Deaths, injuries after reports of explosion at Ariana Grande concert at Manchester Arena — Page 2

Contrast with the Queen's statement:



"The whole nation has been shocked by the death and injury in Manchester last night of so many people, adults and children, who had just been enjoying a concert.

"I know I speak for everyone in expressing my deepest sympathy to all who have been affected by this dreadful event and especially to the families and friends of those who have died or were injured.

"I want to thank all the members of the emergency services, who have responded with such professionalism and care.

"And I would like to express my admiration for the way the people of Manchester have responded, with humanity and compassion, to this act of barbarity."

He's says a lot of dumb stuff but he's spot on with that statement as opposed to the Queen who seems to be just ignoring the real issue at hand. The world eventually has to wake up and fix this problem.

wonderfulwizard11 said: "Until there is any actual word from authorities, it is utterly pointless to assume this attacker was Muslim. This is a tragedy and it's sickening how the first impulse of some of you is to cast blame on Muslims. Some of you should be ashamed that that's your first reaction.

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Because this is what they do, of course it was a Muslim. Suicide vests are their speciality. Just because you want to ignore the real problem at hand doesn't mean you should be outraged at people pointing out the obvious.

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" Laws should be sharpened, and kids in school should be taught that a person's identity does not come from religion. That those are 2 separate things. Until we start teaching THAT, nothing will be resolved."

This also goes for the gays in Atjeh, Indonesia who are publicly humiliated with 81 stick beatings each on a public stage right now, and In Mosul, Iraq, where gays are thrown off rooftops of high buildings DAILY at the moment, with loud clapping and cheering of audiences. The laws there are defined by Islam and 99% of the population is Muslim.

But of course there's only peace and those acts come from some bad exceptions (while the law and police and the rest of the country is cheering and clapping and actually organizing the events).

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Miss American said: "Look at the Lil Bernie Bro making that right-wing pivot. You go girl!



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Please. As I've said countless times here my perspective is from the rational, scientific atheist perspective that neither party represents - certainly not the 'right wing' parties. The Republican Party and Islam are two sides of the same coin. Trump should be adopting the ideology with open arms to help him carry out his anti gay anti women agenda.

In the case of forwarding a secularist atheist agenda - that we deeply need in any modern society - we are let down by all.

Bernie loves Aussie racism

wonderfulwizard11 said: "@z5 said: "These are the exact type of attacks the religion f peace has used for years throughout israel. They need to be wiped out already."

Thank you for literally calling for ethnic cleansing.

You all realize that responses like this are what drive these attacks further? The more you generalize all Muslims as terrorists, the easier it is for ISIS to recruit people. The message of ISIS is that the Western World is at war with Islam, and the more things like the post above are said, the easier it is for that message to seem true. But enjoy your smug righteousness! Let me know when that starts helping. "



And the more you attempt to ignore the root problem, the more pervasive this ideology becomes. It is time to acknowledge that the religion of Islam is at a time of reckoning and must go through its own reformation; just as Christianity once did. No religion is immune to this.

wonderfulwizard11 said: "
You all realize that responses like this are what drive these attacks further? The more you generalize all Muslims as terrorists, the easier it is for ISIS to recruit people. The message of ISIS is that the Western World is at war with Islam, and the more things like the post above are said, the easier it is for that message to seem true. But enjoy your smug righteousness! Let me know when that starts helping. "



Do you know what is easy for ISIS? People obeying and sitting quiet in the corner, and going against people that speak out. Like you do.

So basically, you support ISIS this way.



Nobody says that all muslims are terrorists. We say that all people who blame their god for their actions, good AND bad, is not taking responsibility and thinks their identity is formed by religion.

You can throw gays off roofs and blow youself up all you like, but "because god says so" won't do for a reason. In any case, it won't make your mind human.

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Can all of you please shut the fvck up and respect the fact that there are people who have died? This isn't the place for your argument. Take the twitter, take it to tumblr, take it to another thread... just take it away from here.

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