ISIS van attack kills 12, injures 80. Wonder if MSM will take this seriously, or keep obsessing about statue removal http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/08/17/barcelona-terror-attack-van-crashes-crowd-la-rambla-killing/ …
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Replying to @primalpoly
Geoffrey, don't do this. Here's the front pages of every major "MSM" website right now. 1/2pic.twitter.com/hM7XjlnyI2
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Replying to @AlanLevinovitz
Of course MSM covers it. The question is how they apportion the blame, and what explanatory framework they use.
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Replying to @primalpoly
Is that a question? The blame is squarely on horrific Islamic extremist terrorism. The explanation? They are monsters. 1/
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Replying to @AlanLevinovitz
Blaming just the 'extremists' ducks more fundamental questions, e.g. Saudi Arabia supporting Wahhabist mosques and funding terrorism.
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Replying to @primalpoly
Sure. But the best, most incisive analyses come from scholars and media. Period. Like this
@TheAtlantic classic: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/03/what-isis-really-wants/384980/ …2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @AlanLevinovitz @TheAtlantic
That was a good article. Fair enough.
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Replying to @primalpoly @TheAtlantic
*Twitter explodes after civil dialogue* FWIW, I'm w/you on peril of bubbles. But I still respect media/academy as (imperfect) institutions.
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I fight every day for free speech in academia because I hope it's still salvageable....
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Replying to @primalpoly @TheAtlantic
There's no place that free speech is more important than in the academy: the civic space designated as a marketplace of competing ideas.
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