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Why the Paris Massacre Will Have Limited Impact
Middle East Forum ^ | November 14, 2015 | Daniel Pipes

Posted on 11/14/2015 10:56:53 PM PST by rmlew

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Never underestimate the power of leftist cognitive dissonance and institutional double think. One September 14, ,2001 I remember the assinine signs at Columbia, which read "Don't let a tragedy become a disaster"
1 posted on 11/14/2015 10:56:54 PM PST by rmlew
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2 posted on 11/14/2015 11:12:37 PM PST by ForYourChildren (Christian Education [ RomanRoadsMedia.com - Classical Christian Approach to Homeschool ])
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More surprising yet, the professionals respond to the public's move to the right by themselves moving to the left, encouraging more immigration from the Middle East, instituting more "hate speech" codes to suppress criticism of Islam, and providing more patronage to Islamists.

Not at all surprising considering the respective demographic trends as voting blocs.

3 posted on 11/14/2015 11:19:38 PM PST by Carry_Okie (Dupes for Donald, Chumps for Trump)
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The left will downplay this as much as possible. The liberals will say “if you fight back, it will show they are willing!” “Go out and do your holiday shopping!” (notice it wasn’t “Christmas shopping”)


4 posted on 11/14/2015 11:20:29 PM PST by Cowboy Bob (With Trump & Cruz, America can't lose!)
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Europe’s and America’s junta of whores are fully committed to submerging their own people. It’ll be submission or war.


5 posted on 11/14/2015 11:42:39 PM PST by ruination
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The response to Charlie Hedbo could have been better. I see morons on the west doing nothing.


6 posted on 11/14/2015 11:43:56 PM PST by KC_Conspirator
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my all-time favorite is what Howard Dean, the former governor of Vermont, said about the Charlie Hebdo jihadis: "They're about as Muslim as I am."

Liberals never see the arrogance of claiming that they understand Islam better than Muslims.

7 posted on 11/15/2015 12:40:45 AM PST by A_perfect_lady
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Good article for sure, but I don’t agree with the premise that how our leaders react is of singular importance.

What matters now is not how politicians see the attacks, but how ordinary people view them.

The attack in Paris happened Friday, and on Saturday my 17 year old daughter got a call from one of her friends asking her out to a movie. She said “no, I’m afraid to go to a movie, because these people are here in our country now”.

She has never been particularly curious about politics. She’s in the know because she has news alerts texted to her on her cell phone. She is fearful, which I believe to be a perfectly rational, adult response. How the politicians react to events like this become irrelevant when 17 year olds are making up their own minds, and we live in a relatively immigrant-free town. Having announced to us just last week she liked Ben Carson, on Sunday she said she’s going for Trump. She’ll be eligible to vote in ‘16.

At which point do we feel we must take this Islamist terrorist problem into our own hands?

Admittedly, not much has changed post Charlie Hebdo, etc., but at some point the people will act on their own, if politicians continue in denial of the threat.


8 posted on 11/15/2015 1:55:26 AM PST by wayoverontheright
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It might have reached the boiling point now where people will be in open revolt against our sellout leaders. That’s what will make a difference.


9 posted on 11/15/2015 2:18:09 AM PST by grania
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Last night, in a suburb of Indianapolis, thre, young Muslim women went to a fancy restaurant in Greenwood, each wearing the characteristic hajib; which; in the subdued lighting; appeared to be colored black. .

One appeared dressed normally while a second was hobbling along on aluminum crutches, with an ankle brace on her left foot. The third had a large backpack hanging from her shoulders.

I said to the rest of my waiting party, "What can go wrong here? Shoe bombers and pressure cookers??"


Hoosier Hospitality caused NO one to confront these ladies; not even me; the mouthy one.

10 posted on 11/15/2015 2:36:49 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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Just wait till the next attack...


11 posted on 11/15/2015 2:39:13 AM PST by MarMema
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The left tolerates political Islam, because it wants the same power and control over people.

http://www.politicalislam.com/talk-in-chattanooga-tn/


12 posted on 11/15/2015 3:24:10 AM PST by Lopeover (2016 Election is about allegiance to the United States)
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*Millions* of these fools could be pulverized into radioactive dust before we begin to see REAL confrontation.

And evil hacks like the Obumbler and that Soros-snake will *still* try to weasel their way thru it until the people drag them into the street and make them face justice.


13 posted on 11/15/2015 4:11:23 AM PST by Kodos the Executioner (.. the revolution is successful, but survival depends upon drastic measures..")
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“These 4-P professionals bald-facedly feign belief in a mysterious “violent extremist” virus that seems to afflict only Muslims,...”

This is because the 4-P professionals are Leftists who absolutely are in love with Islam. Even if the Muzzies were to nuke a western city the 4-Ps still wouldn’t do anything constructive against them.


14 posted on 11/15/2015 5:14:43 AM PST by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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“Hoosier Hospitality caused NO one to confront these ladies; not even me; the mouthy one.”

Pretty neat system they have. It ends in one of 2 ways, both good from their standpoint:

1) If not challenged, then they know the target is very soft.

2) If challenged, then they don’t have to worry about paying for their kids’ college.


15 posted on 11/15/2015 5:15:29 AM PST by BobL ( (REPUBLICANS - Fight for the WHITE VOTE...and you will win (see my 'profile' page))
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In my opinion, this massacre will draw the usual candle vigils, teddy bears, and grief for a short time only. Then everyone will go back to their normal denial of the problem. It will take more than an occasional ISIS hit to shake people out of their political correctness.


16 posted on 11/15/2015 5:18:50 AM PST by LydiaLong
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“The left tolerates political Islam, because it wants the same power and control over people.”

That’s because the Left and Islam are on the same side of “the struggle/jihad” to destroy mankind’s humanity.

The real danger isn’t Islam, but instead our Leftists who are running the show. Islam is just doing the physical struggle that Leftists are too scared or lazy to do because they know what kind of response they’ll receive from the American people. So the Left just welcomes them in to do the Left’s dirty work.


17 posted on 11/15/2015 5:19:34 AM PST by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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Islam is the tool or weapon in the hand of the leftists. They must be disarmed of Islam.


18 posted on 11/15/2015 5:36:38 AM PST by Lopeover (2016 Election is about allegiance to the United States)
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This is because the 4-P professionals are Leftists who absolutely are in love with Islam. Even if the Muzzies were to nuke a western city the 4-Ps still wouldn't do anything constructive against them.

I think they 4-Ps wouldn't do anything constructive against them if 50 western cities were nuked.

19 posted on 11/15/2015 6:01:49 AM PST by Mark17 (Thank God I have Jesus, there's more wealth in my soul than acres of diamonds and mountains of gold)
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They would be celebrating that!


20 posted on 11/15/2015 6:02:50 AM PST by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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