Know thine enemy
I’ve been participating on a forum that has been created to discuss the movie World Trade Center. One of the threads asked a simple question--Are Muslims and Arabs horrible bad people? It was written by a young Bosnian Muslim girl who experienced prejudice by her peers after 9/11. The thread grew to include about a 50/50 split amongst those responding. Fifty percent felt that Muslims should be dealt with harshly just because of their religious beliefs. Keep in mind that this forum attracts a worldwide audience, but it’s probably safe to say that many of those responding negatively were probably Americans. The following is an essay I put together from some of my responses during the debate. I thought I would post it here to preserve the sentiment.
Muslim terrorism has been created and perpetuated by the foreign policy of the USA. It's disheartening to see so much ignorance in this country, but it's rather calming to confront the tyranny and prepare for consequences as I continue to at least hold onto the right of free speech and can decry the oppression on my lonely little blog in cyberspace.
Activists who stand with me are not going to go away and we'll grow in numbers as more and more intelligent, compassionate people learn exactly what's been done in our name. The government or elements therein are not this country and they deserve no respect or consideration for the terrible deeds they do under the banner of so-called national security.
Are Muslims the real danger to our existence or is it something else? Have we created the monster they are holding up in a terrorist enemy? The biggest threat to this country is the tyranny by which we are ruled.
Checks and balances have gone out the door and we have in its place an executive branch run amok. The Constitution provides a remedy--impeachment. The time is now, not after elections that may make it an impossible endeavor if they are again hijacked.
Like those who accuse conspiracy theorists of only researching those areas that support their position, so too have those when it comes to researching and trying to understand middle eastern religious dogma. This is why we have fearful people out there screaming that all Muslims and Arabs are a threat and we should deal with them as a whole. It’s enough to make a person pull their hair out in exasperation.
As one who believes that 9/11 was an inside job, one who has educated herself by considering all sides, there is definitely something wrong when our foreign policy breeds such hatred and ignorance as it comes to who they've labeled our enemies.
The system is broken...the country is bankrupt and we are witnessing the decline of the American Empire.
What are you going to do when the war comes to America? Are you going to kill all the Muslims as well as all the other people who stand with them and support their right to exist in this country?
We're on the verge of catastrophe and the ignorance that’s been thusly exhibited is going to hasten the inevitable.
I often wonder how the military feels about current events when things are seemingly so fubar. The way we're going about combating terrorism has turned it into a bigger threat than ever before in our existence. You can't fight terrorism like that. With every operation ordered by the civilian leadership and executed by our troops we are creating 10x the problem.
I’ll say it again, terrorism is merely a symptom of our own foreign policy. Does that make me anti-American? Hell no, it makes me anti-fascist which is what we are becoming with the propaganda machine churning out movies like United 93 and World Trade Center. Our media is censored and pseudo-patriots shout down the more sensible minority who question motives.
It's time the people organize and educate others who are being blinded by an illusion cobbled together by some talented magicians in the state department. The time to take action was yesterday.
Doesn't anybody even understand what is happening? Fascism oppresses the people who turn into such sissies that they propose walls along their borders because they are living in fear. Would Ronald Reagan have approved of such a wall?
We must impeach these people, call for a cease fire...bring home the troops and face the consequences of the bankruptcy and specious foreign policy that got us here.
Muslim terrorism has been created and perpetuated by the foreign policy of the USA. It's disheartening to see so much ignorance in this country, but it's rather calming to confront the tyranny and prepare for consequences as I continue to at least hold onto the right of free speech and can decry the oppression on my lonely little blog in cyberspace.
Activists who stand with me are not going to go away and we'll grow in numbers as more and more intelligent, compassionate people learn exactly what's been done in our name. The government or elements therein are not this country and they deserve no respect or consideration for the terrible deeds they do under the banner of so-called national security.
Are Muslims the real danger to our existence or is it something else? Have we created the monster they are holding up in a terrorist enemy? The biggest threat to this country is the tyranny by which we are ruled.
Checks and balances have gone out the door and we have in its place an executive branch run amok. The Constitution provides a remedy--impeachment. The time is now, not after elections that may make it an impossible endeavor if they are again hijacked.
Like those who accuse conspiracy theorists of only researching those areas that support their position, so too have those when it comes to researching and trying to understand middle eastern religious dogma. This is why we have fearful people out there screaming that all Muslims and Arabs are a threat and we should deal with them as a whole. It’s enough to make a person pull their hair out in exasperation.
As one who believes that 9/11 was an inside job, one who has educated herself by considering all sides, there is definitely something wrong when our foreign policy breeds such hatred and ignorance as it comes to who they've labeled our enemies.
The system is broken...the country is bankrupt and we are witnessing the decline of the American Empire.
What are you going to do when the war comes to America? Are you going to kill all the Muslims as well as all the other people who stand with them and support their right to exist in this country?
We're on the verge of catastrophe and the ignorance that’s been thusly exhibited is going to hasten the inevitable.
I often wonder how the military feels about current events when things are seemingly so fubar. The way we're going about combating terrorism has turned it into a bigger threat than ever before in our existence. You can't fight terrorism like that. With every operation ordered by the civilian leadership and executed by our troops we are creating 10x the problem.
I’ll say it again, terrorism is merely a symptom of our own foreign policy. Does that make me anti-American? Hell no, it makes me anti-fascist which is what we are becoming with the propaganda machine churning out movies like United 93 and World Trade Center. Our media is censored and pseudo-patriots shout down the more sensible minority who question motives.
It's time the people organize and educate others who are being blinded by an illusion cobbled together by some talented magicians in the state department. The time to take action was yesterday.
Doesn't anybody even understand what is happening? Fascism oppresses the people who turn into such sissies that they propose walls along their borders because they are living in fear. Would Ronald Reagan have approved of such a wall?
We must impeach these people, call for a cease fire...bring home the troops and face the consequences of the bankruptcy and specious foreign policy that got us here.
posted by Accidental Antagonist @ 8:18 PM
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