Boko Haram and the Demon Consensus

[ingemann]

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http://pando.com/2015/01/28/the-war-nerd-boko-haram-and-the-demon-consensus/

[ingemann]

Huh?

It's something of a rant, but I found it interesting. Posting it was not a attack on anybody on Atlas, whose posters have been better than the people he describes (but those people do exist).

[ingemann]

Seeing as how many victims of Boko Haram are also Muslim, attacking criticism of them as "Islamophobic" makes as much sense as...just about anything those types prone to do say actually.

The victims of Boko Haram are sometimes Muslims, but they target the local Christian minority primarily, the girls from the school was to large extent Christians or animist. The Muslims they target are often the more modern ones. I honestly think you should try reading the earlier article Gary Brecher mention in the article.

[ingemann]

For such a serious subject it's generally best not to use titles that sound like 'edgy' thrash rap band names.

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What the **** are you talking about? I'm sorry that the author's condemnation of perceived hypocrisy sound like "'edgy' thrash rap band names" to you.

[ingemann]

The subject in the article is interesting, but Brecher seems to be nursing some personal grudges against enemies in the Western/US press.

Oh yes, in fact Gary Brecher are a pen name for John Dolan, who in the "Unmournable Frenchies" precisely told the story behind these personal grudges (internal left wing infighting).

 

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All conflicts are always much more complex than how they're presented. But I think that's a good model as so many others.

[ingemann]

It's now widely reported that the school the initial bringbackourgirls girls were kidnapped from was a mostly Christian school. When it happened, I saw a lot of places saying it was a Muslim school, I can only assume specifically to avoid "demonizing Muslims."

I'm more generous, and simply think it was ignorance.