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Originally Posted by Tinordi
Or unless you think we're all so mindlessly impressionable that a picture of a terrorist will somehow make us think that it's "cool" to bomb? Give me a break, what a parochial deluded view of society.
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Well I'm glad to see you're not a lemming - you must be that strong, independent type that we all aspire to.
Young adults aged 17-30 usually read Rolling Stone - this is their target demographic. It is teenagers and young adults that are most impressionable to believe in extremist thinking, and if you've ever read any al-Qaeda interview transcripts or flipped through Inspire, al-Qaeda's magazine, their is so much glorification going on its not even funny. Check out the growing number of domestic extremists in Western countries that are subject to near infinite channels of media and propaganda - Internet, magazines, TV, books, etc.
Just because he's not wearing army fatigues and a turban doesn't mean he's not being glorified.
I have been involved in graduate-level academia on how people get wrapped up in terrorism and extremist activities. Many are looking for attention and that "holy grail" of being loved and wanted, hence joining groups that appear to have strong emotional, philosophical and religious bonds.
But don't worry, nobody can possible be easily impressionable. Not in this day and age.