Speaking of hypocrisy and double standard ....

[odd_duck]

The world is standing in solidarity with France and flying French flags at various embassies (rightfully so).
However, where is this same 'solidarity' and 'flying of flags' for the terror victims of the Lebanese?? Yes, the Beirut terror bombing happened a little bit before the Paris attack but their is NO equitable response.....

[rurallib]

1. Few people even heard of the Beirut bombings

because that doesn't advance the narrative.

[AuntPatsy]

2. As long as we are led towards selective outrages, no true change for the better will grow

fast enough....and make no mistake, we are led not only by others but by our own fears and discomfort aimed towards those we know so little of...

We have such a long way to go, thousands of years have passed and we just keep going back to the beginning.....

[katsy]

3. Not this shit again.

Grief shaming again! Self-delete this nonsense.

You aren't the > measurer of all things grief-y <

People still have the right to their private thoughts including who they grieve for without this incessant scolding they grieved more for one group of victims than other victims.

These crimes are tragic enough every where they occur without people acting like spoiled children lest they get less candy than the child across the street. Because that is what this crap amounts to.

There's only one bottom line... Are proper resources to prevent/investigate afforded to all countries suffering terrorist attacks? That's a proper measurement of the sincerity and care we hold for our fellow human beings.

[Egnever]

4. Wow

Well said!

[Stuart G]

5. For all to know...44 Dead, 200 wounded in Beirut on Thursday..

From Rolling Stone link for all to read:

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/not-just-paris-why-is-beiruts-brutal-terrorist-attack-being-ignored-20151115

On Thursday evening, two ISIS operatives, whose identities are still unknown, exploded themselves in a crowded marketplace in the Bourj al-Barajneh neighborhood of Beirut, killing 44 and injuring more than 200 others in the worst terrorist attack the city has seen in years.

Although the terrorist group behind the attacks in Paris and Beirut was the same, the Western media narrative has been vastly different. In Paris, ISIS attacked the city's progressive youth, massacring dozens enjoying their night out at a concert, a soccer game and a restaurant. In Beirut, ISIS struck a "Hezbollah stronghold" in the "southern suburbs of Beirut," a poor, majority Shia area often characterized as a bastion of terrorism in the region. The attack was portrayed as little more than strategic punishment for Hezbollah's ongoing involvement in the Syrian civil war and support of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime.

Most media did not mention that, while Bourj al-Barajneh is located in the southern suburbs of Beirut, and does, like many traditionally Palestinian refugee camps, have a Hezbollah presence, it is also a diverse neighborhood, full of Lebanese, Palestinians and Syrians with a variety of political and religious affiliations. The attackers that exploded themselves in the crowded marketplace intended to massacre as many civilians as possible, taking with them men, women, children, students and older people of all faiths and backgrounds. One of the casualties was a Lebanese-American woman who was visiting for just a few days from Dearborn, Michigan, hoping to bring some of her family back to the United States.

[TexasMommaWithAHat]

6. Many of us have been to Paris or know someone

who has. Even people who have never been to Paris think they "know" Paris. We "know" Paris through tv and movies.

On the other hand, I've never been to Beirut and don't know anyone who has.

And the media knows this. In fact, I would bet that most members of the media have been to Paris, while few have been to Beirut. So, the bottom line is - and, yeah, it's all about the bottom line - that Paris will increase ratings. Beirut won't.

[cascadiance]

8. I lived in Ankara, Turkey for many years of my younger life, and they also suffered bombings too...

... that took 99 lives recently as well.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34536974

My middle school teacher's boyfriend was also kidnapped by terrorists when I was there then too (albeit more Red Brigade style terrorists then rather than "Islamic" terrorists.

When it does become more personal, we all do feel affected by it, but I think we also learn to not have ourselves get "used" by the publicity of them too for manipulative policies subsequently too.

[Blue_Tires]

7. Because the average person thinks of Beirut as

a place where these kinds of things are commonplace anyway...You might as well ask why there was no "solidarity" for the college students gunned down on their own campus in Kenya...


And as an aside, if Beirut didn't concern you before, and the ONLY reason you're even mentioning it now is to point out some perceived double-standard, you're a bigger fucking hypocrite than everyone else...

[LittleBlue]

9. We have been conditioned to accept death in the Middle East

People just don't take it as seriously in war-torn regions. Unfortunately.

[bvar22]

10. You are grasping at the wrong straw.

The Paris attacks are STILL 24/7 on the MSM.
How much TV time was spent on Beirut?

In the USA, if it isn't BLASTED on the TV,
it never happened.

I understand your anger,
but you have placed the blame on the relatively innocent (captives of their TV sets),
and completely ignored the real source.


Maybe YOU should post a thread of condolence and grief for those killed or injured and their families in Beirut?
It is better to do something than to curse the darkness.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

11. Arab / Lebanese / Muslim / Yazidi / [...] lives matter. nt