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Originally Posted by Tiger
after the collapse of communism in russia the west lost its bogeyman of which to keep us afraid; and after 9-11 it's no surprise to see certain sections of the media jumping on the anti-muslim bandwagon as fear sells. similar to the way some sections now like to like the rise of stabbings to mainly hooded young black men. scary how easily supposedly mainstream opinion can be swayed by a constant drip-drip effect
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If the goal of 9/11 was to kickstart an era of turning non-Muslim against Muslim (and vice versa), then it worked - supremely well. It is scary to witness how easy it is to turn one group against another, especially a minority out-group, simply through inflammatory reporting. I can't help wondering who might be the boogeymen after the Muslims. At this rate, it might be Russia again!
As for the stabbings - national hysteria or what?! And how cynical of politicians like Cameron to make capital of it by calling this "an epidemic". Absolute rubbish. Some guy I was talking to originally from LA found the whole British over-reaction to this "crimewave" hilarious.