Saturday, July 23, 2011

Think, Thank, Thunk

  1. The suspect in the Oslo bombing/shooting is a right-wing extremist.  A white, Christian, anti-Islam right-wing extremist.  In fact, most terrorism these days that isn't suicide bombers is right-wing (and largely white and Christian) extremist terrorism. As Ren of Renegade Evolution points out:
    But every extremist NEEDS a boogy man, and unfortunately they are not too hard to find. Every rad fem can find a violent rapist or serial killer of women, every MRA can find an abusive mother, every white hate monger can find a gang banger, every black extremist looking for a horrible racist can find a Grand Wizard, and every major religion has some less than stellar moments and figures…there are plenty of examples out there that back up an extremist view….

    But they are never the majority. They are a minority used to paint the rest of whatever group the extremist hates. A simple fact is, by chemical make up and biology- we ARE pretty much all the same. So hating on someone for a chromosome difference, a skin color difference, a regional difference, a religious difference- when so much else is exactly the same…it’s extreme, and actual proof? It won’t ever be on your side.
    Pundits in the wild need to swap out bogeymen.
  2. There is no number two.
  3. In memoriam:  Amy Winehouse.  Her being 27 is a coincidence.