Shadowstalker16: If you're gonna make a huge post about something, at least make it so its clear as to what you're saying.
According to United States Department of Justice document Criminal Victimization in the United States, there were 173,610 victims of rape or sexual assault, or 0.1% of the US population 12 or older in 2013. What's it going to be now, "what about 2015" or "sexual assault is not rape"?
"Afghanistan" did not attack the US of A. There wasn't a good legal (NATO) or moral reason for the war. And I do blame my government for participating.
The IS was created through a lot of different circumstances, overall as muddied as gamergate, but gained in strength particularly during George Walker Bush's Iraq war starting in 2003 (not sure what number that Iraq war had. Three? Five?), when they allied their organisation, then named differently, with Al-Quaeda. Thankfully, our gov flipped Bush the finger on that one at least.
If you don't know about Trump's trigger happy sexual misconduct, you must have been living on the moon for the entire past year. You'll be able to find comprehensive lists on the internet if only you search.
Martek: Well, I didn't do that - I directly addressed what you wrote.
First, in order to "address what I wrote" you shat a rubbish additional conspiracy theory on an already rubbish conspiracy theory in order to preserve the first. That means that your quasi-religious conspiracy faith is so strong that you will believe absolutely anything as long as the predetermined culprit stays the same. That brings you down to the level of Alex Jones youtube video commenter conspiracy nuts. Congratulations.
Second, with the vocabulary of litigation – "alleged, but not proven" – you're trying to will a certain communicative situation into existence, one in which sociopathic slander is somehow an "allegation" worth further investigation. But in reality, this is a literal crusade and a literal witch hunt, which is never about the truth. It's about believing just about anything, and it's about killing the perceived enemy of your god. In short, stuff like "pizzagate" is a form of religious extremism.
Third, this form of religious extremism doesn't have "a few bad apples". The conspiracy nuts are the bad apples already. Sure, some just sit at home and keep their rotten apple stink to themselves. Others feel the need to unload their extremism into internet forums. And others take a gun and matters into their own hands, but to my knowledge, only in the US of A. Some bad apples stink more than others.
Fourth, right after you "addressed what I wrote", you went on a refugee tangent posting links to e.g. white supremacist website Breitbart. The links themselves do not constitute commentary. You were evidently trying to change the subject.
Fifth, about logical fallacies. The strawman is a logical fallacy already, so "strawman + logic fail" doesn't make any particular sense. "Poisoning the well" is also a logical fallacy, which you passed through the meat grinder here. You should research all of those, it's quite fascinating actually.
Sixth, yes of course the diverse Republican or Democrat governments of the US have bombed the shit out of the Middle East for several decades and are in part responsible for destabilizing the muslim world to such a degree that the radical islamism of the IS gained a foothold in a world that, actually, was on the way out of religious extremism. You may remember cheering at a similar idea when Trump said that Obama and Clinton had "created" the IS. If you're cowardly enough to steal yourself out of both the historical as well as the humanitarian responsibility, I don't see how gloating about it makes you look good in any conversation ever.
I'm reading Nujeen Mustafa's book at the moment, by the way. And frankly, if my taxes ever enable her to study physics over here, those will be taxes very well spent.
