02-10-2017, 08:15 AM -
(02-10-2017, 06:57 AM)Mozzer Wrote: It doesn't help shaun.lawson.
It doesn't help because there IS a clash of civilisations...those who believe that a literal interpretation of a book full of mad rantings from a lunatic and those who believe in liberal principles like equality of the sexes, freedom of speech, trial by jury etc. Those two things are completely incompatible. A clash there is and it is necessary. I know that for leftists it's all about American imperialism and the evils of capitalism but that doesn't matter now...radicalised Islamists exist and they HATE you and the principles you believe in.
That's not a fascist world view...no matter how much you want it to be so. Nor is acknowledging that the numbers of blacks killed by the police tiny. Insignificant statistically. Again the reasons why young black men are more likely to be in situations where a police officer uses deadly force may well be as you see it...racist, inequality, the ills of capitalism. It's awful for the families but it really isn't evidence for a racist police force. Nor is my saying so evidence of my being a fascist.
Again, I'm happy to turn on the Trump regime as soon as I see evidence of fascism.
Fascist M.
Radical Islam isn't a civilisation. If you're going to use 'clash of civilisations' rhetoric, at least be intellectually honest enough to admit that you don't consider yourself only to be talking about a minority of radicals.
Edit: re. the Trump regime's fascist tendencies, one problem with accusations of fascism is that there's no single definition of what it means. Here are two different lists of 'fourteen features':
http://www.openculture.com/2016/11/umber...scism.html
http://www.rense.com/general37/char.htm
The Trump regime recognisably brings together enough, from either list, to warrant concern.
This post was last modified: 02-10-2017, 08:23 AM by Shuto Makino.