but if you review the posts, it shows that the search for the truth was a secondary consideration - the opportunity to spread hatred and distrust was not to be missed.
Many posts did not even bother to reference the subject of the thread - they were simply reposts of anti-muslim pictures and slogans, looking very much like those used to rouse anti-American feelings and get the unwashed out to march in the streets.>>>
Spout your pablum somewhere else.
No one on FR has kept closer watch on this particular story that I have.
The moment new information came in that arrests had been made, I immediately shared this with the community.
Anyone who expressed anger that Muslims may have murdered a family in cold blood had every right to express the sentiments they did.
The family had received death threats online from Muslims, so it was highly plausible to ascertain that Islamists might be culpable.
"Spout your pablum somewhere else.
No one on FR has kept closer watch on this particular story that I have. "
Well, let's just give you a pat on the back for that... feel better now ?
"Anyone who expressed anger that Muslims may have murdered a family in cold blood had every right to express the sentiments they did."
The posts I refered to were the ones who used the killings as simply another excuse to vent their anger and hatred at the entire muslim population. Many had NO mention whatsoever of the thread topic.
This is very much like what every extreamist group uses to rouse their troops, similar to a march in the streets shouting " Death to _______" or "_________ is the tool of Satan" or even the ever popular " "_________ GO HOME ! "
"but if you review the posts, it shows that the search for the truth was a secondary consideration - the opportunity to spread hatred and distrust was not to be missed.
Many posts did not even bother to reference the subject of the thread - they were simply reposts of anti-muslim pictures and slogans, looking very much like those used to rouse anti-American feelings and get the unwashed out to march in the streets"
RS is correct...."Many posts did not even bother to reference the subject of the thread....."
Your argument of "Anyone who expressed anger that Muslims may have murdered a family...." doesn't work for those posts.
Yes, "it was highly plausible to ascertain that Islamists might be culpable." MIGHT BE. But "might be" wasn't the attitude taken by many. That's the point.