Tuesday, January 13, 2015

Terrorists like distracting Publicity

“Boko Haram insurgents in Nigeria committed a massacre of unbelievable proportions in Borno State, killing more than 2,000 people in the town of Baga, as well as 16 neighboring towns and villages, burning entire communities to the ground.”

On 9/11, al Qaeda announced its arrival with the killing of 2,996 people.  So 3,000 dead, when accompanied by the destruction of costly New York real estate, is worth covering.  Attacking a media outlet, and the killing 17 of its people, naturally gets media attention.

But 2000 Africa lives are meaningless.  But let one aid worker bring back a possible Ebola infection from the same country, and it’s front page news that gets Congressmen screaming to close the border (and keep Africans out – after all, to them, it’s bad enough there’s an African descendant in the White House).

The next decade promises to be fun – racism and bigotry has its consequences.  The Republicans apparently will welcome them.  

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