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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague

If you think Cliff is some sort of nefarious actor here rather than just someone you don't agree with a lot of the time, it's pretty obvious to me who the problem is.

No, but like a significant portion of the self-proclaimed Moderate population, he increasingly leans right on Islam.

So, people you don't know on the Internet then? Again, it doesn't matter who they are if they're right, but I thought you'd have examples of talking heads on CNN or something.

I asked because I have heard this being stressed by commentators for quite some time - Nawaz and Co. often talk about "the minorities within the minority" - but Alex Jones those guys and gals ain't, and casting aspersions on their intentions and motives would be a pretty big fail.

The internet is an excellent sample of the world at large and to think otherwise is naive. I don't watch TV news but you can always see a "trending" theme being pushed as narrative begin to grow in comment sections. People pick up on a chain they find attractive and repeat it to sound smart or push an agenda.

EDIT: I'd also add, even if you're right that this is gaining steam as a conservative talking point.. Why the hell are conservatives the ones talking about it? Why have they even been allowed to occupy that political ground? Why isn't it liberals crying out for gay rights and women's rights and minorities everywhere? The mere fact that you're complaining about this at all is fairly damning.

Here's a fun thought, most are crying out against it, but because we aren't choosing to vilify an entire religion in the process we're condoning it apparently.

Originally Posted by CliffFletcher

Where? You mean the part where I said most Muslims don't support terrorism, and that most of the victims of radical Islamic terrorism are other Muslims?

Where you used the term "homosexuals" obviously.

I'm not on Facebook. I don't know who Hannity and Jones are. Here's where I get my news and global affairs analysis from:

The Globe and Mail
The National Post
CBC radio
The Guardian
The Spectator
The Economist
The New Yorker
The Atlantic

You seem so immersed in social media and so fixated on social media tribes and memes that you're incapable of engaging in any kind of discussion without immediately putting people into boxes that conform to those tribes and memes. It's a pretty juvenile way to treat important issues.

"You use peoples inflections in text/speech to interpret their intentions and subtext, how juvenile!" *sips hardy glass of Port*