re: True of False? (ISIS thread)

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ISIS isn't nearly the danger to our freedoms as Lena Dunham and the rape-culture crowd that want to throw every man on the sex-offender registry if he so much as looks at a woman. Social change and laws are being wrought all the time by those loonies, and they are OVER HERE. Then there are the tree hugging wack jobs who are pushing actively for laws to be written that outlaw coal, oil, and nuclear power so that I have to pay 10 times what I do now for energy, because I have to be forced into poverty to save the planet. No, THOSE are the boogeymen. THOSE are the terror groups that are conspiring to end our way of life as we know it and oppress us. THEY are the knife in the dark, the tyrants among us. They are already inside, they are teaching your children to be just like them, they are infesting the schools, the colleges, the media. They print your paper, they write your movie script, they teach your child that men are evil and that there is no injustice too great that can be put upon you to further their cause.

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I half agree, and half don't with this. ISIS isn't near the threat that alot perceive it to be. That is correct. It's no CIA conspiracy, but it isn't THAT big of an issue to be concerned with unless you live in the Middle East.

You are correct that there are radicals in America, but they are not confined to one side or the other. Social issues are complex, and will take centuries to overcome and change. As for the energy statement, it is a known fact that there is a finite amount of coal and oil in our planet. It is also known that coal and oil, when burned, create a negative for our atmosphere and planet. Combine the two, and it makes perfect sense to research various sources of energy that are not finite (wind, solar, etc). Its not "trying to make you poor" or "lose your job," It is simply the smart thing to do. Because eventually, the coal and oil will run out, and we had better have an alternative source available.