilated Americans. If you don't believe that, try to see how a black feels about going "BACK " to africa.
NOw as for Arab Americans, they should be working as hard as possible to assimilate here. Try to be American as much as possible. Learn the language and adopt as many customs as possible as long as it doesn't interfere with core beliefs.
I have seen various nationalities, and races do this over the years but I have heard very little if any condemnation by any arab, or muslims concerning terrorism.


20 posted on 09/21/2004 1:30:06 PM PDT by Joe Boucher
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