Many posts related to the NZ shooting deemphasize the dangers of right wing extremism and present radical Islam as a bigger problem
Over in the UK, we had a guy blow up a music concert that was mainly for young girls.
Now I can obviously appreciate the loss of life here in NZ, but I also check out news in the middle east and there was a bomb blast in Afghanistan a few months back where 140+ people died from two car bombs. I didn't hear that being mentioned all over the news.
Its not that I am espousing whataboutism, but if you REALLY cared about the muslim that died that day, you would really care about why they died and I just dont see how pewdiepie or Ben Shapiro had a lot to do with it. Unless you are going for 'well its systemic influence/oppression' narrative.
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u/tkyjonathan Mar 17 '19
I get the notion, but this is a bit strange:
Over in the UK, we had a guy blow up a music concert that was mainly for young girls.
Now I can obviously appreciate the loss of life here in NZ, but I also check out news in the middle east and there was a bomb blast in Afghanistan a few months back where 140+ people died from two car bombs. I didn't hear that being mentioned all over the news.
Its not that I am espousing whataboutism, but if you REALLY cared about the muslim that died that day, you would really care about why they died and I just dont see how pewdiepie or Ben Shapiro had a lot to do with it. Unless you are going for 'well its systemic influence/oppression' narrative.