re: #196 researchok

You need to read the entire exchange.

As I have noted earlier (on more than one occasion) I wished to hell I were wrong.

I’m sorry you find my words repugnat, but in fact, I am referring to those Arab regimes and cultures that have institutionalized racism, bigotry and hate.

There are specific examples available, if you need them.

My issue has never been with Arabs or Muslims, per se. In fact, I havce always gone to great lengths to make that distinction. There is no question as to who the biggest victims of Arab dysfunction are- other Arabs.

My issue is with those regimes that have exploited their people and reduced their societies to monuments to failure.

Give me a little credit—I didn’t just jump in at 180-odd posts, cherry pick one of your comments, and decide to start talking out of my ass. I’ve been lurking for several hours.

Yes, you say a lot of things about Arabs & Muslims. You make statements that seem diametrically opposed to each other. Statements which, if I want to believe one reflects your true feelings, then trying to accommodate the other as equally true causes me no small amount of cognitive dissonance.

As for my feeling of repugnance, it had nothing to do with what you said about Arabs. It had to do with the statement about Darwin and “weak” Jews being weeded out, as if the Nazi’s performed some sort useful purification service. No doubt that was their intent, though obviously not as a method for strengthening the Jewish people. Nonetheless, I found the wording…well, I don’t really have the words to describe how I felt on a visceral level, so I settled for “repugnant”. I understand what you were trying to say, but the words you used were seriously disturbing, at least to me.