TheFadeBeta wrote:Just because there is hate and wrong doing is this world doesn't mean we need to use a broad brush over any race,creed,religion or personal beliefs.
Then one wouldn't have any problem in saying that it is only a few members of the Alt Right that are extremists, and that the majority are moderate. It is a personal belief system to them and I believe many of them view the green pepe frog as a deity now, making it effectively a religion.
(non chronological)
Paris attack, more than 100 casualties - Not all Muslims!
Germany attack, 12 Casualties - Not all Muslims!
Nice attack, more than 80 casualties - Not all Muslims!
Brussels attack, 12 casualties - Not all Muslims!
London attack, 11 casualties - Not all Muslims!
Pulse nightclub attack, 50 casualties - Not all Muslims!
Blm member shoots 6 cops dead the day after rally calling for cops to be killed - Not representative of Black Lives Matter! Lone wolf.
Charlottesville car attack, 1 casualty - All white men need to take responsibility and all Alt-Righters should be considered terrorists this is the fault of everyone in that entire area of the political spectrum.
All of that aside, I respect what you are saying and respect that each person is an individual. I don't want to group all followers of a particular religious or political doctrine together at all and I will happily state that only a small minority of Muslims genuinely agree with the motives of these attacks. I actually agree with the 'Not all Muslims' sentiment I just feel that the same hand should be extended elsewhere.
The videos Trump retweeted, while distasteful, where 'debunked' accordingly:
“Muslim migrant beats up Dutch boy on crutches!”
the assailant was born in the Netherlands to migrant parents, he is not a migrant himself
“Muslim Destroys a Statue of Virgin Mary!”
the statue destruction took place in Egypt and no context was provided for the political turmoil there
“Islamist mob pushes teenage boy off roof and beats him to death!"
the extrajudicial murder took place in ISIS occupied Syria and no context was provided for the political turmoil there
Aside from the first, in which the perpetrator is the child of migrants rather than being a migrant himself, this effectively means that everything he posted was a true example. His wanting to use it to tarnish the whole of the Islamic faith was distasteful at best and I consider it to be wrong. It is the actions of extremists from that group, but are people who use Heather Heyer's death as an example of why all 'Alt Righters' or even many saying 'White men' are terrorists really any better? Its exactly the same situation but with a difference only in what is politically acceptable. Saying that the entirety of a political, religious, ethnic or cultural group are terrorists based on the actions of a few, or even just one, is inherently wrong.
Why does it only apply to some and not others?
I don't like hypocrisy. Equality is true equality and not allowing media and political sensitivity towards one group and animosity towards another.