#JeSuisCharlie

[Jayhawker Soule]

See Moderate Muslims Use #JeSuisCharlie to Condemn Charlie Hebdo Attack In Paris.

 

[YmirGF]

Another meaningless twitter hashtag. Well, I suppose it is something.

 

[Drolefille]

Damned if you do: meaningless slacktivism
Damned if you don't: where are the moderate Muslims speaking out against extremism!

 

[Jayhawker Soule]

... where are the moderate Muslims speaking out against extremism!

Damn near everywhere. You either don't cate enough to look or don't care enough to listen.

 

[Drolefille]

Damn near everywhere. You either don't cate enough to look or don't care enough to listen.

I was agreeing? My point was that apparently moderate Muslims cannot win.

 

[Jayhawker Soule]

I was agreeing? My point was that apparently moderate Muslims cannot win.

Sadly true.

 

[Drolefille]

Sadly true.

Ok, seemed like you were yelling at ME with that "you" in your previous post.

 

[Jayhawker Soule]

Ok, seemed like you were yelling at ME with that "you" in your previous post.

It was poorly written. Sorry.

 

[Drolefille]

It was poorly written. Sorry.

De nada. Glad to clear up the confusion.

 

[Wirey]

Not to throw a wrench in the works, but moderates in our society take down the extremists. Bill Maher has never been shot at by a Tea Bagger. The Muslim view of moderate is not the same as ours, I think.

 

[Yerda]

The Muslim view of moderate is not the same as ours, I think.

There is no 'the muslim view'.

 

[Rick O'Shez]

Tea Bagger.

That has a rather different meaning in UK slang.

 

[Wirey]

That has a rather different meaning in UK slang.

Canada, too. Which actually seems to make it more accurate.

 

[Wirey]

There is no 'the muslim view'.

Semantics!

The view of the majority of the people who follow the Muslim religion and consider themselves moderate. Better?

 

[Jayhawker Soule]

The Muslim view of moderate is not the same as ours, I think.

How many Muslims do you know? How many mosques have you visited? With how many Islamic organizations have you interacted? In short, why do you believe that what you think about Muslims is at all credible?

 

[Wirey]

How many Muslims do you know? How many mosques have you visited? With how many Islamic organizations have you interacted? In short, why do you believe that what you think about Muslims is at all credible?

I work with a couple and we discuss their religion. I've never been to a mosque. I have no contact with any organization I know to be Islamic, so your right, any opinion I may have gleaned through reading, education, and observation is automatically invalid. But, If I visit a mosque and hang out with an Al Jazeera reporter, am I then allowed to have an opinion?

How many loved ones have you lost to a religious fanatic?

 

[Yerda]

Semantics!

The view of the majority of the people who follow the Muslim religion and consider themselves moderate. Better?

I see.

 

[Wirey]

I see.

Are you honestly conceding I may have a point, or just tired of arguing with a schmuck?

 

[Jayhawker Soule]

I work with a couple and we discuss their religion. I've never been to a mosque. I have no contact with any organization I know to be Islamic, so your right, any opinion I may have gleaned through reading, education, and observation is automatically invalid.

That very much the degree of selection bias involved.

 

[Yerda]

Are you honestly conceding I may have a point, or just tired of arguing with a schmuck?

The novelty of talking to a snowman overwhelmed me.