Once or twice a morning, I flip on the AM radio in our kitchen to catch traffic & weather. I'm not sure why, I could get the information on my phone - but I'm usually eating or grabbing coffee, OJ, etc. - and can listen more easily than surf.
Yesterday & today, as I turned it on, I heard
"And still no motive in the Ohio school attacks..." - so I picked up my phone, dialed the station and said, very sarcastically
"Let me help your news team - the motive is Muslim - Muslim IS a motive! It's encapsulates a particular worldview" Whenever I do that, they thank me for the phone call & usually cut the call short - I will, infrequently, get on with the hosts (1 of whom is conservative, the other who still claims these are isolate incidents).
Online, there are usually 3 responses:
1. "Xenophobe" - which is not an accurate description: I do not fear much, and I do not "fear" people from other countries. I don't fear worldviews...I merely recognize them for what they are.
2. "I know plenty of normal, peaceful Muslims" - to which the proper response is: "Then they need to take to the streets with their voices & demand that their so-called "radical" brethren stop hijacking their so-called "religion." If they do not speak out - they're immediately suspect!
3. "He/she was radicalized!" - again inaccurate - ALL Muslims following the Qu'ran are radicalized. Any adhering to Sharia law are radicalized. The entire cult of Muhammed is radicalized. The proof of that is no cohesive movement to counter the violence...from within their system (not simply a cleric or Imam or 2 speaking out against it in a lone mosque somewhere).
These days
#MuslimIsAMotive.