As you all know last night, on friday the 13th, Paris fell victim to a series of coordinated terrorist attacks. The results are horrifying to say the least.
All our thoughts are with the people of France and we all try to do our best to support them during these tragic times.
However we must not forget who was reponsible and what is at stake here.
ISIS already took full repsonsibility for the attacks. It wasn't the refugees fleeing from Syria who did it. It was the ones the refugees were fleeing from.
Likewise it wasn't an attack by muslims. It was an attack by terrorists, who happened to be muslims.
Barack Obama said that this was an attack against democracy itself.
If that is true the responce must be democracy as well. If we respond with hate, segregation and religious intolerance we play into the hands of the attackers.
If we begin to hunt every muslim as if they were all terrorists we won't be better than those we claim to fight against. And the inevitable chaos it would turn into is their ally. Not ours.
Despite what stereotypes would have us believe the French are pretty strong and tend to keep fighting even when the odds are stacked against them. Fight for your values, people of France! Our eyes are on all of you to look at your example and to support your fight in every way we can.
All our thoughts are with the people of France and we all try to do our best to support them during these tragic times.
However we must not forget who was reponsible and what is at stake here.
ISIS already took full repsonsibility for the attacks. It wasn't the refugees fleeing from Syria who did it. It was the ones the refugees were fleeing from.
Likewise it wasn't an attack by muslims. It was an attack by terrorists, who happened to be muslims.
Barack Obama said that this was an attack against democracy itself.
If that is true the responce must be democracy as well. If we respond with hate, segregation and religious intolerance we play into the hands of the attackers.
If we begin to hunt every muslim as if they were all terrorists we won't be better than those we claim to fight against. And the inevitable chaos it would turn into is their ally. Not ours.
Despite what stereotypes would have us believe the French are pretty strong and tend to keep fighting even when the odds are stacked against them. Fight for your values, people of France! Our eyes are on all of you to look at your example and to support your fight in every way we can.
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