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samsingh

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22. i think you've described the problem very well

Reply to Comrade Grumpy (Reply #7)

Mon Aug 3, 2015, 12:51 PM

Aug 2015

here's what I would add:

- ignore isis and they will continue to murder tens of thousands and then conduct terrorist attacks in other countries

what choice is there but to fight back - but in doing that we still need to protect the innocent life - but we can't not do anything.

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Cecil the Lion vs. Hundreds of Dead Arab Civilians Killed by US Air Strikes [View all] Comrade Grumpy Aug 2015 OP

Because everything is the same! Blue_Adept Aug 2015 #1

We often fail to realize or understand that a concern for one or more stories... LanternWaste Aug 2015 #2

because most people are not outraged by collateral damage incurred in the pursuit of terrorists. Takket Aug 2015 #3

we are outraged by both the collatorel damage and the immense damage samsingh Aug 2015 #6

they are not mutually exclusive and ISIS seems to be killing a lot more people than the strikes samsingh Aug 2015 #4

Well, maybe people don't comment because ISIS is such an intractable problem. Comrade Grumpy Aug 2015 #7

i think you've described the problem very well samsingh Aug 2015 #22

Because it's possible to be outraged by more than one thing at a time ... GeorgeGist Aug 2015 #5

Yes aint_no_life_nowhere Aug 2015 #8

Sure. But there seems to be little evidence of any outrage over the dead Arab civilians. Comrade Grumpy Aug 2015 #9

Why do you think these are one or the other issues? procon Aug 2015 #10

I'm sure people can be concerned about both. I just don't see much evidence of it. Comrade Grumpy Aug 2015 #13

A forum like this probably not the best gauge for any specific issues that concern you. procon Aug 2015 #17

NTSA NuclearDem Aug 2015 #11

Yay! Another outrage contest! Lizzie Poppet Aug 2015 #12

No contest. Clearly. I am curious, however, about why the difference in responses. Comrade Grumpy Aug 2015 #14

I suspect some of it is "Middle East fatigue." Lizzie Poppet Aug 2015 #23

Well, I anteed in my 2 bits down thread. Eleanors38 Aug 2015 #19

The purpose of the US airstrikes is to defeat ISIS Freddie Stubbs Aug 2015 #15

oh yeah.... restorefreedom Aug 2015 #25

"Why is this?" "This' is because the US government is Malraiders Aug 2015 #16

Lions, murdered church-goers, schoolyard butchers ---these are proxys for raging impotency. Eleanors38 Aug 2015 #18

Americans have never cared about the collateral avebury Aug 2015 #20

I'd like to discuss this need many have on DU to pit issues against each other, unrelated and very Bluenorthwest Aug 2015 #21

This the part where I mention the 100+ civilians killed in Burundi Blue_Tires Aug 2015 #24

The million dead Iraqis got even fewer malaise Aug 2015 #26

It's possible to be outraged by many things at once The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2015 #27

Excellent observation. Excellent question. Octafish Aug 2015 #28

One had a tangible benefit, the other not so much One_Life_To_Give Aug 2015 #29