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Backlash

A quick observation. Every time our enemy attacks us or a terror cell is uncovered in our midsts, there is a knee jerk response by the media. The media wants to turn what-ever-the-hell-it-is into a story of Muslim victimhood.

The headline put forward always looks strikingly similar to this:

Local Muslims fear backlash after attacks...

So I did a quick Google search and I found a few of the following for today:

Muslim groups fear backlash after London attacks

Well ok, that seems both regrettable yet understandable conclusion to draw considering the events of the week. But then it seemed like everyone, everywhere was getting in on the same action.

Australian Moslems fear backlash after London bombs.
G'day Bruce!, why not toss a shrimp on the barbie and why not toss hadji on the fire too shall we?, eh wot!

London Blasts…What About British Muslims?
British Muslims fear a backlash that started immediately after the blasts. ( from the Turkish Weekly - source - consider - you)

Muslims cower in fear of backlashThe bombs that ripped through London have left the city’s large Muslim population doubly shaken: not only did two of them hit heavily Muslim areas, but the community now fears a backlash

oh wait!, its gets better!

in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks in the US is now haunting the Muslims here. Then, the entire community faced revenge attacks for months after the Al Qaeda bombing of the twin World Trade Centre towers and other US installations. "It is very, very bad. Both what has happened and what could happen to us," said Zahid Rahman, a Muslim college worker of Bangladeshi origin.

Gathered in a small huddle of friends, Rahman spoke on the fringes of Brick Lane, a famous strip of Bengali restaurants just east of central London. "It's a worrying time to be a Muslim," agreed Kaimul Haque, a travel agency employee standing with him.

Ah, yes!, I remember when my friends and I put on our fresh white sheets and pointy hats, mounted our horses and rode off into the night to terrorize the muslims to seek revenge for 9/11! Bwhahahahahah!

Canuck Muslims dread backlash
Good God! oh sorry, Good Goddess! Even in the shining capital of all that is rational, liberal, progressive, gay marriage, dope smoking, diversity and tolerence, we even like the French - Canada!? Run RUN! theres nowhere run to, nowhere to hide!

American Muslims condemn London attacks, ready for backlash
So, we can just dispense with the handwringing guilt and start with the lynching then shall we? ok then, the line forms to the left...

Earlier this summer we had another story about a set of arrests of a possible terror cell in Lodi California. So what was the headline? thats right - Backlash!.

Lodi reaction: Muslims shaken, fearful of backlash as after 9/11

So it seems that the effect of an Al-queda attack is not to stir fear into the Western population, but it does seem to scare the hell out of the Muslim population. Every time Al-queda decides to act, its Muslims that get the lash from the evil infidels.

At least thats how the story is supposed to go according to the media script.

Only.....They dont. Dont get me wrong, I'm not arguing that they should, I'm not that kind of guy and thats not what I'm trying to argue for at all. What I am trying to say is that the Muslim populations fear the "Backlash" from infidels, but it never comes. The Media begs and pleads for it to come, but yet it doesnt. In Sacramento, we watched for a week straight every night as the media tried to show that little Lodi was a hotbed of cracker redneck racism that was certain to ride out into the night and commit horrendous crimes against the Pakistani population the minute the cameras were turned off.

You cant imagine how sad they were that the people of Lodi could not follow the script and be good rednecks. Sure, people do stupid things; throw eggs, say terrible mean and hurtful things, and on occasion, they do threaten lives and even kill people because people are Muslims, but that is by far the exception to the rule. The rule, if there is one, is that Muslims live in better conditions in the US and the West than in any Muslim country. The other sad fact is that to compare those crimes that do happen in the West against Muslims to those that are state policy in Muslim countries is a travesty and a downright shame. It is like comparing open racial genocide to an incident of graffiti.

The sad fact is that a Muslim incarcerated at Guantanamo has more human and civil rights than the average Muslim in any Muslim country! The lowest Muslim in America has more rights than the average Muslim in Saudi Arabia, The Kingdom of Mecca. Yet, we are told by the media that all the Muslims fear is a backlash from the 'good for nothing infidels'; not from their own people who really are killing them and enslaving them, but instead from the people of the West who are sheltering them and allowing them to thrive.

In each and every one of the countries from which those "backlash" headlines are generated, Muslims live with more rights, more protection, more wealth, prosperty and life expectancy living among those "dirt rotten infidels" and yes, "the jews" than they do in their own Muslim community.

Yet, the story is only of a "backlash against Muslims".

I'm one of those of the opinion that the Western Media is an operating arm of Al-queda. Oh, Im sorry, Did I go to far? Well, if the goal of terrorists is to terrorize, the only way to do that is to have access to media and the ability to set the agenda presented. The primary purpose of terror attacks is to draw attention, to extort, not to destroy the means of production or the population. Most, if not all terror attacks are laughibly bad from meeting military goals, they are political in nature, aimed at the voting populace not the factories and assets of a given state.

There are many in Western Media who openly sympathize with the stated goals of the 'muderous bastards' and hope every day that al-queda will win. They believe in the superiority of the rebels cause, no matter how murderours the rebel. I know its rough to condemn an entire industry and I dont like to say it, but I think its more true than not. I think the "backlash" template is proof of it and its only one template in their portfolio.

"Backlash" is a prefabricated story that the media tries looks for evidence to fit in daily happenings to support their already stated conclusions.

The story template is this:

The west is racist.
They hate people. Especially those who are not Christians.
They are exploiting you.
And heres your proof ( fill in the blank with stories of personal affront).
See, we told you so.

But heres the real story. Muslims, lead by people like Osama Bin Laden, Saddam Hussein and so on are killing Muslims by the truckload. Killing, abusing, enslaving, stealing property, disfiguring their women, putting their men into conscription.

You need examples for the alternate template? Ok, but you should know I dont feel any 'coming backlash' for doing this.

Muslim Leader of Syria Massacres Thousands of Muslim Civilians,Including Women and Children in Hamma Syria

Muslim leader of Iraq Massacres thousands with UN Outlawed Mustard Gas

Muslim leaders needlessly waste thousands of lives in reckless Human Wave attacks.

So, If the Media wants to get on my good side they can start by creating a new template for running stories of headlines that goes something like this:

Al-queda bombing kills xx number of muslims civilians during attack on western cities.
In every Al-queda attack, Mulsims are killed. Take the time to point that out, rather than the one or two westerners.

Al-queda fears Muslim Communities retribution.
There is nothing Al-queda fears more than a rat in their midsts. They are not supermen, They have weaknesses, Say so. Make them sweat.

Muslims everywhere suffer at hands of al-queda operatives.
Obvious. but it needs to be said.

Al-queda breaks with religious ruling by attacking women and children.
Again, Obvious.

Support falling for al-queda in fill-in-the-blank Muslim community.
I think you can make a case for that in every article referenced above as a weeping story of evil western backlash. If you read the same article with my eyes, you can clearly see that most of these people dont like al-queda.

Al-queda sympathizers turned over to police by Muslim community.
This happens every day. If I have one issue with the Bush administration its when their need for secrecy overrides their need to tell the right story.

It isnt the West that threatens Islam or Muslims. Al-queda is the biggest threat to Islam since the crusades. It is time the media started to get off the "Backlash" template and on to the alternate. Its demeaning to Muslims and the sacrifices they have made for living in freedom to then go on to say that they only fear it.

Posted @ July 08, 2005 03:59 PM | Current Affairs