Our terrorism double standard: After Paris, letâ€™s stop blaming Muslims and take a hard look..

Any time there is an attack on civilians in the post-9/11 West, demagogues immediately blame it on Muslims. They frequently lack evidence, but depend on the blunt force of anti-Muslim bigotry to bolster their accusations.

Actual evidence, on the other hand, shows that less than two percent of terrorist attacks from 2009 to 2013 in the E.U. were religiously motivated. In 2013, just one percent of the 152 terrorist attacks were religious in nature; in 2012, less than three percent of the 219 terrorist attacks were inspired by religion.

The vast majority of terrorist attacks in these years were motivated by ethno-nationalism or separatism. In 2013, 55 percent of terrorist attacks were ethno-nationalist or separatist in nature; in 2012, more than three-quarters (76 percent) of terrorist attacks were inspired by ethno-nationalism or separatism.

These facts, nonetheless, have never stopped the prejudiced pundits from insisting otherwise.

On Friday the 13th of November, militants massacred at least 127 people in Paris in a series of heinous attacks.

Ben Norton... the Salon writer...
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The fall of Salon.com- POLITICO Media
http://www.politico.com/media/story/2016/05/the-fall-of-saloncom-004551

Radical as they come:::

The writer there, on the extreme, anti Biden, Ben Norton on Twitter: “ Who else saw this coming? Nathan Robinson is yet another staunchly anti-Marxist “libertarian socialist” / anarcho-liberal who is now openly endorsing right-wing war criminal Joe Biden for president. Trump and Biden are almost politically indistinguishable on most major issues” / Twitter
https://mobile.twitter.com/benjaminnorton/status/1227722696684953600

Trivializing Holocaust::::

Ben Norton
@BenjaminNorton
Replying to
@HolocaustMuseum
Shameful. The US Holocaust Memorial Museum is explicitly saying the Nazi Holocaust cannot be compared to anything else in history

This makes the phrase “never again” meaningless, erasing & whitewashing other genocides. It’s a form of holocaust revisionism
https://mobile.twitter.com/benjaminnorton/status/1143616018419507201

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Yahoo Promotes (Another) Fringe Hate Site
CAMERA - Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting and Analysis
BY: GILEAD INI JANUARY 22, 2016
Jan 26 update: A Yahoo spokesperson has informed CAMERA that MintPress News has now been blocked. See details....
... Ben Norton, a pro-BDS activist, picked up the story from IMEMC, and began his November 2014 article with the following sentence...
https://www.camera.org/article/yahoo-promotes-another-fringe-hate-site/

CAMERA - Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting and Analysis
COMMITTEE FOR ACCURACY IN MIDDLE EAST REPORTING AND ANALYSIS
THE SELECTIVE SKEPTICISM OF SALON’S BEN NORTON
BY: GIDON SHAVIV FEBRUARY 23, 2016

In a factually challenged piece in Salon, Ben Norton displays a dazzling skepticism of information from Israeli sources alongside a great acceptance of unfounded anti-Israel conspiracy theories (“ Prominent American professor proposes that Israel ‘flatten’ Beirut – a million-person city it previously decimated,” Feb. 19).

Norton’s article, a critical response to a Feb. 15 Haaretz Op-Ed by Professor Amitai Etzioni, is first and foremost based on the false premise that the professor called for flattening Beirut. Norton, a politics staff writer at Salon, avers: “Etzioni concludes his piece implying Israel has no other option but to bomb the city of Beirut
https://www.camera.org/article/the-selective-skepticism-of-salon-s-ben-norton/

MARCH 15, 2016
BEN NORTON’S SELECTIVE AND SHODDY REPORTING IN SALON
Writing about an Israeli airstrike on Hamas facilities in Gaza, Salon’s Ben Norton selectively cites context, downplaying the rocket threat and depicting Palestinian attackers as victims. He also presents outdated information as if it’s current.
https://www.camera.org/article/ben-norton-s-selective-and-shoddy-reporting-in-salon

HonestReporting
BDS Cries Mccarthyism
Z. Raymond
Jun 8, 2016 · New York Governor Andrew Cuomo issued an executive order against BDS... In the Salon article Norton’s description of BDS is false in itself, as its goal is not merely to pressure Israel to “comply with international law” and cease its alleged “violations of Palestinian human rights” – but actually for the delegitimization and destruction of the only Jewish state.

Clearly a BDS supporter himself, Norton then moves on to his own delegitimization of Israel. He exaggerates Bernie Sanders’ criticism of Israel, and implies Israel indiscriminately bombs innocent Palestinians in Gaza, with no mention of Hamas
https://honestreporting.com/tag/ben-norton/

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