On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 1:08 PM, Eric Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: > > It was his tripping out about the fact that CNN didn't say anything about > them being Muslim (which has little to do with the situation) and his avowed > hatred of Islam, which makes him a bigot. The fact that this was done by > Chechen rebels, while not an established fact, is pretty much assumed and > accepted.
I'm pretty sure that Robert isn't an avowed hater of Islam. Correct me if I'm wrong, Robert. Tim said in this thread that he hates Islam, perhaps you got the two confused? To my knowledge, most of the people on this list who have a dislike for Islam have a dislike for organized religion in general. That may or may not fit your definition of bigotry, I don't know. Robert's point, unless I'm mistaken, was he felt that if the suspected attackers has been Christian that their religion would have been mentioned by CNN, whereas because the Chechens are Muslim, he felt that the religion was not mentioned. Based off of past discussions, I would guess that he'd ascribe that difference to CNN being politically correct and not wanting to enflame things by always saying "muslim" and "terrorist attack" together and that the double standard makes them an example of the twisted approach to journalism predominant in mainstream American news. I countered by noting that other flame ups in the region, like South Ossetia, are with Christian dominated-countries and that the religion is not mentioned in those instances, nor was it an issue with other breakaway republics. The issue wasn't about the religion of the supposed attackers but rather how the media portrays them and the perception of a double standard. > My answer was a response to your question. The only reason it is a big deal > is his bigotry and hatred of Islam as there is no other reason for him to do > so. It sounds like an answer that went from the lips of Rush Limbaugh or > Glen Beck, into his ears and then translated to letters in his email. Then > his only response was to call me a moron. Sounds pretty fascist to me. > Honestly, I suspect that Glen Beck probably doesn't know what to make of the situation. Muslims blowing up Communists? I suspect it is a win-win in his twisted world. Robert's point, or at least the one I took away from his post, wasn't about religion, it was about what he perceives to be a double standard in news coverage. That, to me, does not equate hatred or bigotry toward any group other than a disgust with news organizations. Up until your comments on the thread, the discussion was about whether it was responsible journalism or not. No one was hating on any religion. Perhaps you should go back and reread the thread. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:314283 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
