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Dean ObeidallahOfficial word is that the shooting of three young Muslims in North Carolina was over a parking. The victims friends and family insist it was over hate.
Last week when I, along with 13 other Muslim Americans, met with President Obama at the White House, I explained my concern that given the recent rise in anti-Muslim bigotry, I feared that we could wake up one day to the news that someone had gone on a shooting spree targeting Muslim Americans.
Tragically, less than a week later, that very thing may have happened in North Carolina.
Yes, I know that we cant be certain at this moment exactly why the gunman murdered three Muslim-American studentsDeah Shaddy Barakat, 23; Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha, 21; and Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha, 19in cold blood. And true, the local police have noted that its preliminary investigation indicates that the crime was motivated by an ongoing neighbor dispute over parking.
But I doubt very much that anti-Muslim hate didnt play some role in this attack. I say that based on a few factors. One is my conversation with two close friends of the victims and the comments made by the father of the two sisters killed. Second, we cant ignore that on the day of the shooting we saw wall-to-wall media coverage about the death of the American aid worker and ISIS hostage Kayla Mueller. And finally, we have to factor in the overall rise in anti-Muslim rhetoric we have witnessed on both the right and the left recently.
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http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/02/12/friend-this-was-no-parking-murder.html
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(54,003 posts)BlueCaliDem
(15,438 posts)Orrex
(63,317 posts)Last edited Thu Feb 12, 2015, 05:54 PM - Edit history (1)
These are proven to cause murderous assholery 100% of the time.
JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)The sheer number of homicides related to road rage alone would triple.
fadedrose
(10,044 posts)That hardly seems likely. But it certainly will be interpreted as such by ISIS and other radicals. I fear that Chapel Hill, NC, will be targeted in revenge.
BlueCaliDem
(15,438 posts)as a huge fan and member of the "Americans who avoid military service and real war" group but who fanatically collects all kinds of killer-toys to still feel macho, his hatred for Muslims could've been triggered by Clint "avoided military service, too" Eastwood's movie that appeals to most gun-fanatics and this could be the result.
The reactions after having seen the movie by some commenters tells me this is not a good movie for unstable gun-fanatics to see.
Dr Hobbitstein
(6,568 posts)He was drafted in 1950 and discharged in 1953. He used the GI bill to study acting.
BlueCaliDem
(15,438 posts)at Ft. Ord in California where he remained and served as a lifeguard. He never left Ft Ord those three years, and he was never deployed to war (nor volunteered for it), unlike 36,516 combat and non-combat soldiers who had died in that unnecessary war.
But if you count him getting swimming lessons at the taxpayer's expense as "serving in the Army" just because he didn't avoid the Draft, then you're correct. I don't.
http://www.military.com/veteran-jobs/career-advice/military-transition/famous-veteran-clint-eastwood.html
Dr Hobbitstein
(6,568 posts)It's not like he was given special treatment. He was a nobody when he was drafted. Not everyone who is drafted goes to war.
You claimed he avoided military service, he did not.
BlueCaliDem
(15,438 posts)Got it.
Dr Hobbitstein
(6,568 posts)He was a secretary in safe forts, nowhere near Korea. The majority of positions in the military are support positions. I was Aerospace Ground Equipment. I worked on the equipment that they used to work on the planes with. No one from my MOS ever saw battle, either. Always in "safe" locations. We all served. Do not denigrate someones service record because they didn't see battle.
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