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RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy
September 13, 2015 at 2:37 pm
(September 13, 2015 at 2:30 pm)Neimenovic Wrote: Not upset?? I thought you said you look away when you see comments like these about christians. Am I missing something?
Obviously it's not something I like, so I'm not going to sit here and read it unnecessarily, and instead just choose to ignore stuff like that. But I don't let it affect my mood in such a negative way as to be "very upset" because I know it's not serious.
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RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy
September 13, 2015 at 2:45 pm
(September 13, 2015 at 2:21 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: And perhaps I'm being a little too defensive of him because he's a friend, and was reacting to him being called an idiot.
Yes, that would be me calling him an idiot. And in lights of his comments, it was a rather friendly response. Someone gloating over people dying, someone wishing for people to die, is actually deserving of a stronger reaction. Even if it was a joke, which I don't believe for one second, given his recent posts about muslims.
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RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy
September 13, 2015 at 2:45 pm
Yeah, but you don't assume they're just being sarcastic or joking, like you did with Drich and ABG.
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RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy
September 13, 2015 at 2:49 pm
(September 13, 2015 at 2:45 pm)abaris Wrote: (September 13, 2015 at 2:21 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: And perhaps I'm being a little too defensive of him because he's a friend, and was reacting to him being called an idiot.
Yes, that would be me calling him an idiot. And in lights of his comments, it was a rather friendly response. Someone gloating over people dying, someone wishing for people to die, is actually deserving of a stronger reaction. Even if it was a joke, which I don't believe for one second, given his recent posts about muslims.
Fair enough.
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RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy
September 13, 2015 at 2:59 pm
Considering the PM I recieved, I'm fairly certain it wasn't a joke or sarcasm.
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RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy
September 13, 2015 at 3:21 pm
(September 13, 2015 at 2:59 pm)Losty Wrote: Considering the PM I recieved, I'm fairly certain it wasn't a joke or sarcasm.
Does it even matter? A joke tells the exact same story about the mindset of the person.
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RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy
September 13, 2015 at 3:24 pm
I don't know if it matters, I'm sure it does to an extent. I love offensive jokes. They're awful...but funny. This just isn't really the place for that type of joke. A person who thinks they're being funny even though they're actually being an asshole, seems better (to me) than a person who honestly enjoys the idea of other people being killed.
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RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy
September 13, 2015 at 3:28 pm
(September 13, 2015 at 3:24 pm)Losty Wrote: I love offensive jokes. They're awful...but funny.
Depends when and where they are made. If they are made in a thread about more than a 100 people being killled in a most horrible way, they seize to be jokes and what remains is only offensive. Apart from the fact, that his comments weren't even remotely funny under any given circumstance.
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RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy
September 13, 2015 at 3:29 pm
(September 13, 2015 at 2:21 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: I don't agree with what he's saying, don't get me wrong. And perhaps I'm being a little too defensive of him because he's a friend, and was reacting to him being called an idiot.
I get that, but urging the deaths of folks is obnoxious on its face, friendship or no. Of all people, a bisexual atheist should be attuned to the idea that killing people out of ideology is bullshit.
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RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy
September 13, 2015 at 3:29 pm
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