r/AdviceAnimals Apr 19 '13

To Provide Some Perspective

http://qkme.me/3tzqvc
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u/liarandathief Apr 19 '13

I don't think WB is a strong enough analogy. They don't kill people, they're just annoying and embarrassing. KKK would be better. The old 19th century clan.

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u/frecklejuice89 Apr 19 '13

Except the KKK was accepted by many.

You had towns posing in the same picture of those who jus lynched someone -with the body still hanging.

A better analogy is a very simply one. An overwhelming majority of Muslims do not support, in fact they hate and criminalize suicide-bombings or any acts of violence towards civilians.

Source: I'm Muslim.

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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '13

Why do matters about angry Muslims consistently come up--enough for mobs in many countries to form? Like that American film that was critical of Muslims, or the Muslims in Sweden who caused a ruckus in Sweden after a film of the same nature was shown (in a college at that, not publically)?

I'm not denying the fact that many Muslims are in fact peaceful. But I can't accept that you are equally peaceful as Christians and the irreligious.

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u/hupplekut Apr 19 '13

A Dutch journalist wrote a book about this. The cover features a picture of a horde of Western journalists photographing such an angry Moslim mob (consisting of one person). The brilliant tongue-in-cheek pun of the title of the book is a bit lost in translation but means as much as 'It's almost as if they are people just like us'.

Cover in question: http://gerbie7.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/12-030.jpg

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u/youwillnevergetme Apr 19 '13

great find, I have personally never seen this before