If I'm going to be incorrectly called a racist (didn't know Islam was a race) then I'm going to double down on calling someone an idiot.You know, there's some good conversations going on but I'd really like people to pull back from the insults. I'm making a conscious effort to do so and hope others will too. It's ok to disagree but disagree with the point being made. Unfortunately we live in a highly vitriolic political environment and it really needs to be toned down and discussed. Without it, no middle ground will ever be achieved.
Nice rebuttal. An amendment protecting the right to die. That's where you are willing to go to avoid talking about guns being a hell of a lot more scary than the big bad Muslim guy living down the street. And drug abuse has been on the rise (as has access to new and more potent drugs like fentanyl) so the average American may not be as informed as you may believe on its fatality risk. We should just forget about these things though and spend all our time on Islamic terrorism.
My statement wasn't directed at one person but the thread participants in general. Not everyone throws out insults.If I'm going to be incorrectly called a racist (didn't know Islam was a race) then I'm going to double down on calling someone an idiot.
My statement wasn't directed at one person but the thread participants in general. Not everyone throws out insults.
If you are trying to make a "most likely to die" statement and exclude a major event by one day, then you are dishonest.
My statement wasn't directed at one person but the thread participants in general. Not everyone throws out insults.
I'm more worried about dishonest arguments than alittle name calling, personally.
What zeke and BKerr said today was factually wrong - but they won't admit it. And they will most certainly continue spewing the same incorrect rhetoric.
Race-based.
Do you know what race means?
Then of course comes the crux of the argument.
So even though they represent 1% of the total US population, that 1% is responsible for a total death toll of 119 vs. 106 (if you believe that number).
By your own link, you are still more likely to die at the hands of radical Islam in the USA.
According to the New America Foundation, jihadists killed 94 people inside the United States between 2005 and 2015. During that same time period, 301,797 people in the US were shot dead, Politifact reports.
But Trump is right about at least one thing: Americans are more afraid of terrorism than they are of guns, despite the fact that guns are 3,210 times more likely to kill them.
In 2016, Americans’ number-one fear was “corruption of government officials”—the same top fear as in 2015. Terrorist attacks came second. In fact, of the top five fears, two are terror-related. And number five is not fear of guns but fear of government restrictions on guns.
https://qz.com/898207/the-psychology-of-why-americans-are-more-scared-of-terrorism-than-guns-though-guns-are-3210-times-likelier-to-kill-them/
Let's start with not erroneously stating that you are more likely to be killed by white supremacists when that isn't the case?
You know, there's some good conversations going on but I'd really like people to pull back from the insults. I'm making a conscious effort to do so and hope others will too. It's ok to disagree but disagree with the point being made. Unfortunately we live in a highly vitriolic political environment and it really needs to be toned down and discussed. Without it, no middle ground will ever be achieved.
I'm more worried about dishonest arguments than alittle name calling, personally.
What zeke and BKerr said today was factually wrong - but they won't admit it. And they will most certainly continue spewing the same incorrect rhetoric.
And just slipping under the wire and slightly less likely is having your genitals mutilated by a muslim doctor.
In other news, North Korea basically killed that US student who stole a banner last year: http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/otto-w...d-from-north-korean-prison-has-died-1.4168166
At some point, you almost feel like the rest of the world just needs to go in and liberate them from whatever crappy existence it must be in that country.