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  •  What LGF has (3+ / 0-)

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    is unchecked, unbridled bigotry, fear, and jingoism.  

    They do not respect Islam or any of it's followers at all. They consistently and jokingly refer to it as the Religion of Peace (RoP on the site) and then blame it for all the violence in the middle east.

    for example:

    Cactus Pete  8/9/2006 11:15PM PDT  
    Ah, yes. The ROP strikes again.
    PBUH my f*cking ass.

    Are we going to start taking these shitheads seriously (as in deporting the entire CAIR lot, etc.) now?

    Is there anyone here that thinks that we are NOT in the early stages of WWIII, or that this isn't going to contine to escalate into even uglier events?

    /kinda sad & damned mad

    The site focuses 100% on middle east violence, with an extremely reactionary, right-wing, pro-israel (of the unquestioning variety) view.  The diaries are extreme, but the comments are worse.  Often, comments are full of threats, racism, and well, plain stupidity.  Heres a good one:

    #130    usajihad  8/9/2006 11:40PM PDT  
    Remember those asians only have to be right one time while the infidel must be perfect all the time to stop another attack. I wonder how many of those asians are named mohammud or ali?

    #152    Maria  8/9/2006 11:50PM PDT  
    The modern world in the west invented automobiles and buses, crazed islamofacists make bombs out of them.

    The modern world in the west invented phones, crazed islamofacists make bombs out of them.

    The modern world in the west invented trains, crazed islamofaicsts make bombs out of them.

    The modern world in the west invented planes, crazed islamofacists make bombs out of them.

    ...something tells me that the modern civilized world and islam DON'T MIX.

    An now, some more obvious racism. the bolded text is a link to photos of the missing egyptian students in the US. Note the response of other commenters:

    #161    cyberbot7  8/9/2006 11:56PM PDT  
    #107 Chicken Kiev

    Probably trying to blow them up over American cities with some sort of dirty radialogical fallout would be my guess.

    Take a good hard look at each of them.

    You never know when you might get your chance!

    #172    GregInSeattle  8/10/2006 12:00AM PDT  
    Take a good hard look at each of them.

    Can't you just cut the hate with a knife? Jihadists don't smile, and these guys aren't smiling >:|>

    189    Chicken Kiev  8/10/2006 12:08AM PDT  
    #161 cyberbot 7

    Your link ... those awful faces ... now I'm going to have nightmares.

    If I sleep.

    I consider LGF to be a clearinghouse of "doomsday conservatives" .  The understand the importance of fighting terrorism, but they overreact, due to deep seated racism, feelings of ineffectuality, and FEAR.  The people on LGF are terrified of Islam and liberalism.  They believe these two things will destroy society. They fail to realize that the only adequate response to terrorism is a liberal response.  A strong, well planned defense that includes intelligent military action and even more intelligent diplomacy.  The LGF strategy is to bomb the middle east out of existence (save Israel of course) and make Islam illegal.  They are the definition of WINGNUTs.

    p.s. One thing I do like about LGF is their recent focus on some doctored Rueters photos.  They have done a nice job pointing out manipulations that have caused some less reliable journalists to be kicked off of Reuters.  Accountability in the press is important.  I wish they would focus on the doctored intelligence that led us into the Iraq war... but thats just wishful thinking.  

    •  the Reuters photos were a good catch, but... (0+ / 0-)

      the only reason that Johnson noticed them was that the extremists on the right were desperately looking for evidence to support their contention that the MSM is assisting Hizbollah in making Israel's bombing campaign look bad. They simply can't admit that the Israelis are killing hundreds of innocents, so they're seeking to change the subject by attacking the media. So Johnson stumbled across a fact by a route of intellectual dishonesty.

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