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Title: Norway's attacks reveal world of hatred
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Published: Jul 24, 2011
Author: http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/opi
Post Date: 2011-07-24 14:26:40 by tom007
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Norway's attacks reveal world of hatred Initial reactions to the attacks in Norway showed a "clash of civilisations" exists, but not in the way many understood. Ahmed Moor Last Modified: 24 Jul 2011 14:40 Listen to this page using ReadSpeaker It is a credit to liberalism in Norway that the country's prime minister did not respond to the attack with fear or vicious speculation [EPA] The Norwegian terrorist who murdered more than ninety innocent civilians - many of whom were teenagers - did not act alone. Or rather, he acted within a cultural and political context that legitimises his fearful and hate-infested worldview. It is now clear that Anders Behring Breivik was exposed to large amounts of right-wing propaganda. This tragedy underlines the urgency with which normal people around the world must combat fundamentalist nationalists and chauvinists wherever they may be. But it also demonstrates the extent to which reactionary bigotry has infected mainstream thought. Many reacted to the news from Oslo with wide eyes and a pointed finger. The most animated reactionaries took to the pages of the New York Times comment section to issue sweeping proclamations about the Clash of Civilisations and something called "the cult of death". In many ways, readers were merely reinforcing the paper's woefully editorialised reportage. As Glenn Greenwald helpfully pointed out, the editors of the NYT - America's allegedly liberal newspaper - reserve the word "terrorist" solely for use in conjunction with the word "Muslim". When news emerged that the perpetrator of the murders - the terrorist - was a man whose religion and skin pigmentation closely resembled those of the editors of the NYT, the story changed. The terrorist became a deranged "Christian extremist" whose tactics clearly mirrored "Al Qaeda's brutality and multiple attacks". In that way, the paper linked the terrorist with Muslims, despite his strong antipathy for them. Blame for the Western media's panting pursuit of a non-existent Muslim triggerman quickly focused on the feckless, credulous, overeager and inept source of the NYT's journalistic failure. Will McCants - proclaimed by one of his acolytes to be at the top of a "list of five terrorism experts you can trust" - was quickly discredited. In his defence, he only sought to affirm the confirmation bias that he and the editors of the NYT suffer from. The meme that underpins their worldview goes something like this: "Muslims are bad. When bad things happen, Muslims are responsible." This is a mainstream view in the US today; it cuts across party lines. Shaping both sides of the narrative That the purported American left maintains this bigoted outlook is an indication of how successful the right has been at constructing the stage upon which public debate is conducted. Two main anti-Muslim talking points are now taken for granted in this country: First, all terrorists in the West are Muslims; second, we are in the midst of a global civilisational war. These are the dual planks upon which Uncle Sam squats in his Afghani outhouse. Objective sources have done an excellent job of discrediting the first of the two claims that inform the 21st century American experience. The second point however - that we are engaged in a war of civilisations - is one that I agree with. But the combatants are not Islam and the West. Instead, the war is between the normal, sane people of the world and the right-wing zealots who see doom, destruction, hellfire and God's Will at every turn. Anders Behring Breivik, Mohammed Atta and Baruch Goldstein are all cut from the same rotten cloth. Anwar Al-Awlaki and Glenn Beck - the peddlers of the faith - all share the same core afflictions. These men are insecure, violently inclined, and illiberal. The outside world scares them. They hate homosexuals and strong women. For them, difference is a source of insecurity. Their values are militarism, conformism, chauvinism and jingoism. Worst of all they seek to pressure us into compliance while they work frantically to destroy themselves - and the rest of us with them. The war continues All indications are that the hate-mongers - who are on the same side of this war, irrespective of religion - are winning in America. The unreflective, superficial, wan editors of the NYT are an indication of just how successful the right wing has been at eviscerating the left. But not all liberals are created equal. It is a credit to the Norwegian people that their prime minister did not respond to the terror attack with scorched-earth rhetoric or a carpet-bombing campaign. A real liberal with strong principles, he did not succumb to fear or vicious speculation. Instead, he pledged to strengthen Norwegian democracy. This is what he said shortly after the terrorist attacks: "Our answer is more democracy, more openness to show that we will not be stopped by this kind of violence." His words illustrate the difference between a society that takes liberal principles as a foundation and one that treats them as an inconvenient luxury. Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg's words make it clear where Norway stands on the global war on right-wing extremism. Where does the US stand? Ahmed Moor is a Palestinian-American freelance journalist based in Cairo. He was born in the Gaza Strip, Palestine. The views expressed in this article are the author's own and do not necessarily reflect Al Jazeera's editorial policy.
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#1. To: tom007 (#0)
Europe is nations of eternal war and they have been fascist since the Roman Empire. I predicted a backlash against the worshippers of Mahound many years ago. As almost always in Europe, it will be a religious war, and Muslims will have no idea what hit them. They also won't be able to do anything about it.
*Before anyone gets their panties in a bunch, I invite you to compare the number of Irish, Italian, German, and Scandinavian political philosophers who have written on liberty and limited government with the number of English philosophers who published works on the subject" - Vox Day
I still don't see how a single shooter could kill 84 people.
Break the Conventions - Keep the Commandments - G.K.Chesterson From the piece: All I know is he had ninety minutes before he ran out of ammo, was dressed as a police officer and initially told the kids to come over to him for a security check in response to the bombing he did a few hours earlier. There do seem to be reports of another shooter.
To: Huck The traitors who allowed mass Moslem immigration are reaping the whirlwind. This mass murderer strikes me as a Viking berserker. He carries that DNA, and the Vikings had no problem with massacring innocents if it got them what they wanted. (Ask the monks at Lindisfarne.) God help Europe; and may God grant solace to the families. Having lost a child myself, I know nothing will be the same for them. 25 posted on Sunday, July 24, 2011 10:27:00 AM by joe.fralick As you see, the FReeps have a thread in which they resonate with the views and goals of this terrorist. It amazes me people could be this ignorant.
There now appears to be a full court press to try and bury the fact that Breivik was a screaming Zionist, who hated Islam as a result of the ZIONIST hate propaganda, and was likely a Fag. I point out the fact that he was likely a fag because homosexuals are highly unstable and very low toned. They are, sadly, wrapped up in their perverted sexuality and haunted by a multiplicity of demons in their own mind. So, multiple outlets are now trying to frantically spin away from the apparent facts. A. The initial Reports in all of the major media outlets was that this had to be the work of muslims thus furthering the implanted image of the hate filled muslim wanting to kill everybody who is not a muslim. B. When they were called on it the Lamestream PsyOps Media immediately started re-spinning with a new target. NOTICE that at NO TIME have they acknowledged that they were in the wrong about the killer being a muslim and they have produced no corrections nor have they apologized. That would be going against the PsyOp. So those who only get their news sporadically are left with the hate filled muslim image. C. Now that the spin has been forced to be changed we move on to the new designated Bogeyman (((((shudder))))) Right Wing WHITE Christians. Again furthering the current PsyOp of demonizing the core resistance to the incipient tyranny WHITES of European heritage. Let me make it clear that this is not a matter of RACE but a matter of culture. The white European/Caucasian conservative/libertarian/constitutionalist is one of the major impediments to imposing a world tyranny of, by, and for the Anglo-American Elite of Banksters and Psychiatrists. I have been pointing this out for some time but people seem to miss the point as they get diverted into matters of race. Race is a distraction and a Red Herring. What is under attack in these demonizations of Liberty Minded whites is the fact that they are liberty minded and it is part of our culture to be so and to resist tyranny. Another thing missed is how much of this is being planned and executed by organized Psychiatry. Much of the war against liberty by the elites is founded upon the materialist philosophies engendered by the existing worldview in the world of formal organized Psychiatry. I could spend quite a while with this pointing it out datum by datum but observe for yourself where the actions are aimed and WHAT they are aimed at. This is all largely being done by mental manipulation through information control i.e., by repeating the same false message over and over and over again to neutralize resistance to tyranny and to marginalize those holding liberty's banner. The long term objective is obvious and you can see how it has been executed in other areas - the war against smoking is a good one. At one time smoking among adults was perhaps a third of the adult population but then, for whatever reason, a war was launched not against smoking per se but against smokers demonizing them, belittling them, and creating an aura of social unacceptability. It may simply be that the war against smoking was a test program to refine their tactics before they went after the big game i.e., the liberty minded people of the world so as to make the desire to be free of government tyranny and centralized authority as unpopular and socially unacceptable as smoking has become in some quarters. I'll leave a few quotes: Two things you need to recognize about FreepTardia: A. Many of the inflammatory posters pushing the propaganda line are paid shills and/or Hasbara. B. Many of the mouth breathing, drooling, slack jawed, denizens of that cesspool of hate and filth are ignorant yet think they are not. They are under the false apprehension they by watching Faux Nooze and listening to "Pills" PsyOperator Limbazoid, and Sean, the rabid disinformationist, Vannity (or most any Schlock Radio Hate Jock) are informed. No, they have been very thoroughly disinformed and manipulated. Since the FreepTards, and others of their ilk, are operating upon false information which they have accepted as true they draw false and screwy conclusions. Because many of them are little better than walking talking robots filled with fear they live in a delusionary world detached from reality.
That's the word I was looking for when I mistakenly used sayanim the other day. That's been bugging me for a couple of days now. It was right on the tip of my tongue. Thank you.
My pleasure. What are you talking about?????? Everybody on the internet has an IQ of 180+, just ask 'em. One poster said his IQ was "eleventy-wun bazilion." Funny thing, he could never figure out the difference between your & you're.
Tha's jus' cuz' he didn't have none a that useless buuk learnin'. ;-)
Let's not forget Michael Alan Savage Weiner. I watch where he is going and where he is trying to take "conservatives" soft in the head enough to fall for his stuff. He is a consummate propagandist. I listen to him in the car because he is a weather vane for where the most rabid of the zio-nazis are going with their message. The Norway attacks had barely made the headlines and this character was all over it like white on rice, whipping up the anti-muslim hysteria and naming the islamist groups that he maintained were responsible for gunning down and blowing up hapless Europeans. This man calls himself the most dangerous man in America. Given the number of OT-thumping Izzy firsters in this country who are vulnerable to vituperation and well-homed disinfo, he may not be far off.
It is a violation of Natural Law to use this document in a manner inconsistent with its labeling. Now saying he still had plenty of ammo when apprehended.
"One of the least understood strategies of the world revolution now moving rapidly toward its goal is the use of mind control as a major means of obtaining the consent of the people who will be subjects of the New World Order." K.M. Heaton, The National Educator "The re-interpretation and eventually (sic) eradication of the concept of right and wrong which has been the basis of child training, the substitution of intelligent and rational thinking for faith… are the belated objectives of practically all effective psychotherapy. The fact is, that most psychiatrists and psychologists and other respectable people have escaped from these moral chains and are able to observe and think freely." Dr. G. Brock Chisholm, Co-Founder World Institute of Mental Health, 1945 "...the subject which will be of most importance politically is Mass Psychology.... The populace will not be allowed to know how its convictions were generated. When the technique has been perfected, every government that has been in charge of education for a generation will be able to control its subjects securely without the need of armies or policemen. As yet there is only one country which has succeeded in creating this politician’s paradise." The Impact of Science on Society by Bertrand Russell Another hot off the presses post, shooting from the hip but hitting all targets! Thanks for the refreshing blast of brilliance! Or does the truth seems so shiny only when compared to the industrial waste of propaganda digested automatically while remaining asleep at the wheel of life? This post blazes with condensed wisdom. So, when are you going to start your career as an antidote and foil to the paid disinformationalists? When the ships land? When the long suppressed truth about our origin, true history and ulitmate purpose in playing the game of life begins to be revealed, as the pieces of the broken shell fall like party hats after New Year' Eve? When people become desperate, jonesing from the lack of the mediaMatrix propaganda 24x7? When their insular little world of personally-tailored mind control is burst by the first crack of intruding reality and ALL the questions are open questions? You have done the training (mostly self-training)! Be ready to fire your intellect at will! (seriously!)
Thank you for the kind words. I'm a guerilla warrior. Every now and then I'll have a post go viral and that is more effective than any amount of Lamestream Media coverage.
Yes, I did think of mentioning Michael Thavage-Wiener. He is such a rabid sociopath and serial liar that I discount him to a level of iniquity beneath even that of his morally and ethically debased competition. And I agree - he is dangerous - dangerous to the truth, to sanity, to humane and ethical behavior.
Save the cost of a trial and release him on the island and give guns and ammo to parents who lost children. Easy solution.
Apparently Norway’s citizens are not falling in line to the new spreading police state so they needed another false flag event to push them into submission.
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." --- William Casey, Director CIA (Quote from internal staff meeting notes 1981) "If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen." Samuel Adams, (1722-1803)
#2. To: tom007 (#0)
#3. To: tom007 (#0)
It is a credit to liberalism in Norway that the country's prime minister did not respond to the attack with fear or vicious speculation [EPA]
#4. To: Lod (#2)
I still don't see how a single shooter could kill 84 people.
"Satan / Cheney in "08" 
#5. To: tom007 (#4)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2753178/posts
#6. To: tom007, christine, wudidiz, farmfriend, CadetD, randge, Kamala, genghis gandhi, IrishThatcherite, all (#0)
It is now clear that Anders Behring Breivik was exposed to large amounts of
right-wing ZIONIST propaganda.
I say race is not an issue because it is not. It is the overall higher education level, which allows people to see and digest more complex information in greater volume, and the traditions of the rights of the individual free man and woman. It is the education level and traditions i.e., culture which is really being attacked as this creates a well of resistance. "One of the least understood strategies of the world revolution now moving rapidly toward its goal is the use of mind control as a major means of obtaining the consent of the people who will be subjects of the New World Order."
K.M. Heaton, The National Educator "The re-interpretation and eventually (sic) eradication of the concept of right and wrong which has been the basis of child training, the substitution of intelligent and rational thinking for faith… are the belated objectives of practically all effective psychotherapy. The fact is, that most psychiatrists and psychologists and other respectable people have escaped from these moral chains and are able to observe and think freely."
Dr. G. Brock Chisholm, Co-Founder World Institute of Mental Health, 1945 "...the subject which will be of most importance politically is Mass Psychology.... The populace will not be allowed to know how its convictions were generated. When the technique has been perfected, every government that has been in charge of education for a generation will be able to control its subjects securely without the need of armies or policemen. As yet there is only one country which has succeeded in creating this politician’s paradise."
The Impact of Science on Society by Bertrand Russell
#7. To: Ferret (#5)
It amazes me people could be this ignorant.
#8. To: Original_Intent (#7)
(Edited)
Hasbara
Mike Flaherty: Yeah, it's been there a long time. I wish I knew which corner.
My Man Godfrey (1936 2011)
#9. To: Esso (#8)
#10. To: Original_Intent (#7)
Many of the mouth breathing, drooling, slack jawed, denizens of that cesspool of hate and filth are ignorant yet think they are not.
Mike Flaherty: Yeah, it's been there a long time. I wish I knew which corner.
My Man Godfrey (1936 2011)
#11. To: Esso (#10)
Funny thing, he could never figure out the difference between your & you're.
#12. To: Original_Intent (#7)
They are under the false apprehension they by watching Faux Nooze and listening to "Pills" PsyOperator Limbazoid, and Sean, the rabid disinformationist, Vannity (or most any Schlock Radio Hate Jock) are informed.
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"It's a absurd insinuation."
#13. To: Lod (#2)
"Satan / Cheney in "08"
#14. To: Original_Intent (#6)
(Edited)
I'll leave a few quotes:
Anger? as a first reaction to get your a$$ moving, once you see through the Media Matrix and set yourself free from your lifelong mind control collar. Sustainable? not enough to screen your intention to be free from the Talosians, who can’t read primitive emotions but know what you watch on cable/sat, read on the Internet and eat. Our ultimate weapon is laughter and amused detachment at the folly of the would-be emperors. Fear mongers HATE it when the FEAR card doesn’t work. The humiliation of being seen as merely a naked ape is THEIR big fear. Laugh the bastards off the stage! Tell your friends that we can build a real civilization from the ruins of the totalitarian game!
#15. To: HighLairEon (#14)
#16. To: randge (#12)
#17. To: tom007 (#13)
"Now saying he still had plenty of ammo when apprehended."
#18. To: tom007 (#0)
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