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BeyondGeography

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13. And I don't get excited when Turkish soccer fans boo the Marseillaise

Reply to el_bryanto (Reply #12)

Wed Nov 25, 2015, 09:31 AM

Nov 2015

It's normal when an attack on a Western city that many Americans have ties to gets a bigger public reaction than an attack on Tunisia. It's also normal when Turks don't react with the same enthusiasm as fans at Wembley. Some arguments are advanced with nothing more than self-indulgence in mind.

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interesting to see mass media coverage of a bomb attack on a non-European country... [View all] ellenrr Nov 2015 OP

I just hear morning joe demean our President last half hour. I just turned it off. riversedge Nov 2015 #1

IOW, people here are bad people because they react like normal people BeyondGeography Nov 2015 #2

oh now I get it. If I don't know people of a particular ethnicity... ellenrr Nov 2015 #3

What's it like BeyondGeography Nov 2015 #4

pretty nice, esp. compared to the shit you wallow in ellenrr Nov 2015 #6

Lol...good answer! BeyondGeography Nov 2015 #8

Why is it you equate 'value' to media time? Bluenorthwest Nov 2015 #9

Wow, you certainly woke up in a cheery Tipperary Nov 2015 #11

awesomenest answer ever. you win the internet FOREVER !! Hiraeth Nov 2015 #15

There are 7 billion of us and counting. Igel Nov 2015 #16

I don't put much stock in the normal people argument el_bryanto Nov 2015 #12

And I don't get excited when Turkish soccer fans boo the Marseillaise BeyondGeography Nov 2015 #13

So in what sense are you Beyond Geography? el_bryanto Nov 2015 #18

In this sense...a helluva book BeyondGeography Nov 2015 #19

Oh, hey! I've read that book maxsolomon Nov 2015 #30

How many making a statement about Paris are of French descent or have spent any time there? cui bono Nov 2015 #31

Actually, AP did have an article on this nitpicker Nov 2015 #5

Oh please malaise Nov 2015 #7

Cable news focuses on things that fit the narrative and help them sell the current war. GreatGazoo Nov 2015 #10

Everything always has to be the same or it's somebody's fault. Waiting For Everyman Nov 2015 #14

Well said. eom cwydro Nov 2015 #17

Check out what terrorist group Boko Harem has been doing in Nigeria. Scuba Nov 2015 #20

what newspapers are you reading? maxsolomon Nov 2015 #23

Local coverage of latest Boko Harem is zero, while much smaller Paris attack continues to lead. Scuba Nov 2015 #28

I ended my Seattle Times subscription when they endorsed GWB in 2000. maxsolomon Nov 2015 #29

a moron who would deny that the mass media value white lives over non-white lives is the same ellenrr Nov 2015 #21

But that's not all you said in the OP BeyondGeography Nov 2015 #22

The media have their marching orders and that's to get US to war riderinthestorm Nov 2015 #24

this is an attack on a "government" target maxsolomon Nov 2015 #25

That too. Nt uppityperson Nov 2015 #34

Journalism 101 Matrosov Nov 2015 #26

Yup daredtowork Nov 2015 #27

My LBN thread sank like a rock KamaAina Nov 2015 #32

The comparison between Beirut and Paris is interesting Jim Lane Nov 2015 #33