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| Tavis Smiley: Many More Examples Of Christians Killing Americans Than Muslims |
| 2010-05-28 |
| Earlier this week Ayaan Hirsi Ali was on Tavis Smiley's PBS show to discuss her new book, Nomad: From Islam To America, A Personal Journey Through The Clash Of Civilizations. In a back and forth about Islamic extremists, Hirsi Ali mentioned how some Muslims believe that “killing other people is a great thing to do,' to which Smiley shot back that Christians are more violent, saying “Oh, Christians, every day, people walk into post offices, they walk into schools, that's what Columbine is.' The full quote from Smiley (transcript from Breitbart.tv): “Oh, Christians, every day, people walk into post offices, they walk into schools, that's what Columbine is – I could do this all day long. There are so many more examples of Christians – and I happen to be a Christian. That's back to this notion of your idealizing Christianity in my mind, to my read. There are so many more examples, Ayaan, of Christians who do that than you could ever give me examples of Muslims who have done that inside this country, where you live and work.' For some context and background on Smiley's guest, Ayaan Hirsi Ali is a Somalia-born writer and filmmaker who was raised a strict Muslim. After surviving civil war, she earned a political science degree and became an outspoken critic of Islamist oppression. Hirsi Ali is now a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and has written several books, including The Caged Virgin, Infidel and Nomad. Certainly there has been more violence by Christians in the United States because it is largely a Christian nation. But Smiley appears to be comparing apples to oranges. The fundamental jihad that's lead to the recent car bomb attempt in Times Square appears to have been inspired by drone attacks in Pakistan. Post Office shootings are a tragedy of another color entirely. |
| Posted by:Beavis |
| #8 Would you rather be a Christian living in a Muslim majority, or a Muslim living in a Christian majority? |
| Posted by: gorb 2010-05-28 19:27 |
| #7 Exhibit A - Defund PBS |
| Posted by: Halliburton - Mysterious Conspiracy Division 2010-05-28 14:04 |
| #6 What does a Christian terrorist yell when attacking people? "Jesus Loves You! Die, Heathen, Die!" "PraJesus! AAAAAIIIIIIIEEEEEEGGGGGHHHHH!!! (BOOM!)" ??? |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2010-05-28 13:57 |
| #5 Heh...PBS. This guy makes Charlayne Hunter Gault look like Madame Curie. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2010-05-28 12:04 |
| #4 Behead those that insult Christianity! |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2010-05-28 11:16 |
| #3 Tavis Smiley has presented Christianity in a bad light! I issue a Christian fatwa calling for murder! |
| Posted by: flash91 2010-05-28 11:11 |
| #2 How would Mr. Smiley react if there were a Christian tenet about killing unbelievers? Something like "When you shoot a Buddhist, Baby Jesus smiles."? Really. How dumb can you be? |
| Posted by: mojo 2010-05-28 11:03 |
| #1 An example of the inability to think beyond the location of the nearest rest room. /s |
| Posted by: tipover 2010-05-28 10:37 |