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To not be surprised that the Norway mass murderer is not being described with terms such as 'Christian Fundamantalist', 'Terrorist' of 'Fanatical Christian'...

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LDNmummy · 23/07/2011 20:36

.. even though that is exactly the terminology they would be using had it been a Muslim gunman?

I actually sought out the Daily Fail today to see what Its usual readership would have to say about this and was not surprised by the comments.

Somehow a massive focus on Islam as if it is still the fault of Muslim people, and plenty of denial of this man having done this for conservative right wing and CHRISTIAN driven fundamentalist reasoning.

I have seen the terms in the title mentioned a few times in the press but to nowhere near the extent they would have been used had this been a Muslim gunman.

Just my opinion.

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MrBloomsNursery · 26/07/2011 18:17

Lovely Yahoo News (for thick heads...and I really must change my homepage) has a story up that his lawyers are going to plea insanity...This man is NOT insane, he is just another Osama Bin Laden, but Christian. Remember, Osama started off by bombing and killing his own people too as he tried to cleanse Afghanistan. (Yes I know he was Saudi Arabian, but he was living in Afghanistan).

Driftwood999 · 26/07/2011 19:20

MrBloomsNursery - nice try at being provocative to support the thread.

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