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Leftist: Why do you respond differently to mass shootings vs Muslim terrorist?

Posted on 2/14/18 at 10:20 pm
Posted by Bourre
Da Parish
Member since Nov 2012
23231 posts
Posted on 2/14/18 at 10:20 pm
When a Muslim commits a terrorist attack, y’all are quick to say dont judge all Muslim based on the actions of one sick individual. When a gunman commits a mass shooting, the first instinct is to blame all gun owners instead of the sick individual.

Why do you respond differently to gun owners vs Muslims?
Posted by Redleg Guy
Member since Nov 2012
2536 posts
Posted on 2/14/18 at 10:22 pm to
You can easily switch that around and catch the right as hypocrites you know.
Posted by CamdenTiger
Member since Aug 2009
65222 posts
Posted on 2/14/18 at 10:22 pm to
Politics, it really is all politics over Americans rights....
Posted by Kashmir
Member since Dec 2014
9799 posts
Posted on 2/14/18 at 10:23 pm to
maybe because liberals are stacked slap full of shite?
Posted by Rougarou13
Brookhaven MS
Member since Feb 2015
6842 posts
Posted on 2/14/18 at 10:23 pm to
Not really. Republicans always blame the person. Not the tool they use.
Posted by mwade91383
Washington DC
Member since Mar 2010
7331 posts
Posted on 2/14/18 at 10:27 pm to
That’s just around here, it’s just a shitty narrative that’s isn’t based on anything. Out in the real world liberals would’ve been happy to change gun laws after Pulse or any of the others.
Posted by airfernando
Member since Oct 2015
15248 posts
Posted on 2/14/18 at 10:27 pm to
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You can easily switch that around and catch the right as hypocrites you know.
you make a thread about that. Let this thread remain about the OP. Thanks, genius.
Posted by Bourre
Da Parish
Member since Nov 2012
23231 posts
Posted on 2/14/18 at 10:34 pm to
Answer the question. Why blame a group of people for the actions of one individual?
Posted by berrycajun
Baton Rouge
Member since May 2016
7145 posts
Posted on 2/14/18 at 10:34 pm to
NO.

The Quran TEACHES them to kill those who won’t submit to Islam. But the left still wants to bring in Muslims and the Quran and teach it at schools and in jails where many prisoners become terrorists.

Conservative gunowners are not teaching their teens to shoot up classrooms when they’ve had a rough year. The violence and violent deaths committed in the name of Islam on a global scale FAR outnumbers the number of deaths from non Islam related mass killings. FAR outnumbers.
Posted by funnystuff
Member since Nov 2012
8972 posts
Posted on 2/14/18 at 10:37 pm to
Ehh, that doesn’t really hold up. 1) Republicans here certainly don’t always blame only the person. 2) There’s a strong argument to be made that radical islam is the tool used to drive these mentally impaired losers to kill. And it unquestionably gets plenty of due blame.
Posted by Big Scrub TX
Member since Dec 2013
38522 posts
Posted on 2/14/18 at 10:47 pm to
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the first instinct is to blame all gun owners
While I do agree with your overall thesis of hypocrisy, I don't agree that they "blame all gun owners".
Posted by Bourre
Da Parish
Member since Nov 2012
23231 posts
Posted on 2/14/18 at 10:53 pm to
When their first instinct is to yell “we need gun control”, then they are blaming all gun owners at that point.
Posted by mule74
Watersound Beach
Member since Nov 2004
12551 posts
Posted on 2/14/18 at 10:56 pm to
Because it is easier to identify and prevent the extreme Muslims from committing these types of atrocities without violating the rights of current US citizens.
Posted by Ponchy Tiger
Ponchatoula
Member since Aug 2004
48972 posts
Posted on 2/14/18 at 11:00 pm to
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While I do agree with your overall thesis of hypocrisy, I don't agree that they "blame all gun owners".


But they do blame the tool (gun) and not the psycho behind it.
Posted by Big Scrub TX
Member since Dec 2013
38522 posts
Posted on 2/14/18 at 11:03 pm to
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But they do blame the tool (gun) and not the psycho behind it.
That's more true, but that is still way different than "blaming all gun owners".

In any event, it is unquestionably true that the left absolutely refuses to extrapolate terrorism beyond an isolated event. I would actually argue that Clinton lost the election because of the simple inability to articulate a rational response to the Orlando massacre. Instead of making at least some kind of nominal call out of radical islam, she immediately jumped to gun control and then blaming Americans for being islamophobic.
Posted by GeauxLSUGeaux
1 room down from Erin Andrews
Member since May 2004
25605 posts
Posted on 2/14/18 at 11:04 pm to
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You can easily switch that around and catch the right as hypocrites you know.


1) Islam is an ideology that cannot be taken away, we only want to be extra sure we are letting the right ones in. They have no “right” to come here.

2) Gun ownership IS a right and that right shall not ever be infringed upon.

And frankly, the comparison is apples and oranges.
Posted by Rougarou13
Brookhaven MS
Member since Feb 2015
6842 posts
Posted on 2/14/18 at 11:09 pm to
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Republicans here certainly don’t always blame only the person. 2) There’s a strong argument to be made that radical islam is the tool used to drive these mentally impaired losers to kill. And it unquestionably gets plenty of due blame.


Radical Islam is a causative agent. Not a tool. You could say that the person themself is the tool that purveyors of radical Islam use to commit atrocities.
Posted by krones
Pacific Wonderland
Member since Sep 2010
415 posts
Posted on 2/14/18 at 11:14 pm to
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Not really. Republicans always blame the person. Not the tool they use.



Is that why after 9/11 the Bush Administration created the TSA and now folks go through full-body scans to get on airplanes?
Posted by Rougarou13
Brookhaven MS
Member since Feb 2015
6842 posts
Posted on 2/14/18 at 11:17 pm to
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Is that why after 9/11 the Bush Administration created the TSA and now folks go through full-body scans to get on airplanes?


The TSA banned planes?

I’m against the TSA and increased security at airports anyway.
Posted by krones
Pacific Wonderland
Member since Sep 2010
415 posts
Posted on 2/14/18 at 11:20 pm to
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The TSA banned planes?



No, but every person now has to go through increased security to get on one.
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