The conservative media are wetting their pants because Obama, Hollande, and most other world leaders and responsible people are not calling them Islamic terrorists. Then when there is a Charlie Hebdo event, they sanctimoniously hide behind the Second Amendment and rail against Islam. It all adds up to the conservative media, particularly FOX, fanning Islamic animosity and escalating the cycle of sectarian violence. But then terrorist events makes for excellent T.V. and media, provides low cost content, pays the wages of an army of reporters and anchors, and generates huge profits. .Would it really hurt us not to satirize and denigrate the religion of 1.6 billion people. Would it weaken us; would we be losing some element of human dignity or quality of life? Some of the idiots are even calling for the major Western countries to simultaneously show the offending anti-Muslim material, thus guaranteeing more violence and death. .World peace is going to take civilized people and nations dialing back the rhetoric and promoting tolerance, even if it means some loss of so-called freedom of expression. The present uncivilized attitudes and reactions are not working, and it is pretty obvious why they are not.
The conservative media are wetting their pants because Obama, Hollande, and most other world leaders and responsible people are not calling them Islamic terrorists. Then when there is a Charlie Hebdo event, they sanctimoniously hide behind the Second Amendment and rail against Islam. It all adds up to the conservative media, particularly FOX, fanning Islamic animosity and escalating the cycle of sectarian violence. But then terrorist events makes for excellent T.V. and media, provides low cost content, pays the wages of an army of reporters and anchors, and generates huge profits. .Would it really hurt us not to satirize and denigrate the religion of 1.6 billion people. Would it weaken us; would we be losing some element of human dignity or quality of life? Some of the idiots are even calling for the major Western countries to simultaneously show the offending anti-Muslim material, thus guaranteeing more violence and death. .World peace is going to take civilized people and nations dialing back the rhetoric and promoting tolerance, even if it means some loss of so-called freedom of expression. The present uncivilized attitudes and reactions are not working, and it is pretty obvious why they are not.