http://money.cnn.com/2015/11/18/technology/encryption-terrorists/index.html?iid=hp-stack-dom

Lets give up our privacy and freedoms so the government can protect us from the Turrists!!!

Quote :

"New York's top prosecutor thinks there needs to be less phone privacy if we want to "defeat terrorism.""

11/18/2015 2:48:50 PM

Lol this is awesome... Best hijab ever???

http://theslot.jezebel.com/this-hijab-is-the-purest-shade-youll-ever-see-on-fox-ne-1743239769

http://m.mic.com/articles/128831/this-american-flag-hijab-just-schooled-fox-news-on-what-a-patriot-looks-like

11/18/2015 4:07:42 PM

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"This Muslim Woman in a Hijab Just Schooled Fox News on What an Patriot Immigrant Looks Like"

11/18/2015 6:27:50 PM

So, uh, not to be that guy, but wearing the US flag as any form of clothing like this person or Kid Rock wearing one as a shirt, is against the Flag Code.

11/18/2015 6:31:21 PM

^^^when will these damn mooslims stop desecrating the american flag and our way of life??! ugh.

11/18/2015 6:39:11 PM

Lol I just find it funny.... I don't really care about any flag in the world, and if people want to wear them as clothing, let them! (unless it is against the law, which it is not)

11/18/2015 7:34:35 PM

i mean... if you wear it, wear it respectably... like this:

11/18/2015 8:09:13 PM

^^ it's against flag code, last time i checked, to wear an american flag as clothing. Not sure if this is ever enforced or enforceable (I suspect it's not).

11/18/2015 8:36:19 PM

Taking an existing flag and turning it into an article of clothing is against the flag code. Wearing a shirt or whatever with an American flag print is not a violation

11/18/2015 8:39:17 PM

Everyone who gives a shit about anything as unbearably lame as flaaaaaag coooooode can eat a dick, eat a fat diiiiiiiiiiick, fuckin' choke on that dick.

[Edited on November 18, 2015 at 8:47 PM. Reason : SMASH THE STATE]

11/18/2015 8:47:39 PM

^^ yeah, that's what it looked like the muslim woman was doing in the Fox video... the bikini is a-ok (per flag code).

11/18/2015 10:03:41 PM

Hell, didn't the state govt of SC violate flag code in the aftermath of the Charleston shooting when they lowered the US flag but not the Confederate?

11/18/2015 10:22:05 PM

^ probably. There's been tons of people, including politicians, that have desecrated the flag by the letter of the code, but no one cares.

The only time the media ever brings up the flag code is Fox News, when blacks protest by walking on the flag.

11/18/2015 10:32:08 PM

Hell, I don't care, either. Burning or walking on the flag doesn't bother me, either. Just wanted to point that out about SC.

11/18/2015 10:37:41 PM

the alleged Liberal Media is doing a pretty horrible job by not calling out these politicians for their blatant racism

this is absolutely insane

11/18/2015 10:43:41 PM

A little irked because maybe they're catering to the sentiment of a majority of the public?

This isn't racism, this is fear. Get your talking points correct.

11/18/2015 11:05:38 PM

talking points?

11/18/2015 11:07:29 PM

You keep referring to people who are afraid, genuinely worried about what might happen, as racists, and you're gonna lose ground with them.

Don't call them all racists. They're not. That is just you being ignorant.

11/18/2015 11:14:37 PM

who said anything about all of anybody being racist?

do you actively try to be wrong about everything?

11/18/2015 11:20:44 PM

All of these politicians you're calling racist?

Maybe they're trying to get some face time, maybe they're genuinely afraid for the country. Doesn't give you the right to level the racism charge at them.

11/18/2015 11:27:38 PM

I'm judging them on the racist things that they say, so I'm pretty sure I have every right to level the racism charge at them

there are absolutely no excuses for the shit that comes out of their mouths

[Edited on November 18, 2015 at 11:35 PM. Reason : you are aware of the guy who has been leading the polls since he announced he was running, right?]

11/18/2015 11:33:47 PM

it's so easy just to claim "omg racism" when people make valid points about potential security risks. (risks the head of the FBI, etc have corroborated.)

11/18/2015 11:35:10 PM

Quote :

"The United States Flag Code establishes advisory rules for display and care of the national flag of the United States of America. It is Chapter 1 of Title 4 of the United States Code (4 U.S.C. § 1 et seq). This is a U.S. federal law, but the penalty described in Federal Law 18 USC Section 700[1] for failure to comply with it is not enforced. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in United States v. Eichman that prohibiting desecration of the U.S. flag conflicts with the First Amendment right to freedom of speech and is therefore unconstitutional.[2] This etiquette is as applied within U.S. jurisdiction. In other countries and places, local etiquette applies."

11/18/2015 11:41:05 PM

I'm going to agree with rjrumfel. It's abject fear that's driving these conservatives to embrace irrational actions, not racism. Some of them are still racist, and this can factor in to how they present themselves, but I think the overwhelming driving force for people who all of a sudden have a problem with refugees, despite the millions we've taken in over the years, is fear.

I can't prove this until surveys come out re the issue, but i'm part of a Facebook group that's primarily immigrants, and many of them are equally afraid of the refugees as the Fox News nutters.

There's one guy on my FB (white guy) that shared a video from a German white supremacist group, i can't imagine he's a literal white supremacist, but i can see who perhaps groups like that grow their numbers in situations like this... but the racism is more a side effect than driving force.

11/19/2015 12:01:03 AM

how many white supremacists are you friends with?

11/19/2015 1:17:09 AM

Quote :

"i mean... if you wear it, wear it respectably... like this:"

well, to be literal...

i find it more respectful to the flag for it to be covering your general body over your clothing than for it to be directly covering your private parts as underwear.

[Edited on November 19, 2015 at 1:53 AM. Reason : yes i understand flag vs. flag print, but my point stands]

11/19/2015 1:52:30 AM

Footage from inside one of the restaurants

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3324310/First-footage-Paris-terror-attacks-shows-diners-diving-cover-AK47-wielding-jihadist-sprays-caf-bullets-victim-escaped-gun-jammed.html

11/19/2015 5:16:36 AM

that shit's crazy. straight out of a movie that I thought would never happen IRL. The dude just walked straight up to the girl on the ground without a care in the world and put a gun right to her head. I was wondering how she ran away but it said in the text that the gun misfired.

[Edited on November 19, 2015 at 6:22 AM. Reason : a]

11/19/2015 6:07:30 AM

France is still committed to accepting refugees:
http://abcnews.go.com/International/french-president-francois-hollande-welcomes-refugees-paris-attack/story?id=35274658


from what I can tell, all terrorists identified so far were not even refugees, is that true?

11/19/2015 8:20:08 AM

Xenophobic not racist.

Fear is running the show though... Sad that the self proclaimed tough guys are even too scared to do the right things.

^ that's correct though they are still investigating the forged passport link and a few of the terrorists.

[Edited on November 19, 2015 at 8:28 AM. Reason : X]

11/19/2015 8:26:07 AM

What is it called when everyone cares about what happens in France, US, etc and none of the same people react to the same thing happening to russians, kenyans, lebanese, nigerians, etc. I understand what xenophobia is and this is kind of an omissive xenophobia.

11/19/2015 8:37:34 AM

11/19/2015 9:10:26 AM

Quote :

"What is it called when everyone cares about what happens in France, US, etc and none of the same people react to the same thing happening to russians, kenyans, lebanese, nigerians, etc. I understand what xenophobia is and this is kind of an omissive xenophobia."

It is called being an asshole and only jumping on causes that go viral to make yourself feel better about yourself and not look like the person who isnt supporting something.

11/19/2015 9:15:08 AM

^ bingo

It's the same as the people who get outraged when you try and have a discussion about why terrorism or mass murder happens and yell that they can have that conversation later but right now we just need to pray and send condolences.

11/19/2015 9:26:22 AM

I don't think that's it entirely, you don't have enough time in the day to mourn every bad thing that happens anywhere each day

11/19/2015 9:50:15 AM

^^^^ That map is a xenophobic micro-aggression in itself. Why no map attempting to shame the European countries that closed their boarders? You suddenly care when it happens on your front door, but didn't care when it happened an ocean away?

Quote :

"It is called being an asshole and only jumping on causes that go viral to make yourself feel better about yourself and not look like the person who isnt supporting something."

You really think there is just TOO much compassion in this world, eh? A little TOO much prayer - that we need to request people to stop keeping the victims and victim's families in our thoughts?

Maaaaybe it could also be that a lot of us are directly connected to the Paris attacks. Not only on a "this is a super modern and safe city that I've been to, it could easy happen to us" level, but also a lot of us have friends and family who live in Paris, and were directly affected. Should I tell them I'm glad they're safe, but I have to mourn the Beirut bombing victims first, before I can comment on the Paris bombing victims. That way the liberal fucks don't get upset about who I'm praying for.

Or maybe you'd feel better if we only showed compassion towards brown victims? Because I didn't see you getting upset about the lack of response regarding the Russian airplane bombing, that killed 224 people. They weren't brown though, so I can understand why you didn't care.

11/19/2015 10:36:27 AM

Quote :

"You really think there is just TOO much compassion in this world, eh? A little TOO much prayer - that we need to request people to stop keeping the victims and victim's families in our thoughts?"

Hey if you have direct ties to a situation then you should care and be affected. The stuff I am getting at is the mass people changing their facebook picture to the French flag and such. 90% of these people could give two flying fucks about what happened they just jumped on the bandwagon because their friends were doing it and they didn't want to look like the one who didn't "care".

The point is that you are right most people didn't care about the Russian plan being bombed or the people killed in Beirut, but yet decided to all of a sudden care when it was France and the media was all over it. Again, if you were directly affected by one then sure you should care, but in reality most people dont care about any of these. Terrorism sucks and it doesn't matter who it happens to, in the end its innocent people being killed by assholes for no good reason.

11/19/2015 10:46:19 AM

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/significant-digits-for-thursday-nov-19-2015/?ex_cid=538twitter

53% of Americans support Isis' agenda.

11/19/2015 11:21:26 AM

Daesh doesn't care if we bring in refugees or not. 53% are opposed to an additional burden on an already overburdened country.

11/19/2015 11:32:12 AM

^^ bullshit

Quote :

"53 percent Percentage of Americans opposed to an effort to continue resettling Syrian refugees [into the US]."

11/19/2015 11:33:27 AM

Quote :

"moron"

11/19/2015 11:35:15 AM

^^^ I think they would prefer we persecute Muslims in general further. And ton of those 53% don't give a single fuck about those overburdened folks anyway..

11/19/2015 11:38:24 AM

^^^^ lol, so now this is a resources problem? Where was there concern when we accepted 800,000 refugees in the past 15 years? The 2,000,000 since 1990?

GTFO with your resources garbage. Just admit the Paris attacks scared you, now you're hypersensitive to anything foreign.

[Edited on November 19, 2015 at 11:41 AM. Reason : ]

11/19/2015 11:40:39 AM

^ how many Syrian refugees are you welcoming into your home for the holidays? Give them a place to stay for a month or two until they get on their feet.

11/19/2015 11:43:49 AM

^^^^^^
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/islamic-state/12002726/The-grey-zone-How-Isis-wants-to-divide-the-world-into-Muslims-and-crusaders.html

This is actually exactly Isis' policy, as stated in their own publications.

11/19/2015 11:44:57 AM

^^ as long as they have a car, I'm not opposed to housing a family if I need to for a few months.

When my family came to this country, we slept in churches (without air condoning or shower faculties in 1 case), and on the floor of pastors' houses. I would welcome the opportunity to help how I could.

11/19/2015 11:47:58 AM

I will admit this is a more complicated issue than the Ebola nonsense that was used to scare idiots earlier this year at least.

11/19/2015 11:48:15 AM

it's more complicated because the thought police don't actually exist

11/19/2015 12:00:23 PM

Quote :

"53% are opposed to an additional burden on an already overburdened country."

lol, okay, yeah, the people who are happy to block medicaid expansions and social services in this country are against accepting refugees because they want to help the people here first

suuuure

yeah, totally

11/19/2015 12:12:25 PM

I'm not sure what right decision is on the refugees. Although I like things that piss off the blow hard conservatives. After terrorists attacks there is a lot of reactions by people and politicians that feed directly into the terrorists goals of "spreading terror" and affecting normal living of everyday life. The non acceptance of refugees though does is not something that I'd consider "letting the terrorists win".

11/19/2015 12:28:10 PM