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#Christchurch must’ve been just another Chapel Hill-style ‘parking dispute,’ I guess.
Not a massacre motivated by hate. Surely not terrorism.
Not a massacre motivated by hate. Surely not terrorism.
This full-throttle dehumanization [even that language is too weak] of Muslims is a real time demonstration of the horseshoe theory.
Symbiotic extremisms are parasitic; they need one another to survive.
Irresponsible media framing of “the human” is a huge part of this mess.
Symbiotic extremisms are parasitic; they need one another to survive.
Irresponsible media framing of “the human” is a huge part of this mess.
Consider, for example, the disproportionate outrage over massacre footage.
Whose lives are too “human” to show in death? Whose lives never even truly counted as “human?”
If you’re more okay with consuming the #Christchurch snuff film - think about WHY.
Whose lives are too “human” to show in death? Whose lives never even truly counted as “human?”
If you’re more okay with consuming the #Christchurch snuff film - think about WHY.
Because that’s exactly what the coverage will be.
