Somalia

[Dick Whitman]

At least 276 dead in apparent terrorist attacks.

Terrorist Truck-Bombings in Somalia Leave Hundreds Dead

 

[YankeeFan]

Lots of folks on my Facebook timeline have have added an overlay of the Somali flag to their profile picture.

Who am I kidding? That only happens if white/Europeans are the victims of terrorists.

 

[Stoney]

The dearth of responses here says it all.

Stick an attack of this magnitude in any Western white people country and it's the only thing we'd be talking about tonight.

Stick it in Somalia and ..well ...yawn..

 

[Dick Whitman]

The dearth of responses here says it all.

Stick an attack of this magnitude in any Western white people country and it's the only thing we'd be talking about tonight.

Stick it in Somalia and ..well ...yawn..

It’s no soccer game ...

 

[heyabbott]

Thoughts and prayers

 

[Riptide]

276 pales in comparison with what's going on in 'Murrica. We just spread it out week to week.

 

[SnarkShark]

The dearth of responses here says it all.

Stick an attack of this magnitude in any Western white people country and it's the only thing we'd be talking about tonight.

Stick it in Somalia and ..well ...yawn..

This is very true. And it goes for countries in the Middle East not called Israel, too.

 

[YankeeFan]

 

[BTExpress]

Well, that's their story.

 

[SnarkShark]

When is the U.S. going to notice?

 

[YankeeFan]

When is the U.S. going to notice?

Never.

If the media gave attention to every deadly Islamic terror attack, they could not also push the narrative that Islam is a religion of peace, twisted by only a few evil doers.

So, as long as white people aren't the victims, it won't be news.

 

[SnarkShark]

Never.

If the media gave attention to every deadly Islamic terror attack, they could not also push the narrative that Islam is a religion of peace, twisted by only a few evil doers.

So, as long as white people aren't the victims, it won't be news.

I mean, there were plenty of news stories.

I think this has more to do with what the public cares about than what media gives attention to.

 

[YankeeFan]

I mean, there were plenty of news stories.

I think this has more to do with what the public cares about than what media gives attention to.

It’s how it’s covered and how much attention is given to it.

Running a Reuters article doesn’t mean you’ve “covered” it.

 

[KJIM]

It's been played up here more so, but it is CNN international so it's to be expected.

This evening in the gym, the defeat of ISIS was all over the channel.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

The OP doesn't even care about it.

 

[BTExpress]

So, as long as the acceptable white people aren't the victims, it won't be news.

FTFY

Terror attack in St. Petersburg subway received little notice in America compared to anything in London or Paris.

And that minor little thingy with the plane bombing that killed 219 Russians heading from Egypt to St. Petersburg . . . meh.

 

[YankeeFan]

It's been played up here more so, but it is CNN international so it's to be expected.

This evening in the gym, the defeat of ISIS was all over the channel.

The fall of Raqqa is barely getting covered here.

Again, not the story the media wants to tell their domestic audience.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

NY Times: U.S.-Backed Forces Say They Captured Raqqa From ISIS

CNN: Raqqa: ISIS defeated as military operations declared over - CNN

Washington Post: Analysis | The price of victory in Raqqa: More than a thousand dead and a city in ruins

NPR: ISIS Makes Last Stand At A Stadium In Raqqa, Its Doomed 'Capital'

Quite a secret, this Raqqa news.

 

[Dick Whitman]

If it was Spain people would care, and they are only kind of white.

The United States is essentially a Europe annex. Same political systems. Same culture. Americans visit Europe. They are real places to people.

Somalia is a war-torn country in Africa that hardly anyone from the U.S. visits.

I'm not saying it's right. But it's not solely about race.

 

[SnarkShark]

If it was Spain people would care, and they are only kind of white.

The United States is essentially a Europe annex. Same political systems. Same culture. Americans visit Europe. They are real places to people.

Somalia is a war-torn country in Africa that hardly anyone from the U.S. visits.

I'm not saying it's right. But it's not solely about race.

That's a good point, about places Americans visit.

I got into it with my dad about Paris, because he posted some trite nonsense because he had visited.