Jupiter's Legacy 2 #2

[lordultimus]

Comments

[super_fly]

Also the implication that teaming up islamic terrorists is the only way to get them to use suicide bomb tactics

[cyberghostface]

How many Christian suicide bombings have there been?

[mesmiranda]

Do we want to start with the Ku Klux Klan, or anti-abortion violence, or Anders Breivik, or...

[cyberghostface]

Those are suicide bombers?

[mesmiranda]

No, but in the context of the thread, I was assuming your argument ran along the lines of "Islam fosters a uniquely evil brand of terrorism (probably because of all the brown people), unlike Christianity, which is universally enlightened and peaceful," and is that where we're going? Because I would love to be proved wrong here.

[cyberghostface]

"Because I would love to be proved wrong here."

You're wrong.

It's cool, just don't make ignorant assumptions next time.

[mesmiranda]

Do you care to explain why, or are you just going to act shitty?

[cyberghostface]

The only one acting shitty is you. You’re looking for an excuse to act offended.

Asking whether or not Christian suicide bombers are a thing is not a suggestion that Christian terrorism doesn’t exist nor does it suggest that Islamic terrorism is a result of skin pigmentation over religious ideology as you wrongly accused me of implying.

[mesmiranda]

So why are you bringing up whether or not there are Christian suicide bombers in the first place? What are you trying to argue?

[cyberghostface]

...because the other person indicated there were?

[mesmiranda]

I'm rereading and I'm not getting where you're getting that. Regardless: What's your thesis here?

[cyberghostface]

super_fly said that "the implication that teaming up islamic terrorists is the only way to get [Christians] to use suicide bomb tactics" was inaccurate.

In response to that I asked how many Christians have actually committed suicide bombings.

That's it. There is no thesis.

[mesmiranda]

In response to that I asked how many Christians have actually committed suicide bombings.

What answer are you looking for, though? Is it "None"? Does that bolster a further argument of "Christians are not (as) inherently violent," as implied from super_fly's comment earlier? Because I linked examples of Christian violence earlier, and the response was "well, those aren't suicide bombings" and it's just like... is that supposed to make them less reprehensible, or...?

I suspect the mod hammer is going to come down on this conversation fairly soon, but for as much as you accused me earlier of making ignorant assumptions, all this is coming off as somewhat disingenuous in the light of post-9/11 Islamophobia.

[cyberghostface]

You can infer whatever you want if you want an excuse to be outraged. There's plenty that can be said about the prevalence of Christian extremism in comparison to Islamic extremism but if I had wanted to say something about it I would have. I'm not one to mince words.

[mesmiranda]

Uh-huh. Stay classy.

[cyberghostface]

I will. Stay pressed.