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How Failed American Foreign Policy and the Iraq War has Fueled Terrorism in the Middle East.

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Islamic extremist terrorism didn’t just pop up overnight because it was a natural outgrowth of the Muslim religion. Islamic terrorism is the result of really bad colonialist, money-grubbing meddling by the West in the hopes of keeping rich Western mitts on those big ol’ oil fields under Arab lands. The foreign policies of the West… Read more How Failed American Foreign Policy and the Iraq War has Fueled Terrorism in the Middle East.

Terrorists WANT Anti-Islamic Backlash

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Terrorists are monsters, but no one KNOWS they are a monster. Almost everyone creates a script inside their head justifying their own cause and demonizing others. The Nazis told themselves that the Holocaust was “right” because the “Jews were a danger to Germany”. The soldiers and CIA handlers who tortured innocent Iraqis told themselves they… Read more Terrorists WANT Anti-Islamic Backlash

Cherry Bomb

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As part of another skirmish in the war on women, some Men’s Rights Activists (MRAs) have formed a movement dedicated to trying to bully women into remaining virgins lest they never, ever marry. These MRAs are on various forms of social media demanding that all men band together and declare that if a woman cannot… Read more Cherry Bomb

The Four Most Noticeable Arguments Against #BlackLivesMatter

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I, as I have mentioned before, have Asperger’s syndrome. That means I don’t understand a lot of human reactions or interactions or responses to facts. I am confused when people get mad or offended by facts. Opinions? Sure, those can go any which way, but facts are … factual. That’s why I am having trouble… Read more The Four Most Noticeable Arguments Against #BlackLivesMatter

Terror and the Lone Wolf

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A monster named Muhammad Abdulazeez murdered five servicemen last week. May light perpetual shine upon them. Was this a terrorist attack? Terrorism is “the use of violence and intimidation in the pursuit of political aims.” If Abdulazeez had a larger socio-political goal in mind (like starting a race war or a jihad) then it was… Read more Terror and the Lone Wolf

The Truth For Truth’s Sake

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Every religion has a history of violence carried out by its fringe and/or power-players. Every religion. Let’s just look at the “Big Four” though, for examples. Hinduism has a violent history. It was the 17th century Hindu warrior king Shivaji Bhonsle who first invented and used guerrilla warfare methods (Shiva sutra or ganimi kava), which… Read more The Truth For Truth’s Sake