{"id":223,"date":"2016-08-22T21:51:42","date_gmt":"2016-08-23T01:51:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/sportsenterprise\/?p=223"},"modified":"2016-08-22T21:51:42","modified_gmt":"2016-08-23T01:51:42","slug":"vox-7-myths-about-isis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/sportsenterprise\/vox-7-myths-about-isis\/","title":{"rendered":"Vox &#8211; 7 Myths about Isis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I knew what ISIS was &#8211; is \u00a0&#8211; before reading the cards. I just didn&#8217;t know myth from facts.<\/p>\n<p>Like the idea that ISIS is crazy and irrational. In theory, ISIS isn&#8217;t irrational. The rationale behind all it&#8217;s activity : &#8220;to establish a caliphate governed by an extremist interpretation of Islamic law&#8221;. Violent methods? Sure. Psychopathic? Yes. But not irrational.<\/p>\n<p>Or the myth (i didnt know was a myth)\u00a0\u00a0that ISIS is afraid of fighting all-female military units. The theory is that ISIS fighters believe that if a woman kills you, you don&#8217;t get to go to paradise.\u00a0ISIS actually has its<em> own<\/em> female brigades, and the group uses them to push its\u00a0misogynistic ideology.<\/p>\n<p>The information was succinct, yet info-packed. Detailed, yet streamlined. Easy-to-read, but long enough to skim.<\/p>\n<p>Not sure when Vox started this, but it has a good thing going.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I knew what ISIS was &#8211; is \u00a0&#8211; before reading the cards. I just didn&#8217;t know myth from facts. Like the idea that ISIS is crazy and irrational. In theory, ISIS isn&#8217;t irrational. The rationale behind all it&#8217;s activity : &#8220;to establish a caliphate governed by an extremist interpretation of Islamic law&#8221;. Violent methods? Sure. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/sportsenterprise\/vox-7-myths-about-isis\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Vox &#8211; 7 Myths about Isis<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":183,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7MY21-3B","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":189,"url":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/sportsenterprise\/vox-cards-the-flint-water-crisis\/","url_meta":{"origin":223,"position":0},"title":"Vox Cards: The Flint Water Crisis","author":"Glenda Dowdy","date":"August 22, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"I chose the Flint Water Crisis because it was something I was initially interested in, but I think the problem was overshadow by the other tragedies that were going on in the nation. 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