How do we stop terrorism?

@mbabies2 (426)
United States
June 13, 2016 11:39am CST
Do we ban all guns? Religions? Sexuality? Freedom of speech? Do we deport all Muslims now? And then a certain group of people later? Do we arrest someone for promoting hate speech? I wish we knew the answer because terrorism is real and it is scary.
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@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
14 Jun 16
It's a complex problem, but it won't be solved by letting more immigrants from states that condone terrorism into our country. It is certainly isn't solved by having our president pretend the problem doesn't exist. This administration has tied the hands of the FBI in gathering intelligence. It is more interested in political correctness than in protecting Americans. The LBGT community better wake up and recognize that under Sharia law, which many Muslims would like to see take precedence over our constitution, they would be in danger all the time. So would Christians and Jews. We must support our constitution and elect people who take it and our national security seriously. The problem with arresting people for hate speech is that it can be interpreted in many ways, depending upon who is in power. It's a slippery slope. Some people would say that a pastor reading certain parts of the Bible would be uttering hate speech because Old Testament law is similar to what's in the Koran concerning the law and punishments for breaking the law. The difference is that I haven't heard of one Christian or Jew advocating those punishments be used since the Salem witch trials in the early days of our country. Radical Muslim clerics in America are advocating that these punishments still be used today, and in places like Saudi Arabia, people are still stoned for adultery, wives may be abused and and there is no such thing as freedom of religion. People can be killed for leaving Islam, for being gay, or even for following the wrong kind of Islam. Ironic, isn't it, that in the USA parents can be prosecuted for spanking their children, while in places like Saudi Arabia a person, including a woman, can be sentenced to be whipped. ISIS kills as many Muslims as they do those of other religions. This is what some radical clerics would like to see come to the USA. In some place in the USA where the police don't dare go, woman and children are already being tied to poles and beaten for offenses, but you don't hear about it and the social workers are not going to enter those compounds. I have reviewed my sources for the information that documents this elsewhere, but I'm not allowed to post links here. As things stand now, the government is trying to control the speech of non-Muslims who might speak out about signs that someone could be in the process of becoming radicalized. That's why some people are afraid to speak when they see something that doesn't seem right. We are not allowed to say anything that might offend Muslims, but people are perfectly free to say that police are pigs or that they should be killed or roasted on a spit -- if the speakers are from the Black Lives Matter Movement. The former is considered hate speech by this regime, but not the latter. No one will be arrested for hate speech against police or against Trump, but the Attorney General was threatening to prosecute anything she considered hate speech against Muslims after the San Bernardino shootings in California. In the country my husband came from you could go to prison for even telling a joke that made fun of the government leaders -- something cartoonists and comedians here do all the time. I would not advocate deporting anyone who came here legally unless they have committed a crime, but neither would I think it wise to allow mass migration of people from any one country or culture. People should come to America because they want to be Americans -- not to try to turn American into the country or culture they left. People who come here need to assimilate into our culture rather than trying to change it to suit themselves. Legal immigration, the way it was when my husband's family came, required that you had a sponsor to help you get a job and a place to live so that you would not be a burden to the taxpayers. Now our government almost recruits people to come illegally and gives them welfare and their children a free education. Meanwhile, there's not enough money in the federal budget to pay for upgrading the equipment the military needs to defend us or to hire enough FBI agents to keep an eye on those who may be a danger to us. Do you see something wrong with this picture? I do.
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@mbabies2 (426)
• United States
16 Jun 16
Oh wow thank for such an indepth response. We do need more protectection from these radicalists and the government does need to start paying more attention.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
13 Jun 16
It is not an easy,situation to deal with, but I would certainly condone arresting those who promote hate.
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@mbabies2 (426)
• United States
16 Jun 16
I agree
@KristenH (33385)
• Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
13 Jun 16
Terrorism's everywhere, domestic and international. I'm not sure deportation can stop ISIS.
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@mbabies2 (426)
• United States
16 Jun 16
Maybe not bit hopefully it can slow it down