GENOCIDE IN LIBYA, AND NO ONE CARES.

[Soral]

It is chaos in Libya right now.

No one cares, bloggers, the media, world leaders.... all silent.

What the hell?

Do some reading PLEASE! They can use our help.

[roamer65]

1. I have been following it in the news.

I am glad to hear that the Libyan people are speaking out against Gaddafi. The Great Unrest is now spreading to Libya.

I wish the Libyan people all the best in their endeavors for democracy.

[Inuca]

2. I follow the information on the Guardian

they cover it. It's pretty bad, but unfortunately there is nothing WE can do.

[Soral]

3. what we did for egypt... THAT is what we can do

tweet tweet tweet... It is very active

Freaking police just stormed their tent city at 3am in a major Libya city.

the more chatter, the more people notice.

[sufrommich]

5. Can you link to some tweets you're following? nt

[customerserviceguy]

27. What 'we' did for Egypt

is that we told the military that if they eased Mubarak out, we'd continue to let them suck on the $2 billion teat they've been on for thirty years. It wasn't tweets, it was teats.

We don't have that kind of leverage in Libya. They're pretty much on their own to overthrow their dictator.

[Inuca]

31. I think you are confusing it with Bahrein n/t

[Jokinomx]

4. I hope the good people of Libya get the government they deserve!

[aquart]

6. "Genocide"?

Which ethnicity is being eliminated with prejudice?

[robdogbucky]

7. Well, maybe it's outrage overload, you know...

There were murders and hundreds injured by the Bahraini Security Police on sleeping protestors last night. That seems pretty outrageous, but no one has mentioned it much here.

There are potential hotspots appeariing all over the globe, Mexico included.

Benghazi, Lybia and Manama, Bahrain both had police massacres. Two police stations were burned in Lybia, so there is some retaliation by the protestors there as well.

34,000 dead in the last 3 years in Mexico narco wars. Anyone care? Any threads discussing the dire consequences of such atrocities so close to home?


Outrage overload is my dos centavos as an explanation to your question

[wildbilln864]

8. k&r!

[Liberal_in_LA]

9. kick

[stevedeshazer]

10. Posting a link would help. The US media is a black hole.

Maybe we'd care if we knew something about it.

:shrug:

[IDemo]

17. Live blog - Libya, from Al Jazeera

http://blogs.aljazeera.net/middle-east/2011/02/17/live-blog-libya

[stevedeshazer]

21. Thanks. I'll go learn more now.

Appreciate a good link.

[DavidDvorkin]

11. Coverage on Al-Jazeera:

http://blogs.aljazeera.net/middle-east/2011/02/17/live-blog-libya

[uppityperson]

12. I just did a search for genocide in Libya and found nothing. Link? What do you mean? Thanks. nt

[Raksha]

13. Post a link, please. I've been preoccupied with Wisconsin all day.

It's not that I don't care. I just didn't know it until now. I'm not very good at multi-tasking.

[Soral]

14. SOME OF MY LINKS FROM PAST FEW DAYS...

PATHETIC: Social networks more informed than US intelligence about revolts in Middle East
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x433915

Libya update of the day: Attacks on media continue across Middle East PROTESTS CONTINUE
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x432295

MiddleEast thread of the day: Libyans in USA allege coercion and some tweets
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x442825

[uppityperson]

15. Thank you, rec'd for bad stuff happening there but still don't see the genocide.

[Soral]

18. They are killing aimless those who appose gaddafi... or have cameras. What do you call it?

[uppityperson]

20. "genocide" has some strict definitions and killing people with cameras doesn't qualify

I don't understand "they are killing aimless". Sounds like you are saying people who oppose Ghadafi (spelled however) are being shot?

While it sounds like a huge mess that we should be aware of, please don't use the word "genocide" unless it is. Killing political opponents is murder, perhaps mass murder. Shooting people who are protesting is wrong, but not "genocide".

[Soral]

24. I have made threads for the last week about this... Silence. I am keeping that word in the title

until shock wording is not needed.... the shock of reality should be enough, and it clearly isnt.

[uppityperson]

26. Well, in which case I wish I'd unrecced it. Hyperbole isn't needed when reality is so bad.

[cleanhippie]

29. So you are choosing to fabricate headlines then, right?

There is no "genocide" going on.....

[uppityperson]

32. Sexy OMG WTF!!!! headlines get more people to look but aren't necessary.

[Soral]

16. A GREAT TOOL IS ON GOOGLE.... for direct info goto

Do a search for a # like #Libya or #Benghazi

then go to "real time" and it will show you all those using that tag... very useful

also on twitter, @ChangeInLibya and @Tripolitanian to be the best retweeters of info coming directly from protesters.

[Soral]

19. WATCH THIS VIDEO TO SEE WHAT IS GOING ON

This is what is happening... Protests, and then... chaos.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gN9CBzwqmkk

[Throd]

22. I don't think it is that people don't care.

Libya isn't Egypt in many respects.

I believe most of the world would love to see the Libyan regime go down.

[Soral]

23. Its Libya, Iran, Bahrain, Yemin, Tunsia, etc etc etc... Media is shut out all over

ESPECIALLY IRAN... they are going to try again Sunday.

They need help spreading the word.

[Bluenorthwest]

28. I saw lots of media about Bahrain today, some about Libya

The Bahrain coverage was very good.

[Soral]

25. The fact that 250 viewed this... they are doing their part.

It's in their minds now... please, spread the word as we did egypt.

That is how things happen... THE INTERNET.

[cleanhippie]

30. Do you even REALIZE what a DISSERVICE you are doing by fabricating a headline like that?

Apparently not.

unrec

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34. Right to life my ass