Legion Troll
A fine upstanding poster
We have seen it numerous times — in Paris in January and November 2015, and in Brussels now.
When Westerners are subjected to the same terror people in Muslim-majority countries endure on a regular basis, the sky falls.
The response makes it clear: the lives of Westerners (white ones) are valued exponentially more than those of people in the Middle East.
It practically goes without saying that the observation, at this point, has become a cliché. It is not a profound one, nor is it new.
ISIS slaughtered more than 30 people in Brussels, Belgium on Tuesday, March 22 — a horrific day sure to live in infamy.
Yet what of the countless other horrific days in which ISIS killed just as many people, if not more, that are effaced from the historical record, often mere moments after taking place, only to be replaced with others?
In just over a week in late February and early March, ISIS butchered almost 200 Iraqis, mostly civilians from the Shia Muslim community.
When thousands of Iraqis are slaughtered by ISIS, the world says little.
To put it bluntly, they were killed in the wrong part of the world, and by the wrong people. So they don’t get a mention.
Not only does the West say little; European countries and the U.S. demonize and actively prevent refugees who are fleeing ISIS’ terror from seeking asylum within their borders.
Yet when Europeans face the same violence, they expect the world to stop and collectively mourn.
The answer to this question, of course, is that this selective mourning is political. It is a political decision, that is the result of particular political views.
Yet I see very little "outrage" in certain quarters unless white people are killed.
Could it be that only white lives matter to JPP conservatives?
http://www.salon.com/2016/03/23/the_obscene_moral_hypocrisy_of_brussels_why_are_terror_attacks_against_citizens_in_the_middle_east_ignored/
When Westerners are subjected to the same terror people in Muslim-majority countries endure on a regular basis, the sky falls.
The response makes it clear: the lives of Westerners (white ones) are valued exponentially more than those of people in the Middle East.
It practically goes without saying that the observation, at this point, has become a cliché. It is not a profound one, nor is it new.
ISIS slaughtered more than 30 people in Brussels, Belgium on Tuesday, March 22 — a horrific day sure to live in infamy.
Yet what of the countless other horrific days in which ISIS killed just as many people, if not more, that are effaced from the historical record, often mere moments after taking place, only to be replaced with others?
In just over a week in late February and early March, ISIS butchered almost 200 Iraqis, mostly civilians from the Shia Muslim community.
When thousands of Iraqis are slaughtered by ISIS, the world says little.
To put it bluntly, they were killed in the wrong part of the world, and by the wrong people. So they don’t get a mention.
Not only does the West say little; European countries and the U.S. demonize and actively prevent refugees who are fleeing ISIS’ terror from seeking asylum within their borders.
Yet when Europeans face the same violence, they expect the world to stop and collectively mourn.
The answer to this question, of course, is that this selective mourning is political. It is a political decision, that is the result of particular political views.
Yet I see very little "outrage" in certain quarters unless white people are killed.
Could it be that only white lives matter to JPP conservatives?
http://www.salon.com/2016/03/23/the_obscene_moral_hypocrisy_of_brussels_why_are_terror_attacks_against_citizens_in_the_middle_east_ignored/