Anyway I could not find any of the identified demon spawn that I particularly liked - as close as I could get was Wayne LaPierre, given that he is not a politician and I am an NRA member. HE, like Trump, is often his own worst enemy, but he is defending a right I hold dear, so he is tolerable.
The sample is below.
Now some think this is about as clever as it can be; it makes them downright giddy.
Don't think I recall Imam Wayne calling for gays to be sent to meet Allah. Maybe to the restroom that reflects the sex of their birth, but not the noose.
To borrow a phrase liberals like to use a lot, whenever they want to criticize straight talk and calling things what they are - whenever their "Islamophobia" radar goes off - and say that I think this is "Playing right into the terrorists' hands" - much more so than using the dreaded term "Radical Islam" that seems to get liberal and democrat and presidential panties in such a wad (e.g., easy to find footage of the ProfessorOTUS getting all pissy about it).
I hate to think that some people are simply histrionic or opportunistic (I do, but I hate it), but are they really stupid or manipulative enough to miss the difference between vehement philosophical disagreement over gay rights, gay marriage and transgender bathrooms and homicide? Is it not clear yet what real serious "Anti-LGBT" looks like (hmmm...try here)? I would have hoped that this would be a wake-up call to at least the LGBT community - if not everyone - that while living in a free and democratic society where people will openly and strongly disagree and debate - and sometimes even discriminate - may often feel and even be oppressive, shit can get a while lot worse. Not getting your wedding cake and having to use a certain bathroom should seem like Christmas compared to Sunday morning at the Pulse. I don't want to belittle tragedy or anyones' struggles, but being alive to fight the good fight for equality beats being dead, don't it? Would to me.
Apparently, it is considered creative to equate that society - the one that allows for much individual freedom and expression from all sides, even if it is not enough - with one that that is theocratic and prescribes killing gays to save them. If all of the people listed presented this clever jab were really Omar Mateen, LGBT folk would have been done in long before he got to the club. We fight about race, sexuality, gender, and whatever, but we rarely kill each other in large numbers over such things. So please try to join reality before it is too late and the next Omar takes out the next 49 or more. Perhaps you really don't care if you can make political gains off of it? Stick and stones and all that shit - in the real world that crashed into the Pulse, this isn't just names, cakes, bathrooms, even discrimination - it is real, it is here, and you need allies, not enemies.
It is clear that most liberals are more comfortable condemning their own country-people (almost said men there - is that a microaggression? ;<)). Why? I have at least one idea; because for all the hilarious critique and condemnation of the Cruzs, Trumps, Gingrichs, Palins and others in this country, the clever critics know there are no repercussions, that no one will come and drag them out of their homes here, stone them, throw them from bridges or parking garages, that none of those people will storm their clubs. Even the Westboro folks haven't shot up a club yet.
If these critics were to butch-up and post a picture of Mohammed, even without the catchy caption or sex toys, they would need to have armed guards, if even that would help (you really can't stop someone who is willing to die in the act, you can just help them die sooner). So the conundrum is that they seemingly hate this country, at least a large proportion of the people in it, yet they know they are safe in it. I suspect they won't be moving to Saudi Arabia any time soon (speaking of stones) or going to Mateen's local mosque.
Now consider - think hard - what is the goal of terrorism? What outcomes facilitate the goals of terrorists? Well, let's deal with this idea of radical v. happy/happy Muslims first. It seems that, just as with Christian sects, Muslims vary in their proclivity toward forcing shariah law on others, to commit violence and slay the infidels. They may consider it appropriate, but are willing to wait and see it happen than work actively toward it. This is, of course, why Obama got so pissy the other day - tell them to stop pestering me about saying those words (kind of like the nights who say neh!). "We need to be nice so they will help us." But it seems that, even if the large mass of Muslims are not radical or jihadis, that they do see where their religion says the future should go, they are justmroe passive about it. And they are ineffective in controlling those who are violent (hence the massive migration to anywhere). Even though they are at greater risk worldwide than the rest of us (at least until recently), they are passive. They do not seem willing to resist or capable of it. There were clear indications that people knew of Mateen's intentions, as well as those of the San Bernandino terrorists, but no one came forward. It's not me, I'm not doing it. Are they condoning it? What are they waiting for? I do not think they care. Seems another case where to goal is to be nice and inclusive to everyone except the white, God-fearing, gun-toting folk.
But, anyway - this was one man - minimal investment - committing a religiously motivated evil act - consistent with the religious teaching as noted in the video above - in the name of an enemy who looks to see this nation and the non-Muslim world disintegrate, end in subjugation. So, what better outcome than for the citizens of this nation turn on each other? How better to play this game than to divide and conquer, watch as we do their work for them? How better to ensure potential victory and large body counts than to either convince a people to disarm themselves, to eschew personal protection or to facilitate an internal shooting war over it?
This is why people question the current administration. Because while they resist talking about terrorists in harsh terms, they have no qualms about calling their fellow Americans terrorists simply because they disagree. The NRA is terrorist - well, the NRA is 5 million Americans. Painting with a broad brush there - not something anyone is supposed to do if it is Muslims. Obama, from day one to a few days ago, has made his bones by dividing people, pointing to enemies at every term like a petulant child who is not getting his way or doesn't like how people are talking about him. Telling people who to blame for where they are. If he had a son, he'd look like Trayvon, a young hoodlum who was killed in self-defense by a white Hispanic male who he was trying to kill. No words about drugs or crime, just divisive rhetoric calculated to separate the country, to create a "fundamental transformation". Then there's "the police acted stupidly" incident. If there is division in this nation, Obama has nurtured it all along the way.
So here we are - in the midst of this transformation, a tragic social experiment that we may never recover from, and many contemplating reenlisting for the more of the same. The ideology-based terror we have seen come to Europe has now come to our shores, yet many here look to Europe as a model for our future. We had our Bataclan at, of all places, a gay nightclub in Orlando. People are fearful, people need something to fear and Obama, Clinton, and their ilk are eager to give them someone to blame. Our president and devotees see an opportunity to further the transformation, so they immediately come full circle and finds enemies in those who "cling to their God and their guns". It was not Omar Mateen or even his dedication to some form of Islam that did this, it was conservative politicians, Christians and gun owners who did it. It was not evil intent whether mainstream or radical Islam, it was the guns.
It'll get worse before it gets better, if it ever does. If this continues, I suspect violence is going to become a way of life for us, whether of foreign or domestic origin. Meanwhile, those who would destroy us will be laughing at our foolishness and how willing most Americans were to become prey.
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