Or any media narrative for that matter, is because when I see this:
I'm reminded of the recent explosion of these and similar stories:
If years of a particular group being attacked and murdered by the tens of thousands leaves the press scratching their heads and wondering if it rises to the definition of massacre or persecution, then I'm sure not going to believe them when they insist the January 6th Capital riot was an existential threat to life and democracy and the worst terrorist attack in America since 9/11. The fact that so many outlets zero in on the word Genocide and ponder what it could mean in the way Gary Johnson pondered what Aleppo could mean only exacerbates the mendacity. They never seem to worry about terms like white nationalism, white supremacy, fascist, authoritarianism, or even genocide when applied to anything right of center or historical America. No complications there.
Oh, and for those using the excuse that Muslims have also been targeted by these groups in Nigeria, I remember when pointing out that white Americans are also killed by police each year didn't matter in the wake of George Floyd. Call me silly, but I reject the whole notion so common among the Left that declaring X to be true only matters until it's not convenient for X to be true.
(Tom New Poster)
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, that riot has become a cause celebrate for idiots on both sides. Had the Capitol Police or DC Guard been mobilized as Trump and others requested, it would have been a loud demonstration with maybe a few guys cited for pushy-shovey stuff with the cops. The Democrat leadership lost control and revenged themselves by making martyrs out of morons, much like the British did in 1916 with the attack on the General Post Office in Dublin, Ireland. Yes, nail the guys who actually hurt cops or broke stuff, but people who did nothing more than trespass or wear funny hats were jailed for months. and the outrageous treatment of the many who did little or nothing has caused some on the Right to excuse the few who did. It made crystal clear that some in the high leadership of the Left wanted any excuse to curse and defame Trump, his supporters or anybody white. For both sides, 1/6 was their Easter Rebellion.
I remember the moment it happened. My oldest asked me if I heard the news. I immediately turned on the news to see. Even then, it was if Trump was leading the charge. Then I went to some sites I respect, who also support Trump, to get their perspective. Almost to a person they were outraged at the rioters, and some even put some blame on Trump himself. What happened, and what pushed so many to stop all focus on the actual rioters, was the Left/Press's sudden 'Not since the Holocaust!' narrative and subsequent witch hunts - and that after calling 2020 the summer of peaceful protests. Unfortunately, as you say, that led some on the right to completely exonerate anyone, including people who, if rioting for the Left, those same conservatives would want the book thrown at. A big problem with the partisanship of our modern degree - as events in Minneapolis are showing.
DeleteBeen reading Solzhenitsyn lately. The Soviet press in his day behaved in exactly the same way, telling lies in lockstep. Journalism is not an honorable profession. --- G. Poulin
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