If you think middle-class Americans can "afford to get anywhere in the world in a day or less," then I think you have some misconceptions about the financial resources of middle-class Americans and the price of a last minute international airfare.

Yeah, I think a lot of people just look for any excuse to complain. The media has constantly fed us narratives of "airport/airline hell!" so that's what people look for when they travel. Things might happen but overall, there is a high probability that you'll have a very uneventful journey.

I just find this whole thing ironic considering Dancia said this:

That is actually what Dencia claims the creams are for.

Well then please by all means look into who makes Facial Abuse (the same person who openly makes fun of the women in front of their faces).

Facial Abuse is pretty close to the bottom of barrel when it comes to porn sites. The producers/cameramen openly mock and make fun of the women in the videos. I wouldn't call it "rape-fantasy" per se, but its very premise is to degrade women.

And medicine and Greek philosophy and (arguably) the scientific method.

It should also be added that Oktar is very heavily influenced by American Evangelical Christians and receives a lot of his support from them. In fact his whole "celebrity" was precipitated by American Creationists working on Turkish science curriculum.

Buzzfeed had two different articles about it posted last night.

Well you do realize people don't actually have to mention someone's race to say a bunch of racist bullshit, don't you? People can infer someone's race through various cues without actually seeing them.

I agree with you 100% on those points. I'll be the first person to tell you my father's home country is homophobic, but that's not the point. The point is that people use that homophobia as excuse to shit all over Africa and Africans. Its really just a regurgitation of racist shit from years past. Most people have no…

That is such a mischaracterization of my comment. I know you're smarter than that. My argument is that people often use homophobia as an excuse for racism and white supremacy.

The crux of this piece is that this (Black) man is ignorant and backward for believing homosexual sex is wrong based on his religious beliefs. Black people have long been falsely accused of being ignorant and blindly following religion. This is just another example of that.

I never said that, but most this just reeks of thinly veiled racism and an attempt to make fun of Black people for having religious beliefs.

Yes, lets all make fun of Black people and their religious beliefs. /rolls eyes

Yes, I'm done with "ellenjane." I'm still in disbelief someone would call academic articles from PhDs (some of whom aren't Muslim) "the nonsensical ramblings of other apologists."

Ok, that makes a little more sense. Saudis are far from homogenous in terms of appearance though. In fact I would say Saudi has one of the most "diverse" populations in the world, everything from the darkest Black to relatively fair with light colored brown hair and everything in between.

Just out of curiosity, what area is she in?

Wow, you really don't think the racialization of Muslims is a "thing?" You know its not me who has been saying it?

I do apologize for the "shut up" comment. Its frustrating to see people talk about things they have no idea of what they're talking about and sometimes I say rude things.