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Christians murdered in Sri Lanka? Washington Post makes it about the far-right
Washington Examiner ^ | 4/22/19

Posted on 04/22/2019 4:15:28 PM PDT by Liberty7732

It has not even been 48 hours, and at least one major American newsroom has found a way to make the deadly Sri Lanka Easter bombings, which targeted Christians and claimed an estimated 290 lives, about right-wing fearmongering.

“Christianity under attack? Sri Lanka church bombings stoke far-right anger in the West,” reads the headline to a Washington Post article published Monday morning.

This feels like a bizarre and even more tasteless iteration of the press’ beloved “Republicans pounce” trope, where an extremely newsworthy event is used as the backdrop to a larger meta-story about how members of the Right are supposedly exploiting it for political gain.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: districtofcolumbia; dnctalkingpoint; dnctalkingpoints; jeffbezos; mediawingofthednc; partisanmediashills; presstitutes; smearmachine; srilanka; washingtoncompost; washingtonpost
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1 posted on 04/22/2019 4:15:28 PM PDT by Liberty7732
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To: Liberty7732

Incredible!


2 posted on 04/22/2019 4:16:26 PM PDT by Empireoftheatom48 (WWG1WGA!)
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To: Empireoftheatom48

So if your a Christian you are far right.


3 posted on 04/22/2019 4:17:34 PM PDT by Empireoftheatom48 (WWG1WGA!)
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To: Liberty7732

Also islamophobic if you call out islam for the killings.


4 posted on 04/22/2019 4:19:47 PM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: Liberty7732

Now we know which culture owns a controlling share of the stock of the WaPo.


5 posted on 04/22/2019 4:19:52 PM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: Liberty7732
Officials later confirmed that the fire that destroyed Notre Dame was accidental.

"Officials" confirmed that the Notre Dame fire was accidental before the fire trucks even arrived.

And maybe it was, but c'mon! The place was still a massive conflagration, flames spitting hundreds of feet into the air and officials had already declared there was nothing to see here.

6 posted on 04/22/2019 4:21:09 PM PDT by Drew68
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They must have come to their senses, because now they have an article on their front page:

Sri Lanka blames local Islamist extremist group for Easter bombings that killed 290; U.S. offers FBI assistance in probe

https://www.washingtonpost.com/


7 posted on 04/22/2019 4:25:53 PM PDT by Innovative
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To: Liberty7732

Leftists hate you and they want you dead. The people at the washington post are happy that Catholics were targeted for murder and will use this tragedy like they use all other tragedies to further their narrative.

JoMa


8 posted on 04/22/2019 4:28:56 PM PDT by joma89
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Revolting media pigs.

9 posted on 04/22/2019 4:29:39 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Liberty7732
Remember,boys and girls...every time you pay $15 a pound for chicken breast at Whole Paycheck you subsidize this Maoist swill.
10 posted on 04/22/2019 4:35:06 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Bill Barr:The Bill Belichick of Attorneys General)
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To: Liberty7732

The Amazon Newsletter strikes again.


11 posted on 04/22/2019 4:35:56 PM PDT by McGavin999 (Border security without a wall is like having a Ring doorbell without a doorw)
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To: Liberty7732

Did they mention a BACKLASH? A BACKLASH is always part of the story after a muslime outrage. We have to be careful of them you know ... those BACKLASHes. Can’t have Christians retaliating against peace-loving ‘slimes.


12 posted on 04/22/2019 4:39:40 PM PDT by IronJack
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To: Liberty7732

“Sri Lanka church bombings stoke far-right anger in the West,”

Which is a tacit admission that the left doesn’t care when Christians get murdered.


13 posted on 04/22/2019 4:42:35 PM PDT by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism.)
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To: Liberty7732

someone at the WaPo said that Trump would have been more forceful in his denunciation of the Sri Lanka killings if the victims were white. I’m forced to say that the dems/media/Soros axis would have been far more upset if the victims were Muslims. I noticed that 0bama, the Clintons and others couldn’t even bring themselves to say that the victims were Christians. Instead, they referred to them as Easter Worshippers. They also referred to the weekend as being a holy weekend for several religions.


14 posted on 04/22/2019 4:42:49 PM PDT by euram (is)
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To: Innovative
Sri Lanka blames local Islamist extremist group for Easter bombings that killed 290; U.S. offers FBI assistance in probe

Do we really want the F.I.B. er..., ah.... the F.B.I. involved in this?

15 posted on 04/22/2019 4:48:58 PM PDT by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: MeganC

Excellent point.


16 posted on 04/22/2019 4:49:49 PM PDT by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: Liberty7732

so, if 1,000 mosques were defaced, torched or bombed in the last year, if the call to prayer was silenced by noise ordinances as church bells were long ago, it would cause far-left anger?

Who stole the Bible Belt?


17 posted on 04/22/2019 4:54:52 PM PDT by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017)
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To: Empireoftheatom48

“Incredible!”

Wish it were, but it’s not. It’s par for their course.


18 posted on 04/22/2019 4:55:43 PM PDT by neverevergiveup
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To: Gay State Conservative

don’t forget all the “good” Freepers blowing billionaire Bezos by subscribing to Amazon and excusing their gift to his hate...


19 posted on 04/22/2019 4:56:30 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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To: Liberty7732
"Although Christian minorities are targeted around the world, analysts say that the vast majority of terrorism victims globally are Muslims,” the Post reports."

Doubtful but if they are, the perps, as we have seen, are generally also mohammadens.

20 posted on 04/22/2019 5:03:48 PM PDT by Eagles6
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