Posted on 01/24/2005 9:07:31 PM PST by indcons
arab and persian moslems that i've known in los angeles tend to identify with american blacks, even tho' they come from the middle or upper classes of mid-east countries and have sought safety for their monies in the states.
they feel discriminated against on historical grounds of colonization.
copts that i've known tend to be, in contrast to moslems, quieter. they keep a lower profile because of historical persecution by moslems in egypt.
but in contrast to moslems, whom i've known by scads, i've only known one copt family. he was my egyptian hierogyphics teacher in college. he did not teach. he said next to nothing.
when the egyptian copt family had their baby a local church provided assistance because the mother knew nothing about infant care.
copts are not allowed to participate in egyptian society.
that's right.
but see how the american left's "victimhood" is spread around the world, convenient to hate whitey and the abstract big, bad america in general.
Shame on our stalwart guardians of equal rights - the mainstream media & civil rights industry - for ignoring this watermark tragedy.
If they don't stand against what really is brutal oppression, at last a modern example of a real lynching and clear example of what they adoringly call a 'hate crime' - their self proclaimed raison d'etre - WTH good are they?
Worthless pretenders.
Jan:
Hopefully the AG will let all the facts be known in due time.
Sadly, I do not see that happening as all the politicos are worried that might cause people to see islam as something other than a 'religion' of 'peace'.
In the end, as we well know, this is pulling a Neville Chamberlain appeasement act---getting the people to believe that 'peace' with the islamofascists will exist 'in our time' This will only cause further and larger problems down the road.
Hopefully the Copts will make sure that the truth comes out for all to see, so that folks can make up their own minds.
One can hope for that, at least....
FAS
Amen!
We must NEVER Forget---or we WILL repeat!
Of course, there are still those apologists here that think that Islam is sooooo peaceful that it's misunderstood. The ones that claim that not trusting islam makes us racists.....
*sigh*
Chemistry Geek should be along soon spreading his deceptions and falsehoods and trying to defend the indefensible.
An excellent point that no doubt will fall on some deaf ears.
Typical of the left is the desire to claim bigotry and racist---just to attempt to stifle free speech and opinion.
Certain people on this thread have attempted it for even more sinister reasons, or so I think.
Imagine this: A person that posts at FR who is actually a person looking to shut FR down---if they claim racism enough, that could very possible give others the reason, evenwithout any merit, to do so.
This would be awful by virtue of not only being a lie---but also by squelching freedom of speech.
In a larger, NATIONAL sense, if someone were too intimidated to report a 'odd' happening(s) for fear of being labelled as such--we might end up with another 9/11.
And THAT is frightening........
See the following:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1327823/posts?page=58#58
post 54
It says pretty much how I feel about the troll
If the accusation of bigotry were accurate, it would be a reasonable and, possibly, effective defense. Since, in this case, it is untrue, it is only a personal attack masquerading as a legitimate defense.
The best defense against a personal attack is to either ignore it and let it be seen for what it is or respond calmly with an empirical argument.
In this case, it strikes me that the accuser knows the accusation is unfounded but, with no way of winning the argument legitimately, the accuser is trying to destroy the debate itself by reducing it to a name calling contest (which is a victory of sorts).
Cooler heads prevail. LOL
See my 53 on that thread. Are you currently on a sub?
Really! The apologists can't win, so they are trying to ruin the debate, hoping that onlookers get bored and leave.
You know they can't ruin our debate because we have the Truth on our side. ;0)
No, I'm retired.
:-(
My elder boy is finishing up Nuke training down in Charleston and will enter Prototype training this spring probably in NY state. He is sick of all the training since they are pumping knowledge in with a fire hose.
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