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Islam is indeed the problem.
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Submitted by Emmanuel Goldstein (United States), Apr 14, 2003 at 13:35

How is choosing the more-p.c. "Islamists are the real enemy" line better than admitting the truth about Islam? It sounds like you are creating a separate ideology from Islam and using that as the subject of your disapproval...

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