I’m having trouble with the use of the word ‘terrorism’. I think it’s being bandied about too much these days. As is “crisis” and “tragedy”. And, “fill in the blank-phobia”. It’s important that the power of these words not be diluted by overuse in situations where they’re not warranted.
Perhaps I’m behind in terms of what information is being released about the young man who allegedly committed the act, but I’m not aware of his belonging to any political group—or any group—the aims of which he was hoping to further. Surely he would need to be in order to qualify as a terrorist? It seems to me his actions were essentially driven by his own unbridled hate, pure and simple. Probably amplified, as others have said here, by social media. Awful and very very sad.
The problem I see is that this young man is not alone responsible for his act of terror. For too long society has ignored (or at best wrung its hands at) the vile rhetoric which has created the conditions for this type of act to happen. Too much of our media is fuelled by hate, and then continues to profit on its results. We know from the Stanford Prison Experiment that anonymity allows people to dehumanize each other, yet the greatest/worst communication tool the world has seen is based on it. We must call this and persecute this crime as an act of terror, and then put in the work to remove the conditions that helped to cause it.
As I was well written and thoughtful but I do have an issue with this.
But that means holding expressions of other religions …... Banning or restricting any of these things should make me deeply uncomfortable. Religious freedom should be religion blind.
The fact is we don’t allow every religious belief. Most if not all religions at one point deemed women and non-white people and homosexuals, jews to be less human and accordingly treated as such .
I am free to believe in my God to believe your God is wrong but I’m not allowed to believe you’re less human because of that
I hope one of those lines you’ve crossed which you are currently considering - the lobbying for Merck’s Gardasil vaccine to be forced on young girls and even young boys?? will help you sort through your demons. Perhaps you don’t consider lobbying for big Pharma pushing unnecessary drugs on children as “crossing the line”? I know this deviates from your point here but please tell me you are considering any role you may have played in lobbying the government for the use of a dangerous vaccine for children. In these difficult times. It doesn’t take away from the terrible crime perpetrated on this family but there are many crimes being committed on humanity at the moment. I hope you didn’t play a role in the big Pharma tyranny?
I’m having trouble with the use of the word ‘terrorism’. I think it’s being bandied about too much these days. As is “crisis” and “tragedy”. And, “fill in the blank-phobia”. It’s important that the power of these words not be diluted by overuse in situations where they’re not warranted.
Perhaps I’m behind in terms of what information is being released about the young man who allegedly committed the act, but I’m not aware of his belonging to any political group—or any group—the aims of which he was hoping to further. Surely he would need to be in order to qualify as a terrorist? It seems to me his actions were essentially driven by his own unbridled hate, pure and simple. Probably amplified, as others have said here, by social media. Awful and very very sad.
The problem I see is that this young man is not alone responsible for his act of terror. For too long society has ignored (or at best wrung its hands at) the vile rhetoric which has created the conditions for this type of act to happen. Too much of our media is fuelled by hate, and then continues to profit on its results. We know from the Stanford Prison Experiment that anonymity allows people to dehumanize each other, yet the greatest/worst communication tool the world has seen is based on it. We must call this and persecute this crime as an act of terror, and then put in the work to remove the conditions that helped to cause it.
As I was well written and thoughtful but I do have an issue with this.
But that means holding expressions of other religions …... Banning or restricting any of these things should make me deeply uncomfortable. Religious freedom should be religion blind.
The fact is we don’t allow every religious belief. Most if not all religions at one point deemed women and non-white people and homosexuals, jews to be less human and accordingly treated as such .
I am free to believe in my God to believe your God is wrong but I’m not allowed to believe you’re less human because of that
Nice reflection.
I hope one of those lines you’ve crossed which you are currently considering - the lobbying for Merck’s Gardasil vaccine to be forced on young girls and even young boys?? will help you sort through your demons. Perhaps you don’t consider lobbying for big Pharma pushing unnecessary drugs on children as “crossing the line”? I know this deviates from your point here but please tell me you are considering any role you may have played in lobbying the government for the use of a dangerous vaccine for children. In these difficult times. It doesn’t take away from the terrible crime perpetrated on this family but there are many crimes being committed on humanity at the moment. I hope you didn’t play a role in the big Pharma tyranny?