Image via WikipediaOSLO — The Norwegian police on Saturday charged a 32-year-old man, whom they identified as a Christian fundamentalist with right-wing connections, over the bombing of a government center here and a shooting attack on a nearby island that together left at least 91 people dead.Unlike when it's an Islamist attack -- then you have to wade several paragraphs in to get even a hint of the perp's alleged ideological leanings.
Christian? Right-wing? It's a banner day for the NYT. It's their lead-off sentence.
Also, have you noticed how quick the media have been to give us the tall, blond, nordic details of the perp's appearance? You would never get this if the identifiers were swarthy, dark-eyed, middle-eastern-looking. In fact, such reportage would be denounced as racist.
Just wait now for the NYT and other outlets to assure us that Christianity is a religion of peace.
Waiting, waiting....
7 comments:
One difference: you won't see Christians celebrating.
Good point. Our hearts go out to Norway.
And I think it's too soon to label this guy Christian and right-wing. He may have been up to something.
Wait a minute, Frances. Aren't you up early? I had you pegged for a westerner. It's 9:35 in PEI, and I've been up since 5:30 -- jet-lag!
It's called the Tour de France!!
Awesome!
Richard, you'll die of old age before you hear of any announcement of Christianity being a religion of peace. It doesn't really matter what religion you are; what this guy did is an act of insanity. Frances made a good point though: You won't see Christians dancing in the street. Expect this story to stick around for a long time though, so that the left wing media can drive home their message that all people of a conservative ideology can be painted with the same brush as Anders Behring Breivik.
I'm still waiting for a shred of evidence that this guy was actually a professing let alone practicing Christian. When e.g., was the last time he went to church? What church does he belong to? I doubt if the NYT will take the time to track this down. It has scored its points.
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