tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post520786173314402080..comments2023-10-29T06:41:23.910-07:00Comments on Halfway There: That's awfully white of youZenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09058127284297728552noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-28687308003747875582011-07-29T13:26:36.732-07:002011-07-29T13:26:36.732-07:00The Indepedent's Laurie Penny has a good colum...The Indepedent's Laurie Penny has a good column called "Calling Breivik mad lets the far-right off the hook" (<a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/laurie-penny-calling-breivik-mad-lets-the-farright-off-the-hook-2327712.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>). Part of it:<br /><br />To claim that this massacre was "nothing to do with politics" is offensive as well as illogical. Not only is there written evidence of an ideology, and a terrifyingly familiar one, behind these attacks, the claim insults the memory of the 68 young activists from the Norwegian Labour Party who lost their lives because of their political beliefs, because a right-wing terrorist had decided that, as the next generation of "Category A traitors" – supporters of "multiculturalism" and "feminism" – they deserved to die.<br /><br />Writing off Anders Breivik as a "lone nutter" allows us to decry his actions without dismissing his ideas. This is precisely what Stephen Lennon, the leader of the far-right English Defence League, attempted to do in an interview on Newsnight this week, when it was put to him that Breivik listed several hundred EDL members as online contacts and had posted a message of support to the group shortly before disappearing to carry out his attacks. After expressing his sympathy with the people of Norway, Lennon told Jeremy Paxman that he shared Breivik's belief that Islam was "a threat", and that millions of people across Europe felt the same. "You can't just brush off millions of people who have concerns against Islam as lunatics," he said. "You need to listen to us, because god forbid this ever happens on English soil... that's not a threat, it's a wake-up call."The Ridger, FCDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01538111197270563075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-73056225859032387672011-07-27T10:44:00.468-07:002011-07-27T10:44:00.468-07:00Breivik is quite clear as to why he murdered 76 pe...Breivik is quite clear as to why he murdered 76 people, so it doesn't matter how right wingers try to spin this tragedy.<br /><br />He cited several American anti-Islam right wing websites (as well as such websites in Europe). <br /><br />To try to spin this as some Islamic-controlled terrorist attack is silly and is not going to fly with sensible people.<br /><br />I thought the term "lily white" referred to his skin color so good post.Jamdownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-50194544119222184272011-07-26T19:10:21.613-07:002011-07-26T19:10:21.613-07:00I'm still in shock over the Norway terrorist a...I'm still in shock over the Norway terrorist attack. I've corresponded with my cousin who lives there; he says the entire country feels the loss, and I gather it's a personal loss in a way that most Americans probably can't relate to. Especially the youth camp shooting; My cousin said that two young men from his village (he knew them) were killed.<br /><br />Then you have an archdemon (if there ever was one) himself, in the form of Glenn Beck, equating the young people to Hitler Youth.<br /><br />AAAAGGGGHHHH!!!!Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03079852628674185384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-62743989480560761732011-07-25T17:19:19.022-07:002011-07-25T17:19:19.022-07:00Then there's this.
"Inside the Mind of t...Then there's this.<br /><br />"Inside the Mind of the Oslo Murderer / In his 1,500-page manifesto, Anders Behring Breivik slides alarmingly from a legitimate concern about the rise of Islam in Europe to propose 'terror as a method for waking up the masses'" by Bruce Bawer:<br />http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903999904576465801154130960.html?mod=googlenews_wsjKathienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-14544229772885920772011-07-25T10:20:07.505-07:002011-07-25T10:20:07.505-07:00"In response to Norway attacks, right-wing bl..."In response to Norway attacks, right-wing bloggers suddenly demand nuance," by Adam Serwer:<br /><br />http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/post/in-response-to-norway-attacks-right-wing-bloggers-suddenly-demand-nuance/2011/03/04/gIQAndgfYI_blog.html<br /><br />Oh, those poor misunderstood dears.Kathienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-47191102687540826262011-07-24T09:11:17.184-07:002011-07-24T09:11:17.184-07:00This'll make the Freepers' heads explode.....This'll make the Freepers' heads explode... but with my husband as my witness, when I first heard about the government building being bombed in Oslo, I thought not of al-Qaeda but rather of OKC and McVeigh. Then a bit later when I heard about the shootings at a Labor Party youth camp, I figured neo-Nazis.<br /><br />It's like with the Madrid train bombings, when the modus operandi sounded like al-Qaeda's, not the Basque separatists' (ETA). I derive no particular pleasure in being right, but it seems doubly unjust to leap to conclusions that don't fit the evidence, just because they suit some faction's agenda.Kathienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-15948981256707088692011-07-24T07:55:06.980-07:002011-07-24T07:55:06.980-07:00Personally, I'm much happier thinking that Mr....Personally, I'm much happier thinking that Mr. Breivik is an unbalanced nutcase whose motivations had less to do with immigrant aliens than with space aliens. He must be an aberration, a totally unpredictable freak. If I try to paint his massacre with a rational brush, the resulting image is too horrific to see, let alone comprehend.<br /><br />But if you're in the mood for making sense with conspiracy theories, how about the fact that the massacre grabbed every inch of headlines away from Rupert Murdoch?<br /><br />Yes, I'd much rather stick with insanity, thank you.Gene O'Pedianoreply@blogger.com