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Submitted by Gamaliel Isaac (United States), May 6, 2010 at 05:49

Both Robert Dreyfuss and Mayor Bloomberg suggested it might be a right wing nut. From their perspective it's virtuous to disparage those opposed to Obama's policies as possible terrorists but it is taboo among the left to suggest the obvious.

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Mowing of the innocent in London: We are already afraid of and wavering to Islamic fundamentalists [257 words]PrashantMar 25, 2017 13:40237887
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5Judge Islam by the common world standards and not by Islamic standards [550 words]PrashantFeb 19, 2017 15:51236805
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Just An Excuse To Coddle A "Victim" Class [79 words]DaveFeb 11, 2017 11:12236606
1The Passion of political correctness: The Ground Zero Mosque [280 words]Bob JackAug 13, 2010 20:10176672
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1The Elephant in the Room [298 words]Cherif El-AyoutyMay 20, 2010 03:50173137
... muslim [28 words]OmarMay 17, 2010 23:17172919
1Not in the name of faith [11 words]aspaciaMay 19, 2010 07:25172919
I agree, but i just want to let you know [277 words]OmarMay 19, 2010 22:29172919
It's Wrong Too [12 words]Mark DMay 20, 2010 00:27172919
Omar [108 words]aspaciaMay 20, 2010 20:48172919
Excuse me Omar but I think you are wrong [53 words]Seamus Dafydd Dives MacNemiMay 20, 2010 22:12172919
1Do you Support the Taliban and Its Goals in Afghanistan? [281 words]TruthWFreeMay 20, 2010 22:54172919
wrong [27 words]OmarMay 24, 2010 00:07172919
i just said no [117 words]OmarMay 24, 2010 00:13172919
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1You do not know [25 words]KerryMay 24, 2010 20:00172919
2Omar can count 50,000+ non-muslim terrorist incidents just in America! [49 words]GuardiansozMay 25, 2010 15:17172919
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Muslim lack of logic [40 words]aspaciaMay 27, 2010 07:06172919
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Response to truth w free [394 words]OmarMay 31, 2010 20:04172919
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1Ground Zero Mosque [338 words]TruthWFreeMay 18, 2010 22:37172791
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... Rauf [85 words]LindseyAug 8, 2010 01:43172791
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Afghanistan not Kashmer [14 words]KerryMay 24, 2010 06:38172483
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Re: Times Square [33 words]AbuuHaleemMay 12, 2010 16:44172475
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Your Quran, Violence, Muhammad and Allah [174 words]TruthWFreeMay 18, 2010 22:59172475
Voices from the Tower of Babble [68 words]Seamus Dafydd Dives MacNemiMay 20, 2010 22:48172475
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Pakistan [36 words]Mark D.May 26, 2010 22:31172445
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islam [7 words]johnMay 6, 2010 18:22172307
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