(np) The Merkel Fallacy

[David Morris]

Tribalism, like parisanship is not inherently symetrical, just like US two
parties are not equally insane.  Tribes are not inherently intractable or
insane.  Some tribes just like thé taste of monkey brains...

David Morris

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

> Tribalism
>
> http://bigthink.com/risk-reason-and-reality/how-tribalism-ov
> errules-reason-and-makes-risky-times-more-dangerous
>
> http://www.salon.com/2014/03/25/robert_reich_tribalism_is_te
> aring_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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>>>
>>
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