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American committed to equality, liberty, and justice. Former student of Russian language, literature, and 20th century European conflict. Grinnell College alum.

Unceded Neanderthal land
Joined November 2021
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Not liberal by any western standard. All the regional actors are fighting for power by intervening in local conflicts. UAE's direct neighbors are allies. All Arab societies are tribal and treat non-citizens, minorities like dirt. See Qatar–Saudi Arabia diplomatic conflict.
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Subjective descriptors and your attempts to establish moral supremacy are pointless. Islamic civilization offers a competing belief system and isn't comparable to the West. US leaders learned the hard way that liberal democracy, human rights won't flourish in Islamic societies.
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There was no Greek Genocide. Muslims liberated Greeks from their sinful and errant ways to embrace the great prophet.
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There is no popular liberal party in the region. When I was in Sharjah UAE, one day the police went door to door looking for same-sex couples to forcibly separate. But no one was executed or dismembered- that's the difference between Islamic rule and 'liberal' rule in the M.E.
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Replying to @AhmedMoor
You and Tariq should be escorted to a flight so you can oversee this battle from the front lines in Gaza.
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Abdul will bring gender change and gay marriage to the Middle East, that is his calling.
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WTF are you talking about is literally no such thing as a 'liberal' party in power or that garners pop support in the M.E. But don't worry, liberation has been achieved in Afghanistan and the will of the people realized, alhamdulillah.
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Replying to @CathyYoung63
Where is the lie? Were video segments re-assembled out of sequence?xitter.gq/sarahraviani/status/21…
By Abdul El-Sayed’s logic, why doesn’t his wife just take off her hijab? Men are going to see women’s hair at some point in their lives anyway, so what’s the big deal?
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Where is the lie? Was the video doctored?
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Replying to @brhodes
Imagine the level of white savior delusion required to brush off any criticism of a candidate who supported the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt and played down the atrocities and depravity of the Ayatollah. Ben must hate Persian Americans with a fierce passion.
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Replying to @BenMcCombe
You're glad he won because you don't understand him. Third world grievance-driven Islamism falls nowhere on the western political spectrum. This is exactly the type of behavior to expect.
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Says the great speaker of truth from the nation of widespread slavery, honor killings, child marriages, and a long list of horrific norms.
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Puppet leaders as in ruling tribes? You guys are so ignorant about the Middle East that an even slightly enlightened version of yourself would be embarrassed. Do you think the US is suppressing numerous liberal/ social democratic parties waiting in the wings of the Arab world?
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If that's the case, why is Islam so antithetical to western liberal democracy and human rights? Books are not your enemy.
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Mohammad thinks losing control of Lebanon, Syria, and control of your own airspace is 'winning'.
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LOL US wasted billions and billions building infrastructure in Iran and Afghanistan. All for nothing in those Islamist socities. Saddam started a war by invading a nation allied with the US. There would be 10x more conflict and death in the M.E. if not for America's presence.
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Don't be Bobby. Just don't be that guy who believes he's sharing well-informed, interesting hot takes.
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Replying to @GuantanamoAndy
White savior has arrived to remind everyone that Gaza had free elections and widespread civil liberties before Oct 7.
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