Should we send back the refugees?

[otto-san]

i don't have a problem with heightened security for refugees from unstable regions, even if they majority of them might be innocent, it's a reasonable precaution. i wouldn't support pushing them all back out though, because that's a punishment without any charges and without any guilt, and would be a fairly substantial breach of due process. i would bet that the supreme court wouldn't allow it if it were to be challenged

I don't disagree that the motivation in the Orlando attack likely had something to do with CIA. It's just maddening how whenever a muslim commits an act of terror, the media either tries to downplay or deny that the attacker was a muslim, likely to fit a narrative.

Coulter's law is the perfect example. The longer that the media goes without releasing any information on a shooter/terrorist, the more the probability of said individual being a straight white male declines.

i think it's more so that those media outlets are being careful to not negatively shape the public's reaction to fuel anti-muslim sentiments, since they certainly have the power to do it. it's funny how that kind of thing works, selectively using their powers responsibly

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[Cappytaino]

I think that the intentions are sometimes good. For instance, Obama never uses the term 'radical Islam' because there's already a huge anti-Muslim sentiment in the United States. I feel that it's actually somewhat honorable that a US president doesn't try to pin all the blame for CIA on Islam when we are, in a large part, responsible for why they exist.

the problem still stands that there is certainly a correlation between violence and Islam. Islam may not in and of itself cause one to become violent and kill, but it offers a feeling of being part of a larger cause than oneself, which I believe enables potential attackers. This sentiment is not unique to Islam, but it seems very common as of late.

[SeventhSandwich]

the problem still stands that there is certainly a correlation between violence and Islam. Islam may not in and of itself cause one to become violent and kill, but it offers a feeling of being part of a larger cause than oneself, which I believe enables potential attackers. This sentiment is not unique to Islam, but it seems very common as of late.

Literally no one disputes the fact there's a correlation and that Islam makes a convenient vehicle for violence. But they would have united under some other kind of banner if everyone in the region didn't have the same religion.

[McZealot]

the problem still stands that there is certainly a correlation between violence and Islam. Islam may not in and of itself cause one to become violent and kill, but it offers a feeling of being part of a larger cause than oneself, which I believe enables potential attackers. This sentiment is not unique to Islam, but it seems very common as of late.

I don't really see what this has to do with what he said.