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London, ‘reeling’? The city that weathered Nazi bombs pushes back against fear.
Washington Post ^ | June 4, 2017 | Peter Holley

Posted on 06/04/2017 2:39:52 PM PDT by Charlemagne on the Fox

The first reports of “an incident” in London emerged Saturday evening.

Within hours, cable news channels were saturated with the all-too-familiar loop of panicked faces, desperate crowds scurrying for safety and scowling, heavily armed police. On Sunday morning, the New York Times said the latest terrorist attack in London had targeted a nation “still reeling” from a suicide bombing in Manchester last month.

On Sunday, some Londoners started pushing back against the notion that their city — if not their country — was trembling in fear. They had a simple message: “London is not reeling.”

This twisted attempt to downplay the reality of radical Islam is surpassed in delusion by the supportive comments.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: londonattacks; terror
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1 posted on 06/04/2017 2:39:52 PM PDT by Charlemagne on the Fox
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To: Charlemagne on the Fox

The Brits better more than push back against fear.
They had better start being the ones create fear.


2 posted on 06/04/2017 2:47:07 PM PDT by tennmountainman ("Prophet Mountainman" Predicter Of All Things RINO...for a small pittance)
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To: Charlemagne on the Fox

Oh the breathless vacuous prose of the Compost!


3 posted on 06/04/2017 2:48:56 PM PDT by Lent
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To: Charlemagne on the Fox
Let’s see how long it takes the Brits to counterattack with candlelight vigils, flowers, maasive hug ins, and the especially those savage teddy bears.

Today is another Teary Solidarity Day in the UK. Flowers, candles, and teddy bears are accumulating in their appointed places. Photos of the slain are being displayed on television and in the newspapers, and weepy citizens are lamenting their tragic loss. New hashtags proliferate on social media. And politicians recycle their tired clichés about standing together and not letting the terrorists divide us and etc blah yak.

Things continue the same, in Britain and throughout the Multicultural West.

Thanks for Zakeet for the above!

This is The Stockholm Syndrome on a national scale.

4 posted on 06/04/2017 2:50:28 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (120+ days without Hilliarly/Huma as POTUS! Covfefe President Trump for this great reality, each day!)
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To: tennmountainman

The most incredible and Ironic part of this article is that the photos of Londoners during WW2 show a spirit long gone from that once great nation.


5 posted on 06/04/2017 2:52:45 PM PDT by Charlemagne on the Fox
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To: Charlemagne on the Fox

“London is not reeling.” Or in fact doing anything. At least with the Nazis, they weren’t allowed right inside the city limits to mingle with the disarmed citizens, telling them to tolerate their new guests.


6 posted on 06/04/2017 2:52:55 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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What worthless pile of crap the WaPos is. They are more concerned about the reaction then the evil bastards who are killing the innocent.


7 posted on 06/04/2017 2:55:00 PM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: tennmountainman

So how would today’s voting-age Brits vote if they were asked to choose between the following:

1. Keep things they way they are, love and inclusiveness is most important.

2. Impose some kind of immigration and travel ban like Trump is trying to do in the US.

3. Throw all the Muslim extremists out of the country.

I don’t think this is a theoretical question but the time is coming when only one of the above would probably receive a majority of votes. Maybe it’s already past.


8 posted on 06/04/2017 2:55:11 PM PDT by bigbob (People say believe half of what you see son and none of what you hear - M. Gaye)
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To: Charlemagne on the Fox

One thing, though.... they didn’t welcome Nazis in their midst. And they didn’t hesitate to bomb the places where those Nazis congregated.

They also didn’t elect a German as mayor.


9 posted on 06/04/2017 2:57:43 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: Charlemagne on the Fox

The Washington Compost wants people to accept their sons and daughters being stabbed to death by Muslims.


10 posted on 06/04/2017 3:03:29 PM PDT by heights
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Nigel Farage‏Verified account @Nigel_Farage 26m26 minutes ago

To Americans - let this be a warning. @POTUS wants to protect you.

11 posted on 06/04/2017 3:03:37 PM PDT by HokieMom (Pacepa : Can the U.S. afford a president who can't recognize anti-Americanism?)
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To: gibsonguy

WaPo has been renamed the Washington Podesta you know.


12 posted on 06/04/2017 3:13:37 PM PDT by rod1 (CTLY)
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13 posted on 06/04/2017 3:17:33 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (May the Covfefe be with you...)
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To: Grampa Dave
Now that's a way to fight back
14 posted on 06/04/2017 3:20:14 PM PDT by PlateOfShrimp
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To: Charlemagne on the Fox

Brits didn’t pushed back against the Nazis.

So push back against Islam!


15 posted on 06/04/2017 3:22:10 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: tennmountainman

Not all that long ago the British were dealing with some pretty horrific terrorism by the Irish. They could certainly draw on that learning and those resources. Of course, back in the day they also were able to openly condemn the IRA, something that is not “correct” to do with the Islamic dudes. Trump is right again. Fancy that...


16 posted on 06/04/2017 3:23:48 PM PDT by TrueFact (The Republicans keep putting the stopper back in the swamp drain.)
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To: Charlemagne on the Fox

They’re pushing their heads up their *sses.


17 posted on 06/04/2017 3:30:42 PM PDT by Jack Hammer
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To: Charlemagne on the Fox

The UK is a balless self destructive suicidal shithole.


18 posted on 06/04/2017 3:41:16 PM PDT by Eddie01
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To: BenLurkin

Push ‘em back, push ‘em back—way back!

That’s hard to do when your government is importing them as fast as they can.
Maybe they need to push their leaders back.


19 posted on 06/04/2017 3:50:18 PM PDT by tumblindice ("Fight for your country." Hector)
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To: bigbob
So how would today’s voting-age Brits vote if they were asked to choose between the following: 1. Keep things they way they are, love and inclusiveness is most important.

If you read the comments on the article it becomes apparent the Brits are not making the Islam/terror connection AT ALL. They are more upset about President Trump tweeting than about their citizens being slaughtered.

20 posted on 06/04/2017 3:53:09 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Everywhere is freaks and hairies Dykes and fairies Tell me where is sanity?)
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