I'm grateful @barbaraRkay wrote this: "I would have preferred it this had been an act of jihadism." It usefully clarifies how Islamophobes see the world and their active hunger for atrocities that justify that worldview.pic.twitter.com/uN6PSYO3YK
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I'm grateful @barbaraRkay wrote this: "I would have preferred it this had been an act of jihadism." It usefully clarifies how Islamophobes see the world and their active hunger for atrocities that justify that worldview.pic.twitter.com/uN6PSYO3YK
Kay "preferred it this had been an act of jihadism" because for her that makes the world easier to understand. But that's not even true since jihadism itself is not a simple thing.
Almost all recent mass shootings or terrorist acts are complex because they involve intersection of troubled and alienated personalities with ideology with social networks. Even if killer has explicit ideology (be it jihadi or Nazi) these factors still interact
If you are a reasonable person, simply saying "jihadi" doesn't explain anything because jihadis themselves are caused. But for Kay jihadis are simply motiveless, uncaused, non-social evil, so they make world easier to understand.
And of course alleged Toronto killer Alek Minassian does have ideology (if reporting holds up): "incel rebellion." Misogyny is an ideology, although Kay doesn't want to see that (for obvious reasons).
Which is not to say that Minassian's vile act was "caused" by his ideology. Because ideology is never simple causal lever. It exists in dynamic relationship with personality and social milieu. It's that complexity that Kay wants to deny.
put mom in the home already.
We have a version of this Canadian Jewish News graphic in our CANADALAND Colouring Book:pic.twitter.com/LwD4clZNBd
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