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In reply to the discussion: Taking a radical right-wing position on the part of an outgroup is not "liberalism." [View all]True Blue Door
(2,969 posts)But even if the most recent case turns out to have been something else - some coincidence that had no political motivation - it still applies generally to what are far too common incidents around the world.
And we never seem to be without the handful of disgraceful commentators who always react to things like that by judging the victims and sympathizing with the perpetrators. It doesn't even make ideological sense, because these radicals don't espouse remotely left-wing rhetoric - it's not like they're making excuses for Marxists or whatever. These are atavistic, religious, savagely bigoted and oppressive people who seek a return to the 7th century.
The only motive for making excuses for them appears to be sheer, unfettered self-hatred of Western civilization. A kind of inward-directed bigotry that uses Western morals against themselves while validating any external psychosis willing to attack them.