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I thought it was interesting that all of the news outlets were backpedaling frantically after jumping to Middle Eastern conclusions. It's definitely a political act--how can it be interpreted otherwise? It wasn't a random shopping mall shooting.
This is such a sad and horrifying event. I've been thinking about it all day, and I was thinking of you as well.
Interesting to hear about the Nazi thing--what I read on the BBC earlier today was kind of hinting around that, but was confusing, as they weren't actually linking the two things just kind of....intimating that he might be a Nazi.
The American media loves a good Communist scare, and when they can't get that, a potential Nazi is almost as good.
As to this right-wing LJ-er, it would be lovely if the right could take some responsibility for the shit they put into the world that ends up hurting other people--all the hate campaigns they sponsor do not mix well with guns and people willing to take things to an extra extreme. We just went through that here, when Gabrielle Giffords was shot in Arizona.
You know, I had some friends in the immediate area, and before I could learn more I almost flipped my shit over here. I can just imagine how traumatizing it must have been for people in Norway. Thanks to Faceboob (you won't hear me saying that very often), I learned fairly quickly that both groups of friends were okay.
I heard the bestest Twitter the other day from an American guy, I can't quote him properly, but the gist of it went like this: "After realizing that the terrorist/murderer was more Tea Party than Muslim, coverage of the tragedy declined dramatically in the US".
And that LJ discussion about responsibility started exactly about the matter you refer to. Many in that corner, particularly libertarians actually, think that nothing that someone else does bears any linkage to anything else said or done by someone else on their side. It's pure "individualism" baby. The best alibi ever, even denying the slightest possibility of any group thinking effects.
This is such a sad and horrifying event. I've been thinking about it all day, and I was thinking of you as well.
Interesting to hear about the Nazi thing--what I read on the BBC earlier today was kind of hinting around that, but was confusing, as they weren't actually linking the two things just kind of....intimating that he might be a Nazi.
The American media loves a good Communist scare, and when they can't get that, a potential Nazi is almost as good.
As to this right-wing LJ-er, it would be lovely if the right could take some responsibility for the shit they put into the world that ends up hurting other people--all the hate campaigns they sponsor do not mix well with guns and people willing to take things to an extra extreme. We just went through that here, when Gabrielle Giffords was shot in Arizona.
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Thanks for your post.
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I heard the bestest Twitter the other day from an American guy, I can't quote him properly, but the gist of it went like this: "After realizing that the terrorist/murderer was more Tea Party than Muslim, coverage of the tragedy declined dramatically in the US".
And that LJ discussion about responsibility started exactly about the matter you refer to. Many in that corner, particularly libertarians actually, think that nothing that someone else does bears any linkage to anything else said or done by someone else on their side. It's pure "individualism" baby. The best alibi ever, even denying the slightest possibility of any group thinking effects.
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