If Mort Divine ruled the world

[CiG]

The Tweets were fabricated?

 

[Onder]

The Tweets were fabricated?

Bad word. Constructed I guess.

They were carefully writteb by some PR team whose only job is to make sure they don't break some social norm. It doesn't say anything about the politicians, let alone the entire left. That's laughable.

 

[Onder]

I have to checm the dictionary way more than I'd like, huh.

 

[CiG]

I don't really agree with Prager's agenda, and it's laughable to think Obama and Clinton represent the left in any meaningful way (center-left warhawks) but there's definitely a strange desire to not address the Sri Lanka attacks for what they were; a direct attack on Christianity and it's doubly strange that these two politicians have referred to attacks on other religious people/buildings as "attacks on [insert religion here]" but not in this case, and it is to some degree becoming a thing on the left, probably because Christianity is so often conflated with the west etc.

He accurately points out the discrepancy and the weird euphemism they invented if nothing else.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Just came across this Ilhan Omar controversy, the MSM and "fact checkers" aren't touching it, it seems:

https://twitter.com/IlhanMN/status/919736859584090113

American soldiers killing a couple hundred warlord's soldiers in a Dem-led UN rescue mission = thousands killed by American terrorism

Like, I'm usually as happy as anyone to shit on muh troops and muh flag when justified but this is some peak Chomsky.

 

[CiG]

Isn't that the spastic you're in love with?

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Isn't that the spastic you're in love with?

wot? I don't think there's a single currently-serving American politician I'm in love with.

Oh wait, I think I made some comment like "I love X, the best gift a conservative could have" recently, but I thought it was about some AOC comment, but same diff I guess. But yeah the above tweet made me laugh and in that sense I love it.

 

[CiG]

I was just being facetious, I don't think you actually love her. I'm not very familiar with her but she's kinda cute.

 

[Einherjar86]

More importantly he shows that both politicians didn't hesitate to talk directly about Muslims after the Christchurch terror attack and Jews at times when synagogues were attacked. There seems to be a clear effort to specifically avoid referencing Christianity here. "Easter worshipers" is just hilariously wordy and bizarre.

I think you're reaching.

Almost all news reports are acknowledging that this was retaliation for the NZ attacks, and "Easter worshipers" just specifies when/where the attacks occurred--i.e. Easter services. It's not wordy and bizarre, it's specific and informative.

And here's the report from fucking Vox:

Christians are a minority in Sri Lanka, and the majority of Christians in the country are Roman Catholic. Easter is one of Christianity’s holiest days, and many Sri Lankan Christians were worshipping at church when the attacks took place.

https://www.vox.com/2019/4/21/18509739/sri-lanka-easter-sunday-attacks-terrorist

No one's under the impression that this wasn't an attack against Christians.

 

[rms]

are all the muslims/dirty white libs from NZ now like "oh ok I see 8x as many people died in your attack maybe it's not so one sided and bad as we thought"?

 

[Krow]

My grandma is catholic and calls going to church on Easter.... “easter worship”

 

[CiG]

Almost all news reports are acknowledging that this was retaliation for the NZ attacks

How does that relate to the Tweets?

"Easter worshipers" just specifies when/where the attacks occurred--i.e. Easter services. It's not wordy and bizarre, it's specific and informative.

Reductionism. Not only do they say "Easter worshippers" in place of Christians, they also call it a holy day for many faiths in a Tweet specifically addressing a targeted terrorist attack against Christians. It's not just the bizarre and wordy replacement for Christians, it's also the way they dance around the subject in general.

And here's the report from fucking Vox:

https://www.vox.com/2019/4/21/18509739/sri-lanka-easter-sunday-attacks-terrorist

Okay?

No one's under the impression that this wasn't an attack against Christians.

No one said otherwise. If that were the case it wouldn't be noteworthy that they seem to be doing all they can to avoid mentioning Christians. It's that they know this was a massive attack on Christians yet aren't saying so as explicitly as the times there were attacks on other religious groups.

 

[Einherjar86]

How does that relate to the Tweets?

Are tweeters not informed by journalists?

Reductionism. Not only do they say "Easter worshippers" in place of Christians, they also call it a holy day for many faiths in a Tweet specifically addressing a targeted terrorist attack against Christians. It's not just the bizarre and wordy replacement for Christians, it's also the way they dance around the subject in general.

Reductionism? I could call yours speculation. Dance around that.

What else is an “Easter worshiper” but a Christian in any common reader’s understanding? If anything, their tweets are highlighting the victims’ Christian identity and religious motivations behind the attacks.

Okay?

Again, journalism informs social media.

No one said otherwise. If that were the case it wouldn't be noteworthy that they seem to be doing all they can to avoid mentioning Christians. It's that they know this was a massive attack on Christians yet aren't saying so as explicitly as the times there were attacks on other religious groups.

They are saying it. “Easter worshipers” is about as explicit and specific as you can get. It’s synonymous with Christian.

 

[CiG]

Are tweeters not informed by journalists?

Again, journalism informs social media.

Obama and Clinton are informed by journalists?

Reductionism? I could call yours speculation. Dance around that.

It is speculation.

They are saying it. “Easter worshipers” is about as explicit and specific as you can get. It’s synonymous with Christian.

Yes, it's synonymous (though not completely) with Christians yet they didn't say that: the point.

 

[Einherjar86]

There is no point! You just admitted they mean the same thing!

 

[CiG]

I've already said "Easter worshippers" is a wordy euphemism for Christians.

 

[Einherjar86]

Who. Fucking. Cares. Saying "Easter worshipers" achieves the exact same effect as saying "Christians."

EDIT: I'm sorry, not exactly the same--it pisses off a whole bunch of Christian snowflakes who feel they're being whitewashed out of existence in the liberal war on Christianity.

 

[CiG]

Christians and people who like to talk about the ideological oddities of the left.

 

[Einherjar86]

People who like to make mountains out of molehills. But I guess I should be sympathetic, since I think there are hidden messages in fictional books.

 

[CiG]

People who like to make mountains out of molehills.

Great way to sum up TDS.