# Has the Arab Spring in Egypt turned into an Islamist nightmare? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [June 27, 2012, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-arab-spring-in-egypt-turned-into-an-islamist-nightmare/626419 "2012-06-27T03:14:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 36
**Author:** ![Ibn\_Warraq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e19b73/32.png) [@Ibn\_Warraq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibn_Warraq)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2012, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-arab-spring-in-egypt-turned-into-an-islamist-nightmare/626419/36 "2012-06-27T17:25:28Z")
> [@Valteron](#): > > It is usually a pretty good indication that I am in the right when my opponents keep resorting to “tu quoque” arguments. Obama has clearly distanced himself from Rick Warren by his stand on DADT and gay marriage. Also, was Rick Warren making his comments about gays at the innauguration while Obama sat beside him on the stage nodding at smiling at his comments, as Morsi clearly does? And also, is this Egyptian cleric just reciting a prayer, or is he calling for “millions of martyrs” to attack Israel? > > Re: Your comment about “Avigidor Lieberman, who’s an open and avowed fascist”. “Open and avowed” usually means that the person himself has openly avowed that they are such-and-such, such as, for example, a public figure openly admitting they are gay. Do you have a statement in which Lieberman says he is a fascist? If not, don’t say he is “open and avowed”. Apologies. I did not realize how ignorant you were of Israel. I assumed you were familiar since you have such a weird obsession with all things involving Islam. Lieberman is the head of Yisrael Beiteinu, a fascist party which calls for stripping Israeli Arabs of their citizenship, their motto being “no loyalty, no citizenship”. If you objected to fascism and racism I’d assume you’d object to this, but since you freely admit you support racist, fascist thugs in Europe, I assume you cheer on the persecution of Muslim Israelis though possibly you’re a bit upset about the persecution of Christian Israelis. Also, if you don’t mind. Why is it that you get all hot and bothered about Egypt’s treatment of the Copts yet you don’t seem to give two shits about the exodus of Christian Arabs from Israel to the point that there are now more Christian Palestinians in Chile than in Palestine/Israel? --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-arab-spring-in-egypt-turned-into-an-islamist-nightmare/626419)._