Rip do you agree with Crowder's views on Muslims?

[saqadri9c]

My point was in response to frequency, as the original commentator strongly implied that it was Muslims who had the chokehold on terror acts, when in facts the statistics flatly deny this.

[tertius]

Do we have to leave out the 3000 people in Manhattan?

I'm pretty sure that since 2001 US police have killed more people in the US, in total, (probably even innocent people) than Muslims.

I'm on my phone though, so I can't check the numbers very well.

[Thomas Jones]

How does the OP answer this question?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yGN8SlIEZ8

[ForbiddenDonut]

Lol, this is an utterly tired right-wing talking point for the last 15 years. Look up who has been responsible for the vast majority of mass killings in the last 15 years in the Western world.

Inner city blacks?

[Barbecue]

Do we have to leave out the 3000 people in Manhattan?

It depends.

[Mark Rippetoe]

I'm pretty sure that since 2001 US police have killed more people in the US, in total, (probably even innocent people) than Muslims.

Very predictable, and beside the point.

[umairsemail]

Muslim American terrorists have killed 76 people in America since 9/11 (9/11 terrorists were not American)...meanwhile 30,000 people die yearly from gun violence. I think the presence of radicalism amongst Muslim Americans is extremely slim for several reasons: they tend to be very assimilated with American culture, per capita they don't kill many, and the opinion polls on them are very favorable compared to people of other faiths and compared to other Muslim populations in the world. And Rip, I am not a Muslim, although I may feel like one culturally.

How does the OP answer this question?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yGN8SlIEZ8

I'm not a Muslim. But I do condemn Hamas. Not condemning Hamas does not make someone a bad person--it just means that they perceive Israel as the big bad wolf and support anyone who attacks them. I also condemn the American government for directly causing 200,000 deaths in Iraq, condemn ISIS, and slightly condemn Israel for overreacting to Hamas. Most Muslims have a skewed view of Israel, as do most conservatives--both sides are wrong. The truth is that both Israel and Palestine are to blame. If an Iraqi or Afghani asks Horowitz if he condemns America (because of the slaughter of their people), and if he says no, does that make him a bad person? I'm sure Iraqis/Afghanis would think so.

[Barry Charles]

Rip, you forgot Ameri-phobia. Fear of being outed as an American. This is accompanied by shame and guilt.

...and 1%-aphobia, fear that after paying over 50% of your income to fed/state/local taxes, you still might not have paid your fair share.

[Kyle Schuant]

do you agree with his myopic views on Muslims?

It seems to me that this is an attempt to get a respected, decent and outspoken person to say something offensive. It's mean-spirited and nasty.

[Mark Rippetoe]

But, it's the internet.