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Depends if the person you talk to uses the term in bad faith (conversation-stopper, motive-assigners, shielder), in mixed or careless ways (overgeneralizer, shortcut user) or in good faith (descriptive, protective, institutional). My comments won't give you a universal answer. But listen to people.

29.01.2026 00:07 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Saying “all of them” is stereotyping. Treating people and ideologies as interchangeable is a category error. Conflating Muslims with Islam, or labeling criticism as a blanket "phobia" blurs distinctions and stops discussion rather than helping it.

28.01.2026 16:24 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I think the issue isn’t finding a replacement word. It’s that the term often stops conversation instead of helping it. I prefer discussing specific actions or statements rather than labeling people.

28.01.2026 04:14 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

The use of the word "islamophobia" pathologizes people rather than promotes dialogue. You are not fostering respect towards people and their contributions, if you use inflammatory ad hominem against ANY people, if you claim to treat people equally.

27.01.2026 15:06 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Picture with TV channel's Al Jazeera and text: Jazeera Arabic pulled from Swiss television over Hamas coverage

Picture with TV channel's Al Jazeera and text: Jazeera Arabic pulled from Swiss television over Hamas coverage

Swiss TV providers Swisscom and Sunrise have dropped Al Jazeera Arabic from their platforms. With this move, Switzerland joins Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, the Palestinian Authority, and Congo in banning the Islamist network.

19.01.2026 00:18 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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UAE restricts funding for studying in Britain over radicalisation fears Gulf state excludes UK universities from list of global institutions eligible for state scholarships

🇦🇪 The UAE now shows less tolerance for radical Islam than the UK itself. They must be knowing something. Go tell Keir Starmer!

The UAE is barring its citizens from British universities, citing fears of Islamist radicalization on UK campuses.

09.01.2026 23:42 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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"Without Arab imperialism the Middle East would still remember its own name. They are the Colonizers." #MENA

09.01.2026 15:11 — 👍 11    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Tehran is heating up! 🔥 On Jan 8, brave protesters set fire to Basij motorcycles, turning the regime's tools of suppression into symbols of defiance. The capital continues to lead the charge for freedom! 👊🦁🇮🇷

#IranProtests #Tehran #18Dey #IranRevolution #Freedom #No2IR #Iran #NoIR

08.01.2026 23:44 — 👍 9    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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US Education Department’s New Database Reveals Qatar Ranks as Top Foreign Funder of American Universities Qatar’s Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani speaks on the first day …

🇶🇦 Qatar is the single largest foreign source of funding to American colleges and universities, according to a newly launched public database from the US Department of Education that reveals the scope of overseas influence in US higher education.

09.01.2026 00:35 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
Qatar “We have journalists on our payroll in many countries.”
YouTube video by FAQTS Uncensored Qatar “We have journalists on our payroll in many countries.”

🇶🇦 Former Qatari Prime Minister Hamad Bin Jassim: “We have journalists on our payroll in many countries. [...] All the Arab countries were doing it."
#Qatar #Journalism @memri.org

08.01.2026 16:41 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Yet an other Job title:
Marco Rubio, Viceroy of 👑 🇺🇸 Venezuela

07.01.2026 01:23 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
AI generated image shows Marco Rubio as Vice Roy of Venezuela

AI generated image shows Marco Rubio as Vice Roy of Venezuela

Yet an other Job title:
Marco Rubio, Viceroy of 👑 🇺🇸 Venezuela

07.01.2026 01:21 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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Quien no lo quiera ver, no es que este ciego, es que esta conforme.
#Islam ☠️
#ReemplazoPoblacional
#Invasión

26.09.2025 18:49 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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The Role of Qatar in Promoting Jihad through the Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas Qatar is not a neutral mediator but rather a state that provided Hamas with political sanctuary, financial lifelines, ideological reinforcement, and global reach. - The Role of Qatar in Promoting Jiha...

🇶🇦 Qatar is Hamas’s main backer, hosting its leaders, providing funding and legitimacy, enabling long-term military planning against Israel, supporting clerical justification of violence, allowing aid diversion in Gaza, and facilitating Hamas’s regional and Muslim Brotherhood's global operations.

25.12.2025 14:24 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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"It has become increasingly common to drag the language of faith into political battles, bless nationalism, and justify violence and armed struggle in the name of religion. Believers must actively refute...by the witness of their lives, these forms of blasphemy that profane the holy name of God."

21.12.2025 00:30 — 👍 79    🔁 23    💬 0    📌 0

„Manche von euch werden sterben, aber das ist ein Opfer, das ich bereit bin einzugehen.“
Lord Farquaad, im Film Shrek

20.12.2025 15:02 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Yuri Bezmenov: Psychological Warfare Subversion & Control of Western Society (Complete)
YouTube video by GBPPR2 Yuri Bezmenov: Psychological Warfare Subversion & Control of Western Society (Complete)

This is what Russia is attempting in the West right now! #Subversion #KGB #Russia #SWR #FSB

"Yuri Bezmenov (alias Tomas Schuman), a Soviet KGB defector, explains in detail his scheme for the KGB process of subversion and takeover of target societies at a lecture in Los Angeles, 1983."

20.12.2025 14:36 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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Grok Is Glitching And Spewing Misinformation About The Bondi Beach Shooting Among other problems, the chatbot is spewing misinformation about the horrific Bondi Beach shooting in Australia.

Elon Musk's AI robot is spewing misinformation about the Bondi Beach shooting

14.12.2025 18:56 — 👍 525    🔁 221    💬 87    📌 50
Consumer Reports reliability ranking by brand, with Lexus, Toyota, and Mazda taking the top three spots, and Ram, Jeep, and Tesla taking the bottom three spots. Tesla's bottom-ranked score of 31 is less than half of Lexus's 77.

Consumer Reports reliability ranking by brand, with Lexus, Toyota, and Mazda taking the top three spots, and Ram, Jeep, and Tesla taking the bottom three spots. Tesla's bottom-ranked score of 31 is less than half of Lexus's 77.

please take a moment to appreciate Tesla's epic accomplishment of coming dead last in the auto industry in reliability, despite making relatively expensive cars with a tiny fraction of the moving parts

www.consumerreports.org/cars/which-b...

15.12.2025 15:53 — 👍 3531    🔁 1070    💬 165    📌 186
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Just hours after the antisemitic massacre in Australia, hatred resurfaced once again, this time in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, where a Hanukkah celebration was disrupted by violent anti-Israel extremists.

14.12.2025 22:02 — 👍 62    🔁 32    💬 5    📌 4

🇦🇺"“Globalize the Intifada” was never a metaphor. Intifada means what it has always meant in practice—acts of anti-Jewish violence. To globalize it means to do so globally."
Hussein Aboubakr Mansour

14.12.2025 17:35 — 👍 9    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

This is the story of a country that decided to protect its social cohesion, even if it meant breaking one of the most sacred values of its own identity." 3/3

#EU #Europe #Immigration #Denmark

12.12.2025 03:48 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

of the party that built that model started pushing for zero refugees, mass deportations, and strict border control.
How did such a progressive country governed by a center-left coalition end up implementing one of the toughest migration policies in Europe? 2/3

12.12.2025 03:48 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
How Denmark's Left Finally Solved Its Immigration Crisis
YouTube video by The Arrow How Denmark's Left Finally Solved Its Immigration Crisis

🇪🇺🇩🇰 How the Left solved the immigration crisis

"Denmark is known as one of the happiest, safest, most equal, and most progressive countries on the planet. For decades, it was held up as an example of openness, solidarity, and a strong welfare state. But we know something changed when the leader 1/3

12.12.2025 03:48 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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How Audience Capture Drives Influencers to Antisemitism Online audiences have become increasingly radicalised by predatory algorithms pushing conspiratorial, schizophrenic narratives and content creators are rewarded for feeding into them.

"Online audiences have become increasingly radicalised by predatory algorithms pushing conspiratorial, schizophrenic narratives and content creators are rewarded for feeding into them." ~ Corey Walker

12.12.2025 02:30 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1
How Audience Capture Fuels Antisemitism, Identity Politics, and Anti-Israel Hysteria | Corey Walker
From algorithmic incentives to progressive posturing, this episode explores how anti-Semitism has become a feature—not a bug—of influencer culture. Zoe Booth speaks with Corey Walker, a Washington, D.C.-based reporter focusing on the Middle East and global terror groups, about audience capture, the anti-Western project of the modern Left, and why Israel represents values worth conserving. Read Corey's piece here: https://quillette.com/2025/10/28/owned-by-the-audience-megyn-kelly-tucker-carlson-candace-owens-ana-kasparian/ Corey's X: https://x.com/CoreyWriting 00:00 – Introduction 02:59 – Interview begins 05:37 – The Anti-Israel Sentiment in Media and Culture 08:28 – The Role of Institutions and Counterweights 11:21 – Creating Safe Spaces for Pro-Israel Voices 14:09 – The Broader Ideological Conflict 17:09 – Cultural Pride and Identity in Israel 20:06 – Comparative Perspectives on National Identity 23:02 – Concluding Thoughts on Values and Patriotism 28:39 – Understanding Right-Wing Perspectives on Israel 31:24 – The Rise of Antisemitism Among Young Conservatives 34:25 – Cultural Dynamics and Victimhood Narratives 39:16 – Corey’s Journey: From Anti-Semitism to Advocacy 45:39 – The Complexity of Racial Identity and Politics 51:06 – Lessons from the Jewish Community 55:05 – Impact of Immigration on Jewish Lives 57:47 – The Left and the Muslim Community 01:00:26 – Nuances in Political Alliances 01:03:29 – Cultural Dynamics and Identity Politics 01:06:17 – Conservatism vs Liberalism 01:09:16 – Multiculturalism and National Identity 01:12:15 – The Future of Western Civilisations ------ Quillette is an Australian-based online magazine that focuses on long-form analysis and cultural commentary. It is politically non-partisan, but relies on reason, science, and humanism as its guiding values. Quillette was founded in 2015 by Australian writer Claire Lehmann. It is a platform for free thought and a space for open discussion and debate on a wide range of topics, including politics, culture, science, and technology. Quillette has gained attention for publishing articles and essays that challenge modern orthodoxy on a variety of topics, including gender and sexuality, race and identity politics, and free speech and censorship. --- Quillette's revenue comes from our readers. We are a grassroots organisation that relies on voluntary subscriptions and community membership as our primary revenue stream. Support Quillette by becoming a subscriber: https://quillette.com/#/portal/signup Or donate send us a one-off tip: https://quillette.com/#/portal/support We made our website using Ghost, a powerful app for new-media creators to publish, share, and grow a business around their content. It comes with modern tools to build a website, publish content, send newsletters & offer paid subscriptions to members. Try it here: https://ghost.org/?via=claire91 How Audience Capture Fuels Antisemitism, Identity Politics, and Anti-Israel Hysteria | Corey Walker

Check out Quillette's latest video, How Audience Capture Fuels Antisemitism, Identity Politics, and Anti-Israel Hysteria | Corey Walker

12.12.2025 01:21 — 👍 3    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 2

“We are targeting Venezuela because of DRUGS, not OIL, which is why we are blowing up boats without any drugs and stealing a tanker full of oil.”

10.12.2025 23:04 — 👍 18073    🔁 5205    💬 630    📌 218

Jesus pursued the vulnerable, protected the little ones, and poured out compassion on the ‘least of these.’ Any dismissal of abuse, any baptizing of evil, any cover-up, or denial of truth is nothing like Him.

16.09.2025 16:06 — 👍 37    🔁 13    💬 0    📌 0
1776 meets 2025
YouTube video by BATTLE TESTED 1776 meets 2025

1776 meets 2025 #AI

09.12.2025 02:48 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Fact: The United States currently ranks below Ghana, Namibia and nearly every single European country when it comes to freedom of press.

06.12.2025 04:02 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

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