The Double Standard On Terror

[Straight Shooter]

ISTANBUL—As the Eiffel tower in Paris, the Trevi Fountain in Rome and the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin all lit up in the colors of the Belgian flag after Tuesday's bombings, those of us in Turkey felt, once again, how starkly different the world media covers terrorist attacks in our country.

Only a few days ago, an ISIS suicide bomber claimed at least five lives in the heart of Istanbul. And earlier this month, 36 people were killed in Ankara, with six attacks hitting Turkey since July, killing scores. And while the forces and dynamics behind these attacks deserve separate attention, the way in which international community covers these attacks is disappointing.

Right after the Paris and Brussels terrorist attacks, all major international networks switched to breaking news coverage for days, putting their best reporters on the story and examining every angle in their broadcasts.

There were stories about the victims, their lives covered with diligence and emotion. Thousands of people on Facebook changed their profile pictures to French and Belgian flags, and ‘Je Suis Paris’ and ‘Je Suis Bruxelles’ were top trending phrases on social media. World leaders flocked to Paris, walking hand in hand against terrorism in unity and defiance.

When a terrorist attacks happens in this part of the world, we don't see the same international attention.

None of the recent ISIS attacks in Turkey brought the colors of the Turkish flag to world capitals.

Breaking news coverage lasted a few hours only, if that. Turks desperately started ‘Je Suis Istanbul’ on social media but it never gained enough traction for a global trend.

http://mashable.com/2016/03/23/double-standards-on-terror-attacks/?utm_cid=hp-hh-pri#_GRKfFviPGqx

Good point

 

[Jack Davenport]

A terror attack in a predominately Muslim country. Imagine that..

I guess they want western countries to just get used to it.

 

[Johan]

A terror attack in a predominately Muslim country. Imagine that.

Muslim terrorists targeting muslims, not jews, not christians or any non-muslims. Can you believe that ?!

Get into your thick head, islamophobes : Most victims of radical islam terrorism are muslims.

 

[tvstrip]

You can take solace that the "Moment of Zen" on the daily show addressed both bombings. Classy move on the part of the show.

 

[tvstrip]

 

[Jack Davenport]

Muslim terrorists targeting muslims, not jews, not christians or any non-muslims. Can you believe that ?!

Get into your thick head, islamophobes : Most victims of radical islam terrorism are muslims.

Here is something you need to get through your even thicker skull. Shiite (Shia) Muslims are at war with Sunni Muslims much like Catholics and Protestants were at war with each other.

But the one thing that all Muslims are united in is that Islam must be the only acceptable religion in the world.

So of course over the their history interfaith violence has erupted. Make no mistake, their goal is to kill as many Westerners as possible. Your fucked up country has not endured the single most deadly terrorist attack in history on its soil so don't talk to me about what I perceive to be an existential threat. A phobia is an irrational fear dickhead and there is nothing irrational about the threat we face today.

The only thing that does not make it appear that the threat is existential is the fact that we are separated by oceans but leftist policy with their open borders is making the threat more real day by day.

Your country with its idiotic immigration policy is diluting the culture and more terror is on the way.
BTW your country is the one that has outlawed Muslim women wearing burqas, which they are still allowed to wear in this country.

Your own fucked up country, how about minding it.

 

[Mr. Daystar]

Here is something you need to get through your even thicker skull. Shiite (Shia) Muslims are at war with Sunni Muslims much like Catholics and Protestants were at war with each other.

But the one thing that all Muslims are united in is that Islam must be the only acceptable religion in the world.

So of course over the their history interfaith violence has erupted. Make no mistake, their goal is to kill as many Westerners as possible. Your fucked up country has not endured the single most deadly terrorist attack in history on its soil so don't talk to me about what I perceive to be an existential threat. A phobia is an irrational fear dickhead and there is nothing irrational about the threat we face today.

The only thing that does not make it appear that the threat is existential is the fact that we are separated by oceans but leftist policy with their open borders is making the threat more real day by day.

Your country with its idiotic immigration policy is diluting the culture and more terror is on the way.
BTW your country is the one that has outlawed Muslim women wearing burqas, which they are still allowed to wear in this country.

Your own fucked up country, how about minding it.

The main problem he has, is he constantly mistakes fear, for hate, anger, and disgust.

Muslim terrorists targeting muslims, not jews, not christians or any non-muslims. Can you believe that ?!

Get into your thick head, islamophobes : Most victims of radical islam terrorism are muslims.

Maybe if your fuckwit muslim buddies would take an example from the rest of the FUCKING CIVILIZED WORLD, and learn how to become annoying, and usless political lobbies, like the Jews and Christians, most people you believe are afraid of, as opposed to ENRAGED by, would only hang up the phone on, slam the door in the face of, or just in general, loath their existence, instead of wanting to carpet bomb them TWENTY FOUR FUCKING SEVEN!!!

As always, go fuck yourself, and mind your own waste of acreage.

 

[knowone]

There wasn't a double standard on MSNBC several shows kept mentioning both counties as well as France.

 

[Jack Davenport]

400 locked and loaded and ready to go in Europe.

It may take years and thousands of deaths but Europe WILL start rounding Muslims up and expelling them. It's not a matter of if, but when.

Hopefully, this next U.S. election will result in the United States being proactive before it's too late.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/storie...ME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2016-03-23-15-15-46

 

[sean miguel]

400 locked and loaded and ready to go in Europe.

It may take years and thousands of deaths but Europe WILL start rounding Muslims up and expelling them. It's not a matter of if, but when.

I think you're being generous. Maybe decades and tens of thousands of deaths or maybe just outright surrender. What's important is that western europeans have the moral high ground. They can take pride and toast each other at cocktail parties that while Abdeslam's cohorts are murdering and maiming scores of their fellow citizens, Abdeslam is being treated humanely. No harsh interrogation techniques were used to get information that could've prevented these attacks and others.

:sarcastic applause: well done.

 

[Jack Davenport]

I think you're being generous. Maybe decades and tens of thousands of deaths or maybe just outright surrender. What's important is that western europeans have the moral high ground. They can take pride and toast each other at cocktail parties that while Abdeslam's cohorts are murdering and maiming scores of their fellow citizens, Abdeslam is being treated humanely. No harsh interrogation techniques were used to get information that could've prevented these attacks and others.

:sarcastic applause: well done.

Not to mention the deals you'll be able to find on slightly used Dassault Falcons.

 

[GodsEmbryo]

What's important is that western europeans have the moral high ground.

Indeed

 

[Jack Davenport]

Indeed

Awwww

 

[luckyeight]

So much of it doesn't make sense

 

[DP_LOVER]

Here is something you need to get through your even thicker skull. Shiite (Shia) Muslims are at war with Sunni Muslims much like Catholics and Protestants were at war with each other.

But the one thing that all Muslims are united in is that Islam must be the only acceptable religion in the world.

So of course over the their history interfaith violence has erupted. Make no mistake, their goal is to kill as many Westerners as possible. Your fucked up country has not endured the single most deadly terrorist attack in history on its soil so don't talk to me about what I perceive to be an existential threat. A phobia is an irrational fear dickhead and there is nothing irrational about the threat we face today.

The only thing that does not make it appear that the threat is existential is the fact that we are separated by oceans but leftist policy with their open borders is making the threat more real day by day.

Your country with its idiotic immigration policy is diluting the culture and more terror is on the way.
BTW your country is the one that has outlawed Muslim women wearing burqas, which they are still allowed to wear in this country.

Your own fucked up country, how about minding it.

yes unlike Christians who killed 1,000s of innocent Muslims during the crusades trying to push their own religion and ideology onto others.

 

[DP_LOVER]

400 locked and loaded and ready to go in Europe.

It may take years and thousands of deaths but Europe WILL start rounding Muslims up and expelling them. It's not a matter of if, but when.

Hopefully, this next U.S. election will result in the United States being proactive before it's too late.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/storie...ME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2016-03-23-15-15-46

no we wont because thankfully the majority of europeans are more open minded and forward thinking than you knuckledraggers

 

[DP_LOVER]

Here is something you need to get through your even thicker skull. Shiite (Shia) Muslims are at war with Sunni Muslims much like Catholics and Protestants were at war with each other.

But the one thing that all Muslims are united in is that Islam must be the only acceptable religion in the world.

So of course over the their history interfaith violence has erupted. Make no mistake, their goal is to kill as many Westerners as possible. Your fucked up country has not endured the single most deadly terrorist attack in history on its soil so don't talk to me about what I perceive to be an existential threat. A phobia is an irrational fear dickhead and there is nothing irrational about the threat we face today.

The only thing that does not make it appear that the threat is existential is the fact that we are separated by oceans but leftist policy with their open borders is making the threat more real day by day.

Your country with its idiotic immigration policy is diluting the culture and more terror is on the way.
BTW your country is the one that has outlawed Muslim women wearing burqas, which they are still allowed to wear in this country.

Your own fucked up country, how about minding it.

diluting culture? what do you think culture is your cretin? it is a constant and evolving thing its cant be diluted, it will change over time no matter what you do.

 

[Jack Davenport]

yes unlike Christians who killed 1,000s of innocent Muslims during the crusades trying to push their own religion and ideology onto others.

Quite frankly, you're an idiot. This first quote proves it and Christians have evolved beyond the 7th century.

no we wont because thankfully the majority of europeans are more open minded and forward thinking than you knuckledraggers

Ah, yes oh intelligent sir. Knuckledraggers, you should have used mouthbreathers too. The knuckledraggers just so happen to be low information Euro trash like you.

Your posting style indicates the capacity of a restroom attendant.

diluting culture? what do you think culture is your cretin? it is a constant and evolving thing its cant be diluted, it will change over time no matter what you do.

Yes because Muslim culture has evolved so much in the past 1100 years.

Mark Twain once said "Never argue with the stupid, they will drag you down, and beat you with experience.

How correct he was.

And BTW, learn how to use the muliti-quote feature instead of taking up extra space on a thread. I know your cultural aspirations end with Star Wars action figures, but try and broaden them, OK?

 

[DP_LOVER]

Quite frankly, you're an idiot. This first quote proves it and Christians have evolved beyond the 7th century.



Ah, yes oh intelligent sir. Knuckledraggers, you should have used mouthbreathers too. The knuckledraggers just so happen to be low information Euro trash like you.

Your posting style indicates the capacity of a restroom attendant.



Yes because Muslim culture has evolved so much in the past 1100 years.

Mark Twain once said "Never argue with the stupid, they will drag you down, and beat you with experience.

How correct he was.

And BTW, learn how to use the muliti-quote feature instead of taking up extra space on a thread. I know your cultural aspirations end with Star Wars action figures, but try and broaden them, OK?

Christians are more evolved than Muslims? Ah ok so because the Crusades was a long time ok it's now fine? When it is ok to brush off the holocaust as 'just a bit a fun', is there long to go? Also are the members of the westboro baptist church and Anders Breivik rounded and evolved Christians like the rest of them? There is also the rather large paradox of thinking that anyone who believes in an imaginary man in the sky watching down on us, and that this man made the world in 7 days isn't that evolved at all really.

You're right Mark Twain did indeed say that. Some other quotes from him include:

"It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think that you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt" - you should try this sometime

"kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see"

"Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured"

"Patriot: the person who can holler the loudest without knowing what he is hollering about"

 

[Jack Davenport]

yes unlike Christians who killed 1,000s of innocent Muslims during the crusades trying to push their own religion and ideology onto others.

no we wont because thankfully the majority of europeans are more open minded and forward thinking than you knuckledraggers

diluting culture? what do you think culture is your cretin? it is a constant and evolving thing its cant be diluted, it will change over time no matter what you do.

Christians are more evolved than Muslims? Ah ok so because the Crusades was a long time ok it's now fine? When it is ok to brush off the holocaust as 'just a bit a fun', is there long to go? Also are the members of the westboro baptist church and Anders Breivik rounded and evolved Christians like the rest of them? There is also the rather large paradox of thinking that anyone who believes in an imaginary man in the sky watching down on us, and that this man made the world in 7 days isn't that evolved at all really.

You're right Mark Twain did indeed say that. Some other quotes from him include:

"It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think that you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt" - you should try this sometime

"kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see"

"Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured"

"Patriot: the person who can holler the loudest without knowing what he is hollering about"

There is not one genuine Christian in this country that would object to bulldozing Westboro Baptist Church and putting duct tape over their mouths.

Because they hijacked a religion. That said, they haven't committed acts of mass terror that we are aware of .

OK Muzzies, the ball is in your court.


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