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Originally Posted by activeStick
Not sure if this has been discussed already but my friend tonight (white female) pointed out how everyone did the France flag profile update when the Paris attacks happened yet no flags for Iraq or Turkey across social media to remember these victims.
Interesting observation / discussions for sure about the selective importance of victims of terrorism.
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Well I think part of that is that we could see ourselves being one of those people in Paris, wouldn't you love to visit Paris? Could have been me on vacation. Baghdad on the other hand, I don't think many people here ever plan on visiting. I certainly don't any time soon.
Levels of gun violence are absolutely insane in central america yet we have the ongoing americans shoot each other thread, why is there no thread about the number of people murdered in Guatemala? Because we can see ourselves visiting the US, not many people can see themselves in central america.