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Politics : Bush Administration's Media Manipulation--MediaGate? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (9619)	2/20/2007 5:57:00 PM
From: one_less	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9838

The title sets the tone on your thread for sure. Personally I find the title more than provocative, I find it to be based on a false presumption. Nothing good can come of that. However, I don't go in for religious debate personally and especially when it is all focused on what's wrong with another religion. Creating a club to persecute others for their religious belief goes beyond every principle of freedom of religion and religious tolerance. Something like "Heinous acts, extremism, terrorism, and other threats posed by Radical Islam" might be less biased and more amenable to posters known for rational discourse. If it works, you will still get extreme view points that either promote the concept of Evil Islam or extreme views that oppose that idea. I would suggest your role then appropriately lies in managing the thread to maintain a reasonable level of civility.

To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (9619)	2/20/2007 6:27:10 PM
From: one_less	Respond to of 9838

I have an oft repeated problem with extremism. I confront the extremism of the terrorist types regularly, even though you all constantly accuse me of the reverse, in the face of the facts proving you wrong. I also deal with the threats from within, which are suckers becoming the tools of terrorism by extremist conduct of their own. A couple of your buddies, who you provide constant encouragement are champs at being tools. See the following for an explanation: "Begin to speak out against extremism without exploiting extremism and in the process becoming an extremist. If you or others are hyping unrealistic fear, there is a goal involved. Whether consciously or subconsciously the intent is to incite paranoid psychosis, not in crazy people but for everyday folk who may not be able to handle the overwhelming sense of fear without being able to identify the specific threats. There is no outlet for an overwhelming sense of fear except uncontrolable rage. Instead begin working with decent rational people to build and strengthen diverse communities in America. Identify specific areas of concern, that do represent a threat and defuse unrealistic fear. That is our strongest defense against terrorist threats from outside. When Muslim populations identify themselves as American, which they are, and share the positive aspects of American life with the folks from their countries of heritage, which they are, we become less of the great enemy to Islam, which we are not... Well unless you get people to believe your viewpoint. It’s an effective way to defuse terrorist threats. Nothing is a cure all but extremism is definitely a tool of terrorism, don’t buy the tool, don't use or distribute the tool. The only winning strategy in the game of extremism is to refuse to play along. "