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artgnome - 2008-01-22 16:46:37 - http://artgnome.diaryland.com
and yet we Christians are often portrayed and assumed as evil and intolerant.

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Jeff - 2008-01-22 17:43:48 - http://musicman6724.diaryland.com
First, sad news about John Stewart. I grew up listening to the Kingston Trio because my dad loved them and had lots of their records. I've even bought records of theirs when I could find them at Half Price Books. Second, it seems that only Muslims can get away with making death threats to anyone who "insults" their religion. And our beloved politicians would have us believe that they are "peacable" and we should try to make them feel warm and fuzzy.

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Dave - 2008-01-22 17:50:48 -
Jeff, I have no doubt that many Muslims are, in fact, genuinely nice peaceful people. My biggest problem is that NONE of these folks are protesting the fact that their religion has been hijacked by the extremists. When Fred Phelps or one of those losers says something stupid, there are plenty who say that he's wrong. But there's nothing from the "moderate" Muslims.

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requiel - 2008-01-22 20:25:05 - http://requiel.diaryland.com
INFIDEL!!! I kill you! hee,hee. Please watch this if you don't know what I'm referring to....ummmmm....thank you. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uwOL4rB-go

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Smed - 2008-01-22 20:35:08 - http://smedindy.diaryland.com
The reason you don't hear about Muslims who are unhappy with their religion being hijacked is that it's NOT news. The Twin Cities have many Muslims. Letters to the editors are written and published once in a while, and positive stories are published once in a while, but it's NOT news, because it's not scaremongering.

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Acorn - 2008-01-22 20:54:06 - http://acornotravez.diaryland.com
That freaked me out about John Stewart until I read further that it wasn't <i>the</i> John Stewart from the daily show that I am more failiar with. I'm just getting home from work and heard about Heath Ledger passing, and for a split second I was like, "What the fuck?!?"

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Bob - 2008-01-23 09:58:38 - http://shadowgm.diaryland.com
To be fair, while a lot of people say, 'Fred Phelps is a kook' and THEN ignore him, many people skip the first part. It's the same, I suspect, for those Muslims who do not speak out against their more vocal and violent kin - there's some internalized belief in community or something that stifles internal dissent.

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Dave - 2008-01-23 14:32:35 -
Bob:<br>Re Islam - if I understand correctly (and I may be wrong), it's against the Koran to speak out against another Muslim. That may be a good-sized chunk of it.<br>Re Fred Phelps - some folks are <a href="http://www.phagsforphelps.com/" target=_"blank">calling more attention to him</a> to show what a sleaze he is.

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Dave - 2008-01-23 14:34:52 -
Smed: When Islam is insulted, the extremists march. I haven't seen any kind of similar marching from the moderate Muslims, marching against the extremists. Either they aren't, or the media simply isn't covering it.

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