,Re: In case no one else saw this

[Mark Thibodeau]

I am finding it difficult to understand why it's okay to hate National
Socialists as a group, but NOT Islamic fundamentalists. After all, NOT ALL
NAZIS, like, worked in concentration camps, you know! And weren't they
defending themselves and their homeland during a time of, like, WAR?

At what point does the cognitive dissonance result in a destructive
resonance feedback loop that shakes all of reality apart?

J

On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 5:42 PM, ish mailian <ishmailian at gmail.com> wrote:

> ah, the press. The first essay suggests there is a far more productive way
> to think about the IS:
>
> " It is much more productive to think about what the Islamic State’s
> combatants, or those of any other extremist group, or ordinary, peaceable
> Iraqis or Syrians want to live for."
>
> But the essay, after this fine suggestion, resorts to blaming us and those
> in the press for failing to follow this line of thought, then launches a
> nutshell reading of history that dumps more blame on us. The second essay
> is more of the same, blame, blame, blame.
>
> What do the extremists want to live for?
>
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 3:48 PM, Thomas Eckhardt <
> thomas.eckhardt at uni-bonn.de> wrote:
>
>> The topic at hand is also discussed here:
>>
>>
>> http://www.salon.com/2015/11/18/its_paul_krugman_vs_noam_chomsky_this_is_the_history_we_need_to_understand_paris_isis/
>>
>>
>> http://www.salon.com/2015/11/15/we_brought_this_on_ourselves_after_paris_it_is_time_to_square_our_values_with_our_history/
>>
>> In this case, as in the case of Ukraine, I generally agree with Smith
>> without supporting every claim he makes.
>>
>>
>> Am 18.11.2015 um 15:19 schrieb ish mailian:
>>
>>> While I agree that the narrative, "they hate us for our freedom" is
>>> being trotted out again, and that such narratives are used to divert
>>> attention from the atrocities committed by the West
>>>
>>
>> (...)
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> P.S. Did Bush say "freedom" or "freedoms"?
>>
>
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