tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3503986435514614182.post3490458366942271197..comments2024-02-18T23:52:40.165-08:00Comments on Citizen Warrior: Personal Journeys Toward Difficult TruthsCitizen Warriorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06265844262699107352noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3503986435514614182.post-35022286894689483732012-07-10T17:27:38.001-07:002012-07-10T17:27:38.001-07:00Really liking this idea Elsa, its exactly what i b...Really liking this idea Elsa, its exactly what i believe is missing in the counterjihad.<br /><br />The story must become more personal to people. Not just, see and forget.<br /><br /><br /><br />~MozesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3503986435514614182.post-51709208316053941752012-07-08T21:40:46.407-07:002012-07-08T21:40:46.407-07:00Thanks for caring, and maybe doing your own projec...Thanks for caring, and maybe doing your own project. All the best to all of us, ElsaElsahttp://worldtruthsummit.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3503986435514614182.post-30755756590694293392012-07-08T13:41:59.784-07:002012-07-08T13:41:59.784-07:00THANK YOU Elsa,, I really like your project and I ...THANK YOU Elsa,, I really like your project and I think it kinda goes with mine. I was thinking whether or not to approach big names (I know Eric Allen Bell and another biggie pretty well) to ask to give their testimonies. But I was unsure because there is allot of presuppositional baggage with their names,, and I am already fight enough presupposition. So I will probably just link to your project to help get their stories out that way. <br /><br />Please ask them what was the flash point, the exact thing that made them look into Islam (if they have one),, for instance it was 911 for so many and the Burn A Koran day for me. <br /><br />I think testimonies that start off with this information right upfront will be effective to grasp peoples attention. <br /><br />"There is really not anything evil or racist about me,, it's just that THIS THING (what ever it was) happened and caused me to look into Islam,, and I have been concerned and called an Islamophobe ever since"<br /><br />I'll keep an eye on your project,, as subbed to your site and wish you the best. THANK YOU, for doing something!!!Damon Whitsellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17303215898721019424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3503986435514614182.post-3697068874989971582012-07-08T12:07:50.933-07:002012-07-08T12:07:50.933-07:00Hi Damon,
A huge ambitious project.
And I agree...Hi Damon, <br /><br />A huge ambitious project.<br /><br />And I agree, it's important to redefine Islamophobe, from something that says something negative about us, to something that says something positive about us. It makes sense to pull away from, to recoil from, to fear something dangerous.<br /><br />On the other hand, the word phobia refers to an irrational overresponse - someone may be phobic about flying or spiders, etc. <br /><br />So I both applaud your project and know I'm not at ease with the word.<br /><br />With feminism, I never accepted the term "man-hater", levelled at so many feminists. Feminist, yes - meaning for equal rights for women and men. <br /><br />I'm trying to find a term that works well for me. Islam-recognizer?<br /><br />Suggestions very welcome.<br /><br />My big comment - I like the concept of a site which is about the awakening to awareness of the content of the Qu'ran, of the Muslim Brotherhood, etc.Elsahttp://www.elsas-word-story-image-idea-music-emporium.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3503986435514614182.post-78680391396268009752012-07-08T06:14:51.994-07:002012-07-08T06:14:51.994-07:00CONTINUED
SO WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK? I am asking ...CONTINUED<br /><br />SO WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK? I am asking to get a feel as to whether I should make this possible movement my main focus or not. Do you think we could effectively neutralize the term, over time, if we get enough islamophobes to speak up and share - and that one determined man like me could make it happen?<br /><br />I guess most importantly would be,,, how many of you would be willing to share a text or video testimony,,, and promote the cause?<br /><br />Please remember the domain name and go to the site and make any suggestions!!!<br />____________<br /><br />I still have allota text to write up for the site, I have to do my longer text testimony, a loose script for testimonies, my video testimony, a promotional video for the project, graphics for the featured post slider (which is now hidden) and a promotional hotlinked graphic back to the site for promotion from other sites. As soon as I get the new project up and going well,, I'll be asking everyone everywhere to testify and promote the site in hopes of causing a movement that will render the myth of Islamophobia as harmless as possible. <br /><br />I'll be back in a week or so and hope I can get you to post to your readers about my new project and goal. <br /><br />THANKS BROTHER,<br />Damon Whitsell<br />http://TheReligionOfConquest.comDamon Whitsellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17303215898721019424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3503986435514614182.post-24225525747679669232012-07-08T06:14:28.386-07:002012-07-08T06:14:28.386-07:00Hi CW,, I really like Miss Elsa'a project here...Hi CW,, I really like Miss Elsa'a project here,, and so thankful many well knowns in the counter-Jihad movement are sharing there stories. It inspires me in a new project I started two days ago call http://HowIBecameAnIslamophobe.com/<br /><br />Here is some info, and once I get finished in about a week, I ask you to please help promote the project. This is text for a small survey I posted in varying places to see if I should do the project.<br />______<br /><br />In the style of the Mormons,, "I'm a Mormon" campaign (although I'm not a Mormon),, I decided to start and "I'm an Islamophobe (and here's why)" campaign.<br /><br />Imagine if every time you see "Islamophobes" mis-characterized online, you could say..."This is BS, that is not what 'islamophobes' are like or think - in fact here is a site with hundreds of 'islamophbes' telling you how they became islamophobic, what they think it means to be an islamophobe - and why you should be one too: see HowIBecameAnIslamophobe.com".<br /><br />My goals are lofty. Please tell me if I'm being reasonable. I would like this to be much more than just a site, I would like to start a movement within the counter-jihad movement to neutralize the thought terminating cliche islamophobia by making it kool and trendy to be an islamophobe (heros to the few now, heros to many in the future).<br /><br />Studying christian cults I learned that language can be used as a thought and mind control device. Often times Christian terms are redefined and new terms specific for each group are created. You can see this in the media as they redefine and create terms. One of the biggest example is how tolerance has been redefined. To tolerate something, you have to not fully agree with it - so you tolerate it's presence in the public arena. But today most people think that to be and speak against anything,,, is being intolerant. But criticism does not mean intolerance according to the old definition, but it does today in the public mind. So we have to do what we can to neutralize the culture war that is being fought with redefined and created thought terminating words and phrases.<br /><br />What I have in mind is to write a longer personal testimony, do a video of how I became an islamophobe and a video to ask other islamophes to share and tell how they got infected with the good infection. I want to write a general outline/loose script for videos and text testimonies (so they will all be similar but different like the Mormons do in their campaign) and ask others to submit their testimonies.<br /><br />For Eric Allen Bell, the impetus to look at Islam again was a talk with a christian coptic cab driver. For me it was the Muslim reaction, worldwide and online, to Terry Jones's Burn a Koran Day. I think testimonies that point out these flash points at the very beginning, will be powerful.<br /><br />Besides text and video testimony, I will feature and write articles on islamophobia that are favorable, and will also try to start a support group for wounded islamophobes to tell their stories to other islamopobes. Many drop out of counter-jihad due to the stress and things that happen to them for speaking on Islam. I dropped out for about 6 months after I lost all my friends and someone went on a "Damon wants to kill every Muslim on the planet" campaign, I also had other stuff happen. I have long dreamed of a place for islamophobes to emtionally support other islamophobes. I'm going to start that off slow with just threaded comments on a page,, but can integrate a forum later of needed.<br /><br />CONTINUEDDamon Whitsellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17303215898721019424noreply@blogger.com