Re: Islamophobia: A Call to Confronting a Creeping Disease


Putting the obvious diversions and reactionary gibes aside, the fact is
that
Dr. Louay M. Safi, opinion piece, called the "Islamophobia: A Call to
Confronting a Creeping Disease" exists as a matter of fact. See this
link:-

I know the essay exists, the questions I have, and you refuse to answer, is
why you think the site 'mediamonitors.net' is 'well respected'.

Those are your words - not Dr. Safi's - and I am asking you why you think
this site is well respected. I don't know why you're reticent to reply to
the question, beyond my suspicion that you know very well the site is mainly
for internet bottom feeders who wish to expunge Islam's responsibility for
the state of international affairs.


Haughty dismissal and trashing shouldn't be the forum norm. Isn't this
deleterious earmark self-evident though? Do subscribers consider
dismissive remarks as being a valid form of rational argument?

And I'd ask readers if they think complete deletion of questions, concerns
and comments - only to be raised later in an erroneous fashion (example
below) is a valid form of argument. I did address some of the contents that
you included. I challenged the notion that "Blaming Islam and Muslims for
the rise of terrorism(...)" is a 'strategy'. I said it is no more a
strategy then recognizing reality is a 'strategy'. Your response was to
claim it doesn't matter because jihadists don't consider non-jihadists to be
muslims at all. I still don't know why you thought that was a salient point,
as you refuse to address my reply and simply erased it.

Since you asked (but I don't know why),

Actually, I didn't ask. Please carefully read posts you are resonding to.

a "skyhook" is by definition a hook
that is imagined to be suspended from the sky.

I'm coming to the conclusion that understanding what you are trying to say
often requires a lot of imagination.

A "foible" is again by
definition a behavioural attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an
individual. Metaphorically, it goes without saying, that the imaginary or
symbolic "hooks" (omnipotent ticks for trekkies and sci-fi buffs <G>) and
"behavioural attributes" are contained within the quantity and quality of
their specific anti-Muslimism posting history, in the context of this
forum.

Anti-Islam, and if you're going to use my posting history as Count 1 to
bring clarity to the particularly murky waters of your expression 'skyhook
foible' maybe you could be a little more concise and use one of my posts to
clarify what you mean by the term.


As an aside, from a general religious background, you could also look up
Dennet's "cranes and skyhook" metaphor and his "learned" opinion that
agnosticism is an intellectual cop-out.

I'm not sure that's his opinion, I haven't read a lot of his stuff; but he
did recently give a piece of advice I wish the jihadists would take to
heart;

"As long as those who are believers will acknowledge that their allegiance
gives them no privilege, no direct line to the absolute truth, no advantage
in moral insight, we should be able to get along just fine."
- Daniel Dennet - self described agnostic/atheist, 12/30/06, Washington
Post.

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