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Three times as many deaths as Christchurch.

At least as much worldwide outrage would be appropriate.
[telegraph.co.uk]

Edit: @Andy4608 and @Creative51 correctly pointed out that this article refers to an incident which occurred in 2015, whereas the Christchurch incident is contemporary.

PBuck0145 7 Apr 6
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buncha fuckin souless hypocrites.

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This happened 4 years ago.
This does not invalidate the previous comments,but I recall considerable outrage and conjecture at the time.

Is it just my sensitivities, or is there an increase in dog-whistle posts recently?

Not sure if it's more "dog-whistle", or more "too lazy to check dates before posting".

@Andy4608 @Creative51 Good points. I went by the date the web page was posted instead of the date the article was written.
I you wish some contemporary data, 411 deaths in the past 30 days:
[thereligionofpeace.com]

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There are a couple of reasons for that.
One, it's Kenya. It's not a "white" country. Most people don't care about what happens anywhere in Africa. If they did, more people would have cared about the Rwandan genocide. Well, maybe more white people would have cared. Then again, maybe not. Most Americans couldn't even tell you which tribes were being slaughtered, or by whom.
The second thing is that it was muslims killing christians in an African country.
Again, most white people do not care.

Personally, when religious people kill one another, I'm not particularly bothered.
I have nothing but contempt for religion, and the people who allow it to control their lives. I think the world would be far better off without it and them.
So if they kill each other, meh. Whatever.

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It just makes the case against all types of religious extremism more clear. There is no point in trying a trade off in “whataboutery”... between this outrage and that...they are all equally abhorrent! Every life matters, and until we stop having a hierarchy of victims and realise that all religious bigotry eventually leads to killing and genocide of the “other”, then it will continue, Even the so called peaceful Buddhists in Myanmar are killing and driving out the Muslim Rohinga minority.

"Equally abhorrent" ??? Islam is the only "religion" which requires its adherents to pursue the objective of worldwide domination, subjugating or executing all who refuse to accept the teachings of "the prophet". Islam is an ersatz religion. In reality it is an imperialistic political ideology masquerading as, and usurping the advantages of a religion.

@PBuck0145 Give it a rest! Christianity has had a good try at world dominance and putting non adherents to death...have you never heard of the witch trials and the Spanish Inquisition. I dislike all religions equally....Islam may be more barbaric at the moment, but it’s just by degrees.

@Marionville I infer that you believe that past actions by Christians justifies the current actions of Islam, which we should tolerate and "let slide".

@PBuck0145 Please do not twist my words....I explicitly said that I consider them all equally abhorrent and merely pointed out that they all have murderous ideology....my thoughts on all religions is “a pox on all of them”. I detest “whataboutery” or tit for tat. None of them should be killing in the name of their god....whom they all say is a god of love. I just don’t single out Muslims for this criticism like you do, but condemn them all.

@David_Cooper In Myanmar, it’s not really a fear of Islam in my opinion, having been there. It’s the Generals who are still really in charge, despite the pretence of Aung San Suu Kyi being the titular head of state. They have been targeting minorities for decades, even fellow Buddhists...it’s ethnic cleansing rather that religious....they want a pure race of Burmese. The Buddhist monks have themselves been targets of the Military in the past, and I found it shocking to see that they themselves were just as capable of violence against their fellow humans...the Rohinga.

@David_Cooper That is not the fault of the victims, but those who orchestrate the violence and murder....hatred of the “other” is what it’s about...every religion is as bad as another in that respect.

@David_Cooper Have it your own way....there is not a meeting of minds between us. No more to be said,

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The never ending violence and man's inhumanity to man perpetrated by religious Fundamentalists, zealots and extremists. One could also add politics to that in my opinion.

@OwlInASack Not classical conservatism. You are referring to corporatism and plutocracy.

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