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In reply to the discussion: I knew - KNEW - the guilt trolls would show up before long. [View all]pipi_k
(21,020 posts)83. It has nothing to do
with racism.
It has to do with the fact that unless people can actually see the victims...their faces...it's very hard to conceptualize the loss.
So I would imagine that if the names and faces of those ten kids blown up in Pakistan were shown on the news, there might be just as much outrage over their deaths as there would be for the deaths of ten anonymous persons here in the US.
Also...This attack happened here in the US. Bombings of this type are not usual here. It happened in MY state...Massachusetts. In a city I've visited many times. I felt like I had been personally violated.
There are lots more reasons than "racism" for people's inability to be outraged over tragedies that happen in other places.
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Mention to him at the height of the time Bush was claiming we were in a fight for our way of life,..
Spitfire of ATJ
Apr 2013
#20
Agreed. Thanks for expressing it so well. Leaves many of us speechless, as intended.
freshwest
Apr 2013
#8
And they are dumbasses. I can't stand them doing their thing about things in one's personal life,
raccoon
Apr 2013
#45
In the background of it is the assumption that the people in Boston 'deserved' this. Without any
freshwest
Apr 2013
#66
"then good"???? Leveraging TERROR to gain support for some OPINION is called....
yodermon
Apr 2013
#53
It's the presumption that because someone expresses horror at something awful...
cynatnite
Apr 2013
#24
If you are going to bring up drones in Pakistan why not mention Sunni suicide
snagglepuss
Apr 2013
#81
You said "If we're not accountable for the actions of our elected reps, who is?"
Progressive dog
Apr 2013
#115
You said "I made no such defense." so must be someone else using your name nt
Progressive dog
Apr 2013
#118
I thing you are ignoring a big difference between what happened in Boston and Pakistan.
pennylane100
Apr 2013
#33
Being "consistent" doesn't require also mentioning every similar incident.
Lizzie Poppet
Apr 2013
#105
If a woman walks into a room full of women and says, "I just had a car accident"...
Spitfire of ATJ
Apr 2013
#22
Couldn't disagree more. No one gives a shit about Afganistan, but for a few weeks people
Exultant Democracy
Apr 2013
#51
I've talked to people who think it's already over. Perhaps you live in a liberal bubble
Exultant Democracy
Apr 2013
#102
And yet after 9/11 many liberals were quick to bring up the impact of policies
The Straight Story
Apr 2013
#59
mentioning the other isn't meant to cancel out our pain, just use it as a chance to teach empathy
yurbud
Apr 2013
#60
i think you should have more repeated words in bold print. one just wasnt enuff
leftyohiolib
Apr 2013
#77
WhatI hate are the "we deserve it" posts "because our drones do it every day to other people."
Bake
Apr 2013
#99
I certainly do not feel any guilt over the killing of innocent children in Pakistan.
pennylane100
Apr 2013
#131