I like this rebuttal by Ben Morris on Medium.
https://medium.com/@BMMorris/an-open...o-a9850a915740
I am a white, not so young, male so I suppose whatever I think is invalidated, but the primary reason this tragedy strikes home is because it is hockey related and I am a father of a hockey player in Canada. I feel terrible for the family and community that lost what they have.
I'll be honest, the Quebec City mosque was not on my emotional radar when it occured, but then again, my Twitter feed is pretty much hockey centric. I spend my time on a hockey message board. I am part of hockey culture.
There are so many bad things that happen in the world, it is hard to open your emotions up to all of them. So why this one? I am not racist, but I am sure that it is about relatatedness of the hockey team. Would a busload of elderly Italian nuns have elicited the same response from Canada? I am sure people would have been sad to hear it, but there is no way that there is a $9MM GoFundMe. Here in Calgary, and across Canada, there are so many direct personal connections, it is not hard to comprehend why there has been such a great response.
Jersey day, leave a stick out for Humbolt, the media attention all comes because a particular community needed an outlet for their personal grief.