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HuffPo Author: Saying “All Lives Matter” an Act of Terrorism
iOWTreport.com ^ | 11/19/2015

Posted on 11/20/2015 5:33:28 PM PST by Altura Ct.

Writing for the Huffington Post, writer Shea Watts wonders aloud how the United States could possibly condemn ISIS when the US has been committing terrorism for hundreds of years.

His article, “Looking Within: The Convenient Amnesia of American Terrorism,” argues that Americans have perpetrated terrorism for centuries and that we must face these facts or else we are hypocrites for condemning the terror attacks in Paris last week.

“How much blood is on our hands?” Watts asks. “What a shame that we, as a nation, have not looked upon our sins. We have not asked forgiveness for the the lives and bodies and communities we have destroyed. These unreconciled acts of the past continue to manifest themselves in our society.”

Hypocritical whites and Christians have terrorized black people for hundreds of years. African Americans are, in fact, still subjects of terrorism.

“We live in a country where the dead body of a black teenager can be left in the street for hours, where police are recorded, time after time, beating, shooting, and mistreating blacks, but are seldom charged for their crimes,” he writes.

“How convenient is it that so many act as if these acts of terror never happened or pretend that this degree of hate does not exist?” Watts asks.

“Do we realize how these terrorist acts are reaffirmed and even recommitted by not only our actions, but also by our words?” he says, stating that words can “recommit” acts of terror. “At the very least, this should make one pause and think before one says, “ALL LIVES MATTER.””

Watts concludes, “So before you make a statement on race, educate yourself on the history of American terrorism… We must come to terms with our own violence against our own people before we can condemn ISIS and the likes of them.”


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To: jsanders2001
> Watts is a gay liberal theologian who was studying at the Chicago Theological Seminary at one time. He sipports gay marriage and writes about gay issues. Its my guess he studied theology in order to understand its concepts and precepts so he could deconstruct it to lead people away from God. This is what our culture has come to.

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/unfundamentalistchristians/2015/07/god-our-mother/

41 posted on 11/20/2015 7:12:45 PM PST by jsanders2001
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To: Altura Ct.

Racist b*tch.


42 posted on 11/20/2015 7:22:28 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (#blackfridaysmatter)
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To: Altura Ct.

Shea Watts

https://s.yimg.com/fz/api/res/1.2/cXT0F01qiPW_PphlPn0KAg—/YXBwaWQ9c3JjaGRkO2g9Nzk5O3E9OTU7dz0xMjAw/http://www.nappyafro.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/MiracleWatts-nappyafro-03.jpg

I don’t think we should be too quick to judge this spirited young writer.


43 posted on 11/20/2015 7:24:23 PM PST by tumblindice ( "Muslims are peaceful and tolerant people and have nothing whatsoever to do with terrorism."Hillary)
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To: DJ MacWoW

We don’t refer to it as HuffPo for nothing...


44 posted on 11/20/2015 7:37:08 PM PST by DoughtyOne (I support President Pre-elect Donald J. Trump. Karl Rove, the GOPe, and Leftist's worst nightmare.)
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To: MrEdd

I’m a little confused by your wording.

I don’t think all the bad guys will be black, nor all the good guys white. But yes, there is a huge amount of racial discord, much to Obama’s and the [white and black] liberals’ credit. It is bubbling over and may well lead to wide spread violence. Out right “war”? Who knows? Things rarely play out as the instigators plan them to. But we are heading for a point where the racially inspired resentment will paralyze our society.

However, the libs have done a thorough job of creating a number of other aggrieved groups that are getting pretty aggressive. So, in some ways it’s not all about racial grievances.


45 posted on 11/20/2015 7:43:53 PM PST by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s, you weren't really there....)
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To: Altura Ct.

Incredible amount of “racism” whining all of a sudden. You’d think America was the absolute worst place on planet to live, yet so many still flock here.


46 posted on 11/20/2015 7:51:04 PM PST by jughandle (Big words anger me, keep talking.)
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To: Altura Ct.

All these people can move to African nations or Haiti where evil whitey is no where to be found.


47 posted on 11/20/2015 8:06:24 PM PST by Organic Panic
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To: Altura Ct.

Jed? did you leave the lid of the cesspool again?


48 posted on 11/20/2015 8:09:54 PM PST by ronnie raygun
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To: Altura Ct.

The problem is very few of our lives matter, whatever the color. I mean, sure, it matters to you and your loved ones. But who else really cares if it’s you who croaks today or the guy don the street. We’re all crying out in the wilderness.


49 posted on 11/20/2015 8:14:07 PM PST by Lisbon1940 (No full-term governors)
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To: Jim Robinson

Yes Jim, they ARE idiots !


50 posted on 11/20/2015 8:53:21 PM PST by snooter55 (People may doubt what you say, but they will always believe what you do)
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To: Altura Ct.

So, is Huffpo saying that white lives don’t matter? Who would read their crap if not for white libtards?


51 posted on 11/20/2015 8:59:21 PM PST by Some Fat Guy in L.A. (Still bitterly clinging to rational thought despite it's unfashionability)
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To: ChildOfThe60s
Obama’s desired race war is gestating quite well.

It is, but only one side is fighting it. I wonder if the other side will ever join the fight?

52 posted on 11/20/2015 9:31:24 PM 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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To: Defiant

Yup, that’s what the Black Bowel Movement believes: Only Black Lives Matter. And I don’t believe the majority of blacks are this shallow, racist or just plain stupid!


53 posted on 11/20/2015 10:24:23 PM PST by Crucial (At the heart all leftists is the fear that the truth is bigger than themselves.)
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To: Lisbon1940

Whatever your race, if you were hanging from a cliff, a good majority of people would try to help you, black or white. Not so with BLM, at least not with whites and Asians, and probably most Hispanics as well.


54 posted on 11/20/2015 10:29:41 PM PST by Crucial (At the heart all leftists is the fear that the truth is bigger than themselves.)
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To: Altura Ct.

He does not even rise to the level of stupidity; he is cravenly animated by irrational fear re-projected into self righteous zeal.


55 posted on 11/20/2015 11:10:03 PM PST by AndyTheBear
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To: Altura Ct.
How much blood is on our hands?

I did run over a toad with my lawn mower last summer, but it was his fault, cuz' you know, he jumped up, so I hope I'm clean.

56 posted on 11/21/2015 12:10:50 AM PST by dr_lew
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To: Altura Ct.
Hypocritical whites and Christians have terrorized black people for hundreds of years

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57 posted on 11/21/2015 8:23:16 AM PST by tbpiper
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To: Altura Ct.

Shea Watts is a second-year M.A. student (Religious Studies) at Chicago Theological Seminary.

58 posted on 11/21/2015 8:27:22 AM PST by kcvl
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To: Altura Ct.
How come jackass liberals never ever blame Muslims for the slave trade? Zanzibar, does that ring a bell?
59 posted on 11/21/2015 8:31:01 AM PST by Chgogal (Obama "hung the SEALs out to dry, basically exposed them like a set of dog balls..." CMH)
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To: Altura Ct.

I submit that “writer Shea” should practice autocopulation.


60 posted on 11/21/2015 1:18:22 PM PST by RobinOfKingston (Just what is the difference between a "centrist democrat" and a "moderate republican?")
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