(np) The Merkel Fallacy

[David Morris]

Tribalism

http://bigthink.com/risk-reason-and-reality/how-tribalism-
overrules-reason-and-makes-risky-times-more-dangerous

http://www.salon.com/2014/03/25/robert_reich_tribalism_is_
tearing_america_apart_partner/
Robert Reich: Tribalism is tearing America apart
Former secratary of labor says Dems and GOP no longer share the same basic
values -- and that nationhood is dead.

On Friday, December 23, 2016, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> The conclusion is fallacious.  But you do not define Islamism, so you
> haven't given a reason to agree that "Islamism is a form of terrorism."
>  What is Islamism, and what makes it terrorism?
>
> Zionism is a form of terrorism.  White Supremacy (KKK) is a form of
> terrorism.  South African Aparthiedism was a form of terrorism.  Bad cops
> killing innocent Blacks is a form of terrorism.  IRA and British
> nationalists were both terrorists.  The list is endless...  And religion
> was not really its core motive.  It was tribalism.
>
> Terrorism is usually thé tactic of an oppressed population against a
> superior power.  But that isnt even its most frequent model.  Was Hitler a
> terrorist?  Of course hé was.
>
> David Morris
>
> On Friday, December 23, 2016, Kai Frederik Lorentzen <lorentzen at hotmail.de>
> wrote:
>
>>
>> (Premise 1) Islam is a religion, Islamism is a form of terrorism.
>>
>> (Premise 2) Religion is good, terrorism is bad.
>> ----------------------------------------------------------
>> (Conclusion) Islam and Islamism have nothing to do with each other.
>>
>>
>> Can YOU see the mistake?
>>
>>
>> -
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