# Wounded British soldier pushes back against Islamophobia

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wounded-british-soldier-pushes-back-against-islamophobia/740070>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 10, 2015, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wounded-british-soldier-pushes-back-against-islamophobia/740070 "2015-12-10T14:18:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wounded-british-soldier-pushes-back-against-islamophobia/740070/1 "2015-12-10T14:18:32Z")

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Great story. Restores my faith in human nature: [http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/10/europe/amputee-soldier-muslim-facebook-donald-trump/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/10/europe/amputee-soldier-muslim-facebook-donald-trump/index.html)

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**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wounded-british-soldier-pushes-back-against-islamophobia/740070/2 "2015-12-10T20:16:39Z")

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According to the story, nearly half a million Brits signed a petition to disallow Trump from entering their country.

I betcha if Trump visited England, we could get twice that number of Americans to petition not to let him come back.

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**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wounded-british-soldier-pushes-back-against-islamophobia/740070/3 "2015-12-10T23:56:21Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Great story. Restores my faith in human nature: [http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/10/europe/amputee-soldier-muslim-facebook-donald-trump/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/10/europe/amputee-soldier-muslim-facebook-donald-trump/index.html)

Good drills, that man. It’s good to see the British squaddie being as forthright as ever.

> [@Boyo\_Jim](#):
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> I betcha if Trump visited England, we could get twice that number of Americans to petition not to let him come back.

😃

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**Author:** ![Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Springtime_for_Spacers)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2015, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wounded-british-soldier-pushes-back-against-islamophobia/740070/4 "2015-12-11T03:32:27Z")

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> [@Boyo\_Jim](#):
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> According to the story, nearly half a million Brits signed a petition to disallow Trump from entering their country.
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> I betcha if Trump visited England, we could get twice that number of Americans to petition not to let him come back.

It’s already the biggest petition to the UK parliament ever 🙂 I’m not sure we should lose the opportunity to have him come over so we can make fun of him but I signed because it makes a good point.

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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2015, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wounded-british-soldier-pushes-back-against-islamophobia/740070/5 "2015-12-11T03:39:31Z")

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That is an encouraging story. Sad that it won’t get but a fraction of Trump’s religious bigotry in the media.