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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As soon as Orlando mass shooting hit news circuit Donald Trump renewed his call to ban Muslim immigration. I know in my gut that it is wrong to target a religion for a hate crime, however just to clarify my understanding I went looking for data...

Found this article: [url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/national/mass-shootings-in-america/] The Math of Mass Shootings [/url]

Before blaming a religion understand that 7 out of the 129 (I counted based on names) seems to be Muslim. That is 0.05%. What about the religion of the rest? Should we blame the religions? Should we ban immigration from all countries where the shooters' heritage lie?

This article presents a lot of facts. Read and draw your own conclusions.

[b]Why do we tend to respond to Hitler like rhetoric from Trump/(other hate mongers) when the blame is not directed to our own religion or ethnicity?[/b] When would we wake up?[/quote]

Ask yourself first and foremost, who are the "we" you're talking about?
If you're talking about white Protestants - you know the people who founded this country by wiping out Native Americans and enslaving Africans so they could be free from tyranny (eyeroll) - then its pretty obvious why "we" respond to Hitler-like rhetoric from Trump and other hate mongers...cause the propaganda they spew pumps white Protestants up the Good Guys not to mention the fact that its an easy opinion to embrace...
I mean think about it, who wants to bear the burden of thinking objectively as an individual all the time and actually taking time to accurately assess situations and circumstances and causes and effects when it is SO MUCH EASIER to just jump on a bandwagon and join in with others who are all pointing at [i]them[/i] - whatever particular group of people happen to be widely despised at the moment - and say its all [i]their[/i] fault.
The average person's attitude is, "As long as the collective fingers aren't pointed at me who gives a shit about facts?" [/quote]

This is very smart post. Obviously if you are intellectually lazy(likely deficient) then it is much easier to point or blame the collective them, whoever that "THEM" is immaterial. Thats the classic demagoguery, blame someone for the problem instead of actually understanding the problem to find solutions. [/quote]

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