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Originally Posted by Qtx
That as well as the social media frenzy. Now there will be #PrayForLondon #MuslimsAgainstExtremism type stuff along with all the various groups using it as proof of x, y and z.
With no disrespect to anyone that died in this incident and their friends and family, but the that dustbin lorry driver who just collapsed at the wheel in Glasgow a year or two ago, run down and killed more guys than the mentally unstable guy from yesterdays. Obviously there is a difference between intentional and unintentional but the news coverage difference worlds apart. It's as if the end of the world is nigh going by current coverage.
That is ignoring the other mass killings that happen daily across the world, some even at the hands of our bombs. It makes sense we are more sensitive to stuff on our own doorstep but making the news dominated by it and having every tom dick and harry on tv condemning it and commenting on it makes the event seem bigger than it is. Especially in the eyes of those who might celebrate such an incident...
Some perspective is needed sometimes.
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The reaction hasn't been that over the top. On the day they closed Westminster but the rest of London functioned normally, people were swarming about Soho, Convent Garden, Victoria and Leicester Square without concern. The tube closed Westminster station but ran a normal service. Rush hour was no different.
The next day Parliament ran a normal session expect for a brief series of statements about the attack. So far there appears to be little demand for a policy reaction.
The press is covering it a lot obviously but there is a difference, as you pointed out, between a terrible accident and an intentional killing. The location also amplifies the story, he attacked
Parliament. You also pointed out why the daily killings internationally aren't as big a story, they're not happening here. Our interests and emotions aren't logical.
I agree with the action on social media being over the top. People around London seemed to think they were caught up in a bigger event than it was but that's social media for you.
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Originally Posted by Ramrod
There have also been online reports of many muslims celebrating the attack, and other muslims berating them for that.
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You can find the worst of any group on the internet. There were people celebrating Jo Cox's murder if you were willing to search for it. The internet completely distorts the power and scale of hateful groups, people that would have otherwise been confined to some log cabin in Idaho are now given a platform to broadcast to the world.