1. Jesus is one of the most important Prophets in Islam, quoted in the Qur’an more than any others.
2. Allah means “the God” in Arabic (the SAME God as Christianity).
3. Mary is revered by Muslims - hence, the widespread name “Miriam.”
4. When Mohammed was facing relentless persecution in Mecca, he sent half the Muslim community to Abyssinia - to live with, and under the protection of, a Christian King.
5. A Muslim family has held the keys to Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulcher in since the 7th century.
- Derek Chauvin and George Floyd worked together at a bar.
- Chauvin had a reputation for abusive behavior towards minority patrons.
- Floyd complained to the club’s owner.
10 minutes isn’t enough time to recognize the man you’re murdering?
Great point, Jason “drug my pregnant mistress to make her abort or don’t drug my pregnant mistress to make her abort what a complex moral question “ Miller!
“It’s impossible to judge the precise veracity of these trauma-related claims...given how inextricable they are w/the interior mental state of the individual...What can [and] has to be judged...is the wider impact of the rhetorical style.”
(Listen - I get that the Maxine Waters thing was traumatizing. But I just wish that — as a journalist, of course — he didn’t feel so pressured to ‘center his trauma’ in the interests of acquiring power. Tragic, really.)