Who Really Commited the Mass Murder in Orlando?
Who committed the mass murder in the recent Orlando shooting? Was it:
a. Radical Islam
b. Republicans
c. Rightwing Christians?
d. None of the above.
A recent poll taken in Brooklyn suggested that that the overwhelming majority of Brooklynites saw it as the fault of republicans. And not, radical Islam. In fact, many said they thought it was unfair to blame Islam because a whole religion didn’t kill those people, one person did. And, that one person could not represent a whole religion.
Of course, radical Islam is not the whole religion, just a part of it. A very big part of Islam, actually, including no less than a few hundred million people—and, as many as a half-billion, maybe more. That is according to a variety of global Pew research polls, which are non-partisan and widely respected. But, no matter. Most Americans will never see those polls and will never hear those numbers. The fact that the shooter in Orlando made three separate calls to authorities prior to the shootings, pledging his allegiance to ISIS and Al-Baghdadi, is also disregarded.
Even more disturbing, was the killer’s original target, Disney Land. One can only imagine the carnage, including children and infants that would have occurred as the result. But still, it was republicans, because it was guns that really killed those people, not religion. Unless that religion was rightwing Christians, then the painter’s brush can be applied without regard for subtleties. Apparently, what one right-wing Christian does, they all do.
The intellectual disconnect is remarkable, but not surprising since more than a few partisans imbibe self-serving propaganda like they would a fine wine. One that reinforces their preferred dogma, enabling even the most specious bullshit to stand in the face of common reason.
If that fails, there is always the good ole, “Most mass shootings are committed by White Christians, not Muslims.”
A mass shooting is any shooting where four or more people are killed. The bulk of such shootings are actually gang related. But, where gang violence is not the motivator, the majority of these crimes are carried out by Whites. The Christian part is generally inferred by the media but is seldom ever a factor. If your intent is to connect the dots between race and religion, which the left try’s to do in these cases, any connection, no matter how tenuous can be used.
There are serious problems with this kind of analysis, however. Caucasians are a substantial majority in the U.S…. When you factor mass shootings based on proportional representation within the population, non-Whites actually exceed Whites by a slight margin. When you factor gang violence back into the equation, the numbers change yet again.
When it comes to murder overall, Blacks and Hispanics exceed the Caucasian population by a substantial factor. When you further consider that Muslims are 1% of the population, but have carried out the two worst mass killings in recent American history, that being; 9/11 and the Orlando killing, to say nothing of the one in San Bernadine a few months back, a very different picture emerges. And that is a partial list of the dozens of radical Islamic murders committed both here and abroad and, in only the last few years.
Likewise, few, if any of the aforementioned mass shootings by Caucasians are carried out by individuals or groups affiliated with larger groups of like-minded radicals. Certainly not numbering in the hundreds of millions, as is the case with ISIS, the Saudis or Iraqi and Iranian funded radicals. Who, unlike the Ku Klux Klan or other White supremacist groups, control world-class militaries and substantial wealth, to say nothing of their control of a fair portion of the world’s oil supply? In other words, the attempt to find a moral equivalent elsewhere, causes progressives to leap thru intellectual hoops like so many poodles in a third-rate circus.
Unfortunately, most of the media function like a propaganda wing of the Democratic Party. So, if the president scrubs the telephone calls made by the Orlando killer for references to Islam and Allah, which he did, it’s only marginally reported or it’s simply disregarded by progressives as unimportant.
Technology has made it easier than ever to get information. And never has the information been so thoroughly, consciously partisan, as it is currently. You could read for days and never see a thing that challenges your assumptions, enabling people to sustain their tribal affiliations, untouched by gentile hands. In an unprecedented information age, willful ignorance abounds.
What else can I say, but: “Farewell and adieu to you fair Spanish ladies. Farewell and adieu, you ladies from Spain.”
Those were Quint’s last words before a massive great white shark rammed his boat—and thus, was the beginning of the end, for Quint and the rest of the crew. But, if we work very hard, the shark’s race can be factored. It is, after all, a “Great White Shark." Making it both racist and elitist. What more could a good progressive ask for, when even sharks have White privilege—and can be called “Great” as they consume more than their fair share?
Need I say more? I don’t think so.
Mark Magula
a. Radical Islam
b. Republicans
c. Rightwing Christians?
d. None of the above.
A recent poll taken in Brooklyn suggested that that the overwhelming majority of Brooklynites saw it as the fault of republicans. And not, radical Islam. In fact, many said they thought it was unfair to blame Islam because a whole religion didn’t kill those people, one person did. And, that one person could not represent a whole religion.
Of course, radical Islam is not the whole religion, just a part of it. A very big part of Islam, actually, including no less than a few hundred million people—and, as many as a half-billion, maybe more. That is according to a variety of global Pew research polls, which are non-partisan and widely respected. But, no matter. Most Americans will never see those polls and will never hear those numbers. The fact that the shooter in Orlando made three separate calls to authorities prior to the shootings, pledging his allegiance to ISIS and Al-Baghdadi, is also disregarded.
Even more disturbing, was the killer’s original target, Disney Land. One can only imagine the carnage, including children and infants that would have occurred as the result. But still, it was republicans, because it was guns that really killed those people, not religion. Unless that religion was rightwing Christians, then the painter’s brush can be applied without regard for subtleties. Apparently, what one right-wing Christian does, they all do.
The intellectual disconnect is remarkable, but not surprising since more than a few partisans imbibe self-serving propaganda like they would a fine wine. One that reinforces their preferred dogma, enabling even the most specious bullshit to stand in the face of common reason.
If that fails, there is always the good ole, “Most mass shootings are committed by White Christians, not Muslims.”
A mass shooting is any shooting where four or more people are killed. The bulk of such shootings are actually gang related. But, where gang violence is not the motivator, the majority of these crimes are carried out by Whites. The Christian part is generally inferred by the media but is seldom ever a factor. If your intent is to connect the dots between race and religion, which the left try’s to do in these cases, any connection, no matter how tenuous can be used.
There are serious problems with this kind of analysis, however. Caucasians are a substantial majority in the U.S…. When you factor mass shootings based on proportional representation within the population, non-Whites actually exceed Whites by a slight margin. When you factor gang violence back into the equation, the numbers change yet again.
When it comes to murder overall, Blacks and Hispanics exceed the Caucasian population by a substantial factor. When you further consider that Muslims are 1% of the population, but have carried out the two worst mass killings in recent American history, that being; 9/11 and the Orlando killing, to say nothing of the one in San Bernadine a few months back, a very different picture emerges. And that is a partial list of the dozens of radical Islamic murders committed both here and abroad and, in only the last few years.
Likewise, few, if any of the aforementioned mass shootings by Caucasians are carried out by individuals or groups affiliated with larger groups of like-minded radicals. Certainly not numbering in the hundreds of millions, as is the case with ISIS, the Saudis or Iraqi and Iranian funded radicals. Who, unlike the Ku Klux Klan or other White supremacist groups, control world-class militaries and substantial wealth, to say nothing of their control of a fair portion of the world’s oil supply? In other words, the attempt to find a moral equivalent elsewhere, causes progressives to leap thru intellectual hoops like so many poodles in a third-rate circus.
Unfortunately, most of the media function like a propaganda wing of the Democratic Party. So, if the president scrubs the telephone calls made by the Orlando killer for references to Islam and Allah, which he did, it’s only marginally reported or it’s simply disregarded by progressives as unimportant.
Technology has made it easier than ever to get information. And never has the information been so thoroughly, consciously partisan, as it is currently. You could read for days and never see a thing that challenges your assumptions, enabling people to sustain their tribal affiliations, untouched by gentile hands. In an unprecedented information age, willful ignorance abounds.
What else can I say, but: “Farewell and adieu to you fair Spanish ladies. Farewell and adieu, you ladies from Spain.”
Those were Quint’s last words before a massive great white shark rammed his boat—and thus, was the beginning of the end, for Quint and the rest of the crew. But, if we work very hard, the shark’s race can be factored. It is, after all, a “Great White Shark." Making it both racist and elitist. What more could a good progressive ask for, when even sharks have White privilege—and can be called “Great” as they consume more than their fair share?
Need I say more? I don’t think so.
Mark Magula