American Conservatives Gleefully Politicize Paris Tragedy To Bash Obama, Refugees, Immigrants, Gun Control, Iran, Muslims
As the recipient of a tweet storm after expressing the view that it’s not President Obama’s fault that Paris was attacked; after taking phone calls from radio listeners blaming liberals, Muslims, immigrants and refugees before mentioning terrorists, I feel utter disgust at how the American right is reacting.
While world leaders expressed support and empathy for the carnage, and French media put on a “master class in how to conduct responsible, measured journalism,” right-wing pundits dumped their sewage on the pages of Facebook and Twitter and on American news networks.
As French journalists made note of the many tweets and messages of well wishes from across the globe, conservatives competed with each other to say the most offensive idiotic things they could about the attacks, even while the violence was still unfolding in Paris streets.
https://twitter.com/michellemalkin/status/665298202980143108?ref_src=twsrc^tfw
ISIL is trying to bring on World War III and Conservatives are doing their bidding.
Islamic extremists are probably very happy to have so much help from Conservatives here in America. It was like a ‘who can be the worst person on Twitter’ last night — and it was a toss up.
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fahvel November 15th, 2015 at 03:48
911 placed the usa in an eternal state of fear and neurosis – they knew what they were doing. Possibly the same here but the insanity of the right in the usa is so much more virulent than anything in europe. hopefully the sanity survives here.
trees November 15th, 2015 at 09:01
Liberals waste no time bashing conservatives, good job…..
MBJR November 15th, 2015 at 09:12
Thank you. You pricks can dish it out but you sure can’t take it. LMD!
cat November 16th, 2015 at 14:57
You find the deaths of innocent Frenchmen funny? And something to be used for political gain?Who are you, ISIS?
OldLefty November 16th, 2015 at 15:13
The right has always been like that.
whatthe46 November 16th, 2015 at 15:17
where in his comment is he making light of the death of anyone? it’s the right using their deaths to promote fear and hate. or haven’t you noticed?
cat November 16th, 2015 at 19:13
In response to everyone, I got the LMD wrong. Sorry,
Gina Bousquet November 16th, 2015 at 16:26
You seem to have totally missed the meaning of his comment. He does not deserve such words of answer.
whatthe46 November 16th, 2015 at 16:58
when your objective is to be disagreeable, it doesn’t matter what the author says. that’s why they look like fk’n idiots.
Gina Bousquet November 16th, 2015 at 17:04
I did not think it was purposeful. If you check our posters’ comments “cat” was upvoting all the good ones. I thought he/she had really misunderstood him
whatthe46 November 16th, 2015 at 17:16
i thought that was that carl thing.
Gina Bousquet November 16th, 2015 at 17:23
Forgive my ignorance whatthe, what’s “that carl thing”?
whatthe46 November 16th, 2015 at 17:37
well, it says cat. will you make up your mind. lol. do i yell at him or not?
Gina Bousquet November 16th, 2015 at 17:40
Not, I guess…:)
MBJR November 16th, 2015 at 17:30
Oh brother… You people are like cockroaches. Funny? No quite the opposite. Let me explain my abbreviation at the end of my sentence. It will also apply to your comment. LMD is not to be confused with LOL or LMAO. LMD means Lick. My. Dick! Ok now I’m LOLing.
tracey marie November 15th, 2015 at 15:16
you waste no time posting your ignorant babble
OldLefty November 16th, 2015 at 15:13
That’s EXACTLY what THEY said about conservatives.
whatthe46 November 16th, 2015 at 15:16
and repukes like you waste no time being hateful bigots.
Robert Smithson November 15th, 2015 at 09:06
No, American conservatives are just speaking about the reality of the current situation.
Point 1. Obama says ISIS is “contained”. The Paris attack proves they are not.
Point 2. France has extreme gun control laws. The Paris attack proves they don’t work.
Point 3. Greece said one of the terrorists had registered as a “refugee”. The Paris attack proves it is folly to let all those Muslim “refugees” into Europe. (or here)
Point 4. ISIS has established a Caliphate and they are doing their best to spread it worldwide. The Paris attack proves they will stop at nothing.
Come back to your senses my liberal friends, burying your collective heads in the sand and denying the reality of the things that are happening will not make them go away.
William November 15th, 2015 at 10:52
Point 2. France has extreme gun control laws. The Paris attack proves they don’t work..
You are, as usual, completely full of sh*t
No facts, just a bunch of Limbaugh. Levine. bumper sticker “phrases”.
Based on numbers from The Washington Post in 2012, the U.S. averaged 3.2 gun-related homicides per 100k people – the overwhelming leader in the modern world. How many did France average? A grand total of .06 gun-related homicides per 100k people.
William November 15th, 2015 at 11:06
“No, American conservatives are just speaking about the reality of the current situation.”
Here is your reality.
Roctuna November 15th, 2015 at 11:07
Ah Robert, count on you to say the dumbest things. Lebanon has concealed carry, open carry, pretty much continuous carry but more guns didn’t prevent this from happening did they? We cannot fight our way out of this situation
http://www.rawstory.com/2015/11/there-were-44-people-killed-and-249-injured-in-beruit-in-isis-terror-attack-last-thursday-so-wheres-the-media/
tracey marie November 15th, 2015 at 15:15
Just like malkin , hater extraordinaire and damned nasty stupidity spewer
bpollen November 15th, 2015 at 23:50
Point 1 – 7 or 8 people being someplace else, some since the Reagan presidency doesn’t invalidate the statement. Are you privy to special information that tracks all of the terrorists (including those they haven’t identified) back to Syria? I doubt it.
Point 2 – Their firearm death rate is WAAAY lower than ours. Additionally, I would like you to give us the law that meets your “never violated, never will be” standard for effective laws.
Point 3 – This is brilliant! And just exactly what the terrorists would prefer! Genius!
Point 4 – What ever made you think that terrorists have scruples? Or that there are lines they just won’t cross? Terrorists stock in trade is terror. That means that you are saying that conservatives are right because terrorists are behaving like terrorists. As a logical statement, that’s extremely light on the logic. In fact, your conclusion (conservatives are reality-based) doesn’t seem to have any connection to your proof (terrorists act like terrorists.)
Come back to your senses my ignorant friend; burying your heads in the sand and denying the reality of the things that are happening will not make them go away. Our invasions of the Middle East just brought the fuse, and now we have to deal with the explosions.
Carl Gottstein November 16th, 2015 at 10:49
100% common sense….The left will of course not get it.
whatthe46 November 16th, 2015 at 15:43
140 murders in France in 2012. over 8k in the US that same year. gun related homicides jackass.
craig7120 November 15th, 2015 at 09:37
I can’t believe the barbaric actions of this group, bombings during a soccer game, interrupting a heavy metal concert by murdering people with automatic weapons. When we drone individuals in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Yemen, we certainly don’t interrupt sporting events.
Sarcasm aside, who’s surprised? The Middle East is a killing field, apparently some of the recipients want to expand the goal posts.
Like another poster mentioned, Bush & Cheney has introduced democracy to the Middle East, reap the rewards of mission accomplished.
eyelashviper November 15th, 2015 at 10:16
When the extreme right wing in this country assails the President, Dems, and voices who differ, with white hot rhetoric bordering on sedition, inciting violence and creating deep divisions among Americans and other humans who inhabit the planet, they have become the terrorists.
arc99 November 15th, 2015 at 10:51
To all the right wingers out there who were calling the Dixie Chicks traitors back in 2003, your pointless war was a significant contributing factor in the rise of ISIL.
Your war has impacted the entire world and you lack both the guts and integrity to admit your mistake. Never have I been so ashamed to be an American as the day that Saddam’s sons were killed. The bodies were photographed and shown on television here coast to coast. We were no different than the citizens of ancient Rome who hooted and hollered in the arena as wild animals tore human beings apart. We relished our ghoulish entertainment.
Well, the chickens have come home to roost.
Right wingers, you did build this..
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/the-hidden-hand-behind-the-islamic-state-militants-saddam-husseins/2015/04/04/aa97676c-cc32-11e4-8730-4f473416e759_story.html
The hidden hand behind the Islamic State militants? Saddam Hussein’s.
William November 15th, 2015 at 10:59
The right wing. Always willing to use tragedy as a prop. (that is of course until you ask them to put on a uniform and go help).
whatthe46 November 16th, 2015 at 15:41
they will deny that they said that and say it was taken out of context. they don’t care that it’s recorded.
Carl Gottstein November 16th, 2015 at 10:46
We are learning from the left. Never let a tragedy go to waste.
OldLefty November 16th, 2015 at 15:19
We are learning from the left. Never let a tragedy go to waste.
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No one on the left said anything like that. (I know to what you refer but both the quote and the context is wrong)
That IS what the Bush crowd did when they used 9/11/2001 to pursue their 1990s agenda, though.
But why let facts get in the way???
whatthe46 November 16th, 2015 at 15:37
that’s exactly what dicky and haliburton did isn’t it? didn’t let the tragedy of 9/11 go to waste. lets start a war so we can profit from it. my pals at haliburton and i will get paid. not to mention they knew ahead of time there was a planned attack. and not ONE of the repukes sons or daughters were shipped out to fight and die over a damn lie. what we have here is our President not using our sons and daughters for gain.
cwazycajun November 16th, 2015 at 14:57
the right wingers always pointing fingers ..when they should be looking in the mirror
lorddevonshire November 16th, 2015 at 17:09
with regards to France I respectfully request that all politicians don’t bring political issues into it until the dead have been buried and the living have had their time to grieve.
zerowolfe November 16th, 2015 at 17:28
letting a person like Chump near our US Treasury would be folly.
cat November 16th, 2015 at 19:15
Yup, I didn’t realize you weren’t using a variation of lol. My bad.
Obewon November 16th, 2015 at 19:55
‘Just 2% of U.S. Syrian refugees are males of military age. 98% are women, children Non-military age & the elderly!’-U.S. State Dept. 18-24 month vetting delays include Biometric Identification, High level background screening with personal interviews for each applicant.
mcalleyboy November 21st, 2015 at 02:16
Gleefully? Many lives lost by those refugee’s and Muslim/Islamist immigrants and it appears that the leader was in France illegally because he’d already left and was wanted and look another bothersome fact is that he had an AK-47 and bombs in a country that has some of the toughest “red tape” gun laws in the world… Lol, facts don’t seem to bother anyone, just make some stuff up and toss common sense out the window now. So what’s next blame America or I guess the French were a little hard on the Muslim community, why did this group target for slaughter innocent French citizens?