Lash wrote:I will say that the balance of my post refers to the excerpt and not Gunga. I don't want to guess his motive. He may not have read that particular passage, or he may not be serious about it. He can ably speak for himself.
I found the bolded portion of the second paragraph horrible and dangerous.
I would hope no one would agree with that.
Okay. Thank you for your forthright reply. JN
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As for you, Gungasnake, I repeat: ...hate destroys your own spirit and does not make any of us stronger. Hate is a sign of weakness, not only in our enemies, but in ourselves. When we defeat our enemies, not Islam, but our enemies, it will not have been hatred that will have won the day, but the strength of our better principles.
Hate has blinded you so much that you believe the hate groups view of reality and subscribe to the idea, if it can be called that, that the current methods of the Russians towards Islam represents some sort of middle ground.
The world is not a binary place of banishment or subjugation unless you align yourself with those who think in either/ors, black or white, good or evil, a simplistic philosophy that usually appears when people are afraid.
They begin to believe that if they hate if must be because they are hated, so they assign hatred everywhere else but themselves. The Islamists hate us, the Democrats hate us, Bill Clinton hates us, the French hate us, the unnamed rapists of Sweden hate us, and we're not too sure about that anonymous writer Joe Nation. Pick whatever order you want, none of them are true.
What is true is we are in a struggle for freedom, but hate will not lead us, the values and principles of justice and democracy will carry the day. Have faith in those, and in those who live their lives by them and teach your children the same.
Joe Nation
