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Originally Posted by RougeUnderoos
This story had a lot play on the CBC this morning. They spoke to a Professor from the War College in Washington (author of a book called "Militant Islam in Southeast Asia", and one commentator who used the phrase "Islamic extremists" numerous times. They showed plenty of b-roll type footage of members of the organization that murdered this man. Non-white guys with guns, all of them. They didn't cover up the non-whiteness. Didn't even mention it. The only mention about Western governments being responsible was "we aren't doing enough to stop these people", which is "blaming the West", in a way.
It's the biggest story on the national news. The "we ignore violence perpetrated by non white people" angle hasn't come up at all. I guess because they aren't ignoring it.
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I think it gets less of a response because it's a bunch of dicks in the backwoods kidnapping people for money, they'd still be doing it whether they were Muslims claiming ISIS affiliation or not, therefore we tend to view it like the occasional tourist that gets killed in Mexico, it's terrible but that's about all.
It also probably indicates that the public is becoming jaded with being told every single ######bag brown guy is working for ISIS in order to keep up support for what ever our lords and masters have planned.