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In reply to the discussion: Rise of far-right in France after Paris Attacks [View all]politicman
(710 posts)That's such a cop out if I've ever seen one.
That excuse of organised international terrorism being worse than a lone shooter committing a mass shooting is so stupid.
The real reason why people use that excuse is because they want to find a way to demonise Muslims by making it sound as an atrocity committed by Muslims is so much worse than an atrocity committed by a white guy.
That shooter that shot up the kids at the children's school did a deliberate act that even surpasses international terrorism's evilness, yet the discussion after that mass shooting wasn't directed at what policies should be enacted on white men and no one was advocating that white men no longer be allowed into the U.S, instead the discussion was about guns and how to avoid guns getting into the hands of the white men who would commit these atrocities.
More people in the U.S are scared of getting shot up in a school or a theatre or in shopping mall than are scared about getting caught in a terrorist act, yet all the discussion is focused on Muslim and how evil their religion is and how we shouldn't allow anymore of them into the country even though huge majority of Muslims in the U.S are peaceful people.
That's racist if I've ever seen it.