LordEnigma 11,313 Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 5 minutes ago, ezjo said: I would say you and other liberals generally who complain that foreign terrorist attacks don't get coverage by "euro-centric" media - but here we are with a huge tragedy and those people are all very, very quiet because those targeted were Christian. Well I’m commenting on this am I not? What do you want me to do exactly? Tweet my condolences? Snapchat my sorrows? This attack is horrible and especially on an important holiday for Christians around the world. But if this sort of attack happened in America - there would be widespread coverage of it and it would go down in the history books... unfortunately, since Sri Lanka is not on the map for many Westerners, it’s being forgotten. Again - Notre Dame a HUGE Christian symbol and it got an insane amount of coverage while burning down. If it was a church in a newly developing/developing nation - there would be nothing on it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
illusionism 73 Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 Death toll continues to rise. Up to 215 murdered and more than 600+ injured. Lots of foreigners including dozens of Americans killed and injured. 86-OUT Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
illusionism 73 Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 1 minute ago, Alexander Levi said: Well I’m commenting on this am I not? What do you want me to do exactly? Tweet my condolences? Snapchat my sorrows? This attack is horrible and especially on an important holiday for Christians around the world. But if this sort of attack happened in America - there would be widespread coverage of it and it would go down in the history books... unfortunately, since Sri Lanka is not on the map for many Westerners, it’s being forgotten. Nobody has ever heard of New Zealand before especially in America yet that was huge everywhere. Celebrities, presidential candidates etc. all specifically condemning anti-Muslim violence and rhetoric yet all we got here are a few vague "thoughts and prayers" tweets about "all humanity" being attacked. I'm saying that the woke police seem to get really bothered when tragedies are forgotten from foreign countries but when it's foreign Christians suddenly they don't care. 86-OUT Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordEnigma 11,313 Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 2 minutes ago, ezjo said: Nobody has ever heard of New Zealand before especially in America yet that was huge everywhere. Celebrities, presidential candidates etc. all specifically condemning anti-Muslim violence and rhetoric yet all we got here are a few vague "thoughts and prayers" tweets about "all humanity" being attacked. I'm saying that the woke police seem to get really bothered when tragedies are forgotten from foreign countries but when it's foreign Christians suddenly they don't care. Yes people have heard of New Zealand before 💀 You are literally pulling things out of nowhere. PLUS New Zealand is a developed nation. I literally care about this and think it’s horrifying. As well as Anti-Muslim terrorism. And terrorism in general. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DeleteMyAccount 11,881 Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 6 hours ago, Salome said: This, this, this They also underestimate the phobia of other religions too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
illusionism 73 Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 12 minutes ago, Alexander Levi said: Yes people have heard of New Zealand before 💀 You are literally pulling things out of nowhere. PLUS New Zealand is a developed nation. I literally care about this and think it’s horrifying. As well as Anti-Muslim terrorism. And terrorism in general. People know Sri Lanka as much as New Zealand omg. And that's great! You're not everyone though and the response from most I've seen has been "thoughts and prayers" and "all lives matter" which I've been told is the wrong response. Calling out the double standard and obvious bigotry here is important. 86-OUT Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALGAYDO 35,367 Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 Hundreds of innocent people just got murdered in this terror attack, and all some of you can do is bitch and complain that not enough people are complaining about it. Wow. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
VOLANTIS 16,504 Posted April 21, 2019 Author Share Posted April 21, 2019 23 minutes ago, ezjo said: I would say you and other liberals generally who complain that foreign terrorist attacks don't get coverage by "euro-centric" media - but here we are with a huge tragedy and those people are all very, very quiet because those targeted were Christian. Since you raised the example of New Zealand as part of "eurocentric" coverage, I would just like to remind you that New Zealand is under British rule. Therefore the eurocentric coverage comes without question. Christians are the minority in Sri Lanka with less than 9% of the population practicing Christianity. Buddhism, Hinduism and Islam have been the major practiced religions in the nation and have coexisted somewhat peacefully. The last war in the country lasting 26 bloody years were between two ethnic groups. Sinhala Buddhist majority and minority Tamil Tigers. I'll lift you 3 inches off the ground and drag you to a meter and a half Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
illusionism 73 Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 "Easter worshippers" 7 minutes ago, VOLANTIS said: Since you raised the example of New Zealand as part of "eurocentric" coverage, I would just like to remind you that New Zealand is under British rule. Therefore the eurocentric coverage comes without question. Christians are the minority in Sri Lanka with less than 9% of the population practicing Christianity. Buddhism, Hinduism and Islam have been the major practiced religions in the nation and have coexisted somewhat peacefully. The last war in the country lasting 26 bloody years were between two ethnic groups. Sinhala Buddhist majority and minority Tamil Tigers. And Muslims are a tiny minority in New Zealand as well. Doesn't make it ok to attack minorities so I don't get why that point is relevant. Your kind of side stepping my point - and that is that because the victims are Christians you don't see any coverage and lots of vague "all lives matter" posts rather than explicitly condemning violence against Christians, which is rampant in many parts of the world and encouraged by hated spread by people who hate Christians. Islamic terrorism is evil, it's REAL and it's dangerous. I don't get why it's so easy to condemn white supremacists but not Islamists. 86-OUT Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
VOLANTIS 16,504 Posted April 21, 2019 Author Share Posted April 21, 2019 1 hour ago, ezjo said: Would be more accurate for the OP to include the perpetrators of this terrorist attack - so far we know Islamist Zahran Hashim and another man. This is also the largest single terrorist attack since 9/11 in terms of lives lost so it's a bit strange how quiet everyone is on this. I was waiting for a government source to verify the attackers. So far the government and media has only referred to them as "attackers" and asked everyone to refrain from speculating. I will update the OP as soon as they identify them by name. I'll lift you 3 inches off the ground and drag you to a meter and a half Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morphine Prince 109,896 Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 Queen Omar always making great statements. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
VOLANTIS 16,504 Posted April 21, 2019 Author Share Posted April 21, 2019 1 minute ago, ezjo said: "Easter worshippers" And Muslims are a tiny minority in New Zealand as well. Doesn't make it ok to attack minorities so I don't get why that point is relevant. Your kind of side stepping my point - and that is that because the victims are Christians you don't see any coverage and lots of vague "all lives matter" posts rather than explicitly condemning violence against Christians, which is rampant in many parts of the world and encouraged by hated spread by people who hate Christians. Islamic terrorism is evil, it's REAL and it's dangerous. I don't get why it's so easy to condemn white supremacists but not Islamists. I was trying to tell you why it's probably not covered by world wide media. I'm not American and every news broadcasting channel here is talking about it. It's not okay to attack and murder anyone so can we please wait for the human remains covering streets and buildings to be cleared before you go into which faith is worse. Every single asian media outlet reporting this is referring to the perpetrators as "Terrorists" as they should be and nobody is kissing up to them because they're extremists of a particular religion. I hardly see the same happen with your media when a 'lone/ bullied when he was a child' white kid is apprehended with multiple body count on their hands. I'll lift you 3 inches off the ground and drag you to a meter and a half Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
illusionism 73 Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 I actually think Pence made the best comment on this I've seen. Omar's tweet is vague and All lives matter-ish. This is an attack on Christians not just "people celebrating Easter" (just say Christians) or "any faith". I think you need to be explicitly clear in situations like this, the vagueness allows people not to confront the reality. 86-OUT Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
illusionism 73 Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 1 minute ago, VOLANTIS said: I hardly see the same happen with your media when a 'lone/ bullied when he was a child' white kid is apprehended with multiple body count on their hands. This is such a lie because Dylan Roof and others are never referred to as anything other than racist murderers and terrorists. Find someone sympathizing with him and justifying him and others like him because I know of nothing. 86-OUT Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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