tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3523177350634532316.post3939870640111872677..comments2014-07-21T14:09:13.849-05:00Comments on Deep South Thoughts: I Don't Mean to Offend, but...Brad Lockehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11396881793963831237noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3523177350634532316.post-39315515173173028362014-02-21T23:44:30.168-06:002014-02-21T23:44:30.168-06:00:):)Brad Lockehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11396881793963831237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3523177350634532316.post-36196874356319396302014-02-21T23:22:18.589-06:002014-02-21T23:22:18.589-06:00I am offended by the use of your word "damn&q...I am offended by the use of your word "damn" after making it obvious that you are a Christian! Lol. Actually, nope, not even a little bit, but as your sister, it is my job to torment & mess w/ you, even in adulthood :) Actually, I really enjoyed the post and found it to be thought-provoking. Plus, you're not the only one who's less offended these days. In fact, the things people are offended about irritate me more than anything. Especially since I started studying the Iraqi Arabic language & culture. Do you have any idea how many people have an ignorant concept of Muslims?? Seriously, I had someone de-friend & say they couldn't be publicly associated w/ someone who said that the news network Al-Jazeera wasn't a terrorist network. Which they aren't. They're an Arabic news agency w/ no more bias than Fox or CNN, & possibly less. I get pretty offended over people treating Muslims like terrorist when they don't treat Christians like they're all members of Westboro. Well, I get offended over people who stereotype, in general, probably b/c I've been stereotyped as a female in the military in so many negative ways it's not even funny. However, if I've been deployed to Iraq *twice* and logged over 25,000 miles outside-the-wire in an armored tractor-trailer dodging IEDs, been shot at, sat in the dark w/ a remote-det 1.55 round IED that's caused your convoy to be split in half and then had to get out of your truck w/ a flashlight, lit up like a damn Christmas tree, knowing there's a trigger-man out in the dark somewhere, in order to spot back 7 trucks 400 meters back b/c the convoy is to close, live-round in the chamber, praying I don't f'ing die in this God-forsaken place...if I don't stereotype them after all that b/c I realize the people trying to kill me & my comrades aren't representative of the Muslim faith, why do others? Soap-box over, but I like the blog. Love ya!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16015687427307858695noreply@blogger.com