Comments on: Rod Dreher on Journalists and Religion

By: Falwell In Hell

Falwell In Hell — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:13:52 +0000

Pot/Kettle/Pot

By: Daniel

Daniel — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:15:39 +0000

Not jumping to conclusions is the soul of American (indeed, post-Enlightenment Western) jurisprudence. While I have worked among and called friend numerous wonderful Muslims, I’ll state unequivocally that the present state of Islam disturbs and enrages me, and Hasan was certainly close enough to a terrorist for me to call him one. But I’m not a journalist — and while journalists aren’t jurists, they have a responsibility not to taint due process.

The Army failed in not weeding this guy out. The “PC media” have done their collective job, by my lights.

By: Obama's Seat

Obama's Seat — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:33:42 +0000

@ Grumpy:

This is a nation comprised of great majority Christian, so the existence of radical Christians is a statistical expectation.

For comparison, look at the data on extremist actions in Muslim countries that have the same percentage of Christians as we have Muslims.

How many attacks such as Nasan’s are committed against Muslims by fundamentalist Christians in these nations?

How many are committed against Muslims by Muslims?

How many attacks on Muslims in the US has there been since 9/11?

Now, just how dangerous are our home-grown religious radicals today?

By: Obama's Seat

Obama's Seat — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:25:47 +0000

Muslim suicide bombers killing Muslims are “conflicted” as well.

Maybe they need more conflict resolution counselors or something.

By: Surly Dog

Surly Dog — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:08:45 +0000

@ Mike Ramsey

Yes, he did shout “Allahu Akbar.” But then, Hasan also joined the Army and rose to the rank of major. Why? If you posit some sort of “sleeper cell” initiative, then why did he go berserk now? And why this rush now, when, with a little planning, he could have caused much more damage? No, what he did suggests a deeply conflicted person, conflicted over faith and country, who finally snapped.

But all this is besides the point. Dreher and Hunter really aren’t writing about Islamic fanaticism. They’re attacking liberal journalists because they didn’t rush to denounce Hasan as a home-grown terrorist. Therefore, they’re aiding the enemy.

By: VisitDallas!HomeOfAmerica'sWorstPresident

VisitDallas!HomeOfAmerica'sWorstPresident — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:02:59 +0000

Wait, did you take these lines from an Intelligent Design blog? They fit…

By: harvey lacey

harvey lacey — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:41:32 +0000

Our Pacific coast has earthquakes.

The south has the heat and the north has the cold.

Atlantic coasts have the hurricanes.

Texas has baptists.

By: Gravypan

Gravypan — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:21:53 +0000

Grumpy Demo,

And you’ll also find that mainstream Christian leaders are more likely to condemn these kinds of attacks than Muslim leaders are.

By: JB

JB — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:22:54 +0000

The remarkable thing about Islam is that it generally recognizes that humans can be total nutjobs but instead of condemning, reforming, or even just forgiving that behavior they harness it and use it for their ultimate advantage. I’m not saying its morally ‘right’ but its a pretty clever tactic in Gods big “Religion Idol” contest.

By: Grumpy Demo

Grumpy Demo — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:10:50 +0000

Last I checked:

Dr. Tiller was killed by a Christian Fundamentalist.

The Olympic bomber was a Christian Fundamentalist.

The KKK were Christian Fundamentalist.

Operation Rescues’ staff includes a woman convicted of attempting to bomb clinics.

Using Rod’s logic: Christians are violent terrorists too.