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Re:Time to Take a Stand by buyx on Sunday January 29, 2017 @02:15AM (#13512769)
And the EO has an exception for 'religious minorities', which are (surprise) never muslim in majority muslim countries.

I don't follow..a religious minority in a Muslim majority country would by definition not be Muslim. Why is this surprising?

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Re:Time to Take a Stand by versteegen on Sunday January 29, 2017 @10:43AM (#13514573)
When '(surprise!)' is written in brackets like that, or otherwise thrown in as an interjection, it is almost always intended sarcastically. This is a very common written English idiom (at least online).
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