tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3302491936414793074.post7647175695510640497..comments2023-02-26T08:28:12.709-05:00Comments on Modern Medieval: Fort Hood, Murder, and IslamRick Goddenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04109263756022001400noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3302491936414793074.post-81860726334693187732009-11-07T09:54:51.006-05:002009-11-07T09:54:51.006-05:00My mother and I had a long go-round about this tod...My mother and I had a long go-round about this today. I think part of the problem is that most Americans think Islam calls Muslims to kill Americans. Well, radical Islam might... but most Muslims aren't radical. So my mother responds, "They are called to kill the infidels, and WE (meaning westerners) are the infidels." And this is where my mother gets one of my history lectures about people of the Book, the founding of Islam, and how Christians and Jews are not "infidels". Why don't the media take some time to educate Americans rather than perpetuate the myths? I guess the truth doesn't sell.<br /><br />AmyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3302491936414793074.post-76668266505025937562009-11-06T22:25:10.966-05:002009-11-06T22:25:10.966-05:00see the workplace shooting in Orlando...
Thanks, ...see the workplace shooting in Orlando...<br /><br />Thanks, Matt. You might want to check out Bitch, PhD's post on this -- it includes Dr Phil making sense!<br /><br />Seriously, though, this is one of the things I'd like to see tackled more. I was listening to two of our staff people talking about this today, and one of them had been stationed at Fort Hood. And the person was talking about how "you just don't trust anybody who's brown. It's not racism, you'd do the same if it was blue-eyed people who was killing all your friends." <br /><br />Except we wouldn't.Another Damned Medievalisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05231085915472400163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3302491936414793074.post-28962100000668711132009-11-06T20:51:29.110-05:002009-11-06T20:51:29.110-05:00And an unarmed Sean Bell was shot in New York by t...And an unarmed Sean Bell was shot in New York by trained policemen.<br /><br />Also: workplace shootings don't have anything to do with Islam. They're as American as apple pie.Liamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17265036866243982434noreply@blogger.com