Posted on 12/15/2014 3:35:37 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin
In the aftermath of the hostage crisis in downtown Sydney, Australians are showing the world they're not caving to racism or Islamophobia.
On Monday, an armed gunman stormed a cafe in Martin Place, entering a tense standoff with police. After the hostage-taker displayed an Islamic flag in the cafe's window, many of Australia's Muslims are understandably anxious about facing retribution.
But instead, Australians have banded together on Twitter with #IllRideWithYou, a hashtag showing their solidarity with fellow countrymen scared of being attacked on public transportation.
Why it matters. This hashtag movement is powerful sign that Australians won't get worked up into a Islamophobic rage because of the actions of a single madman. It's also a lesson for countries like the U.S., where hate crimes against Muslims spike whenever there's a criminal or terrorist incident involving Muslims, or even when something innocuous happens like debating the placement of a mosque in New York City. Australian social media users are showing Muslims they're safe in their home and shouldn't fear retaliation for an incident they're not linked to.
If your faith in humanity hasn't been restored yet, perhaps these tweets will help:
I guess I'm WAY past the stage where I want to buy the World a Coke. *Rolleyes*
“...Exactly How to Respond to Terrorism”
...if you want more.
Forgetting 9/11 - it’s all Kumbayah ....
“many of Australia’s Muslims are understandably anxious about facing retribution.”
Ahhh, some humor.
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Well I would have gone in, after a sniper shot, around the 13 hour mark, as a first response.
I guess they'll be the most surprised people in the world one day.
I just don't want them getting me killed in the time it takes for reality to slowly sink in to their impregnable skulls.
Crazy world when the first concern after a terror attack isn’t the victims or protecting yourself against more it’s that whatever you do don’t do anything that could possibly offend anyone.
Can anyone cite one example of such a crime? Unless accusing the violent of violence is now a crime?
Attacked on public transportation? By whom, exactly? Australians showing their solidarity with Mulims, or actual Koran-mumbling Muslims themselves?
The answer to this question will contain the germ of a notion as to whether this hashtag movement is loonytunes or merely funny papers.
Imams bleating about retribution after a jihadi attack,
is like Joseph Goebbels complaining about people
spitting on Nazis after Kristallnacht.
I can only think about the Israeli family who had
acid thrown on them when they stopped to pick up
a muslim hitchhiker.
Jordan Valinsky you are a naive idiot! These savages would just as soon chop your head off than read that milquetoasty crap that you wrote.
They are doing a 180 from when John Howard told the Muslims to behave, learn English, assimilate, and they were to obey Aussie laws and no Sharia law would be tolerated.
I have a friend who is Iranian and who was persecuted by the Mullahs because he does not believe in Islam. He lost his business and everything he worked for all his life. He escaped with his family and made it to Australia. This is the sort of guy I would stand up to protect.
People like him have a future in Australia - individuals who are from these Islamic countries and who are willing to change to fit into our society may have some future here. I hope and pray that Islam does not.
Bingo!
Meanwhile, TWO Heroes who tried saving lies are dead because Australia refused to put this sexual predator in prison because he was a Muslim..this PC BS will continue taking lives til people wake the hell up
Lives not lies typed too fast
Where is the “Barf Alert”?
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