The Soft Racism of the Media
Now much has been said about this story on other blogs.
"The story was reported world-wide. The only official source for the account, however, was "Police Capt. Jammil Hussein." CENTCOM initially said that it had not been able to confirm the account of the burned-alive Sunnis. Upon further investigation, it appears that the incident probably never occurred at all. In addition, "Police Capt. Jamil Hussein" appears to be non-existent. "
but none was the pressing question. WHY? I wondered why someone would make up this kind of story. I remember my first reaction, the first reaction of many people when they heard the initial story and that first reaction contained the words "those people" as in "what is wrong with those people" and "we should just pull out and let those people just kill each other off." Now as a child of the '60s, I loathe the phrase "those people" as it has enormous negative connotations with it. As a result, I do not use the phrase easily. The more I pondered why someone would make up a story that would engender such a visceral reaction. Oh the obvious answer is to make the war effort look bad, to make Iraq appear to have spiraled into a civil war. Because after all, the MSM meme is just that - Civil War. However, I can't help but wonder if there wasn't a more insideous, subtle reason....a subtle soft racism that is willing to brand Iraqis as "those people". It would be one more excuse to pull out...and leave "those people" to their fates.
While I hope I am wrong, I fear I am not. After all, the left has shown a past propensity for using people as they see fit, regardless of the consequences to those they use.
"The story was reported world-wide. The only official source for the account, however, was "Police Capt. Jammil Hussein." CENTCOM initially said that it had not been able to confirm the account of the burned-alive Sunnis. Upon further investigation, it appears that the incident probably never occurred at all. In addition, "Police Capt. Jamil Hussein" appears to be non-existent. "
but none was the pressing question. WHY? I wondered why someone would make up this kind of story. I remember my first reaction, the first reaction of many people when they heard the initial story and that first reaction contained the words "those people" as in "what is wrong with those people" and "we should just pull out and let those people just kill each other off." Now as a child of the '60s, I loathe the phrase "those people" as it has enormous negative connotations with it. As a result, I do not use the phrase easily. The more I pondered why someone would make up a story that would engender such a visceral reaction. Oh the obvious answer is to make the war effort look bad, to make Iraq appear to have spiraled into a civil war. Because after all, the MSM meme is just that - Civil War. However, I can't help but wonder if there wasn't a more insideous, subtle reason....a subtle soft racism that is willing to brand Iraqis as "those people". It would be one more excuse to pull out...and leave "those people" to their fates.
While I hope I am wrong, I fear I am not. After all, the left has shown a past propensity for using people as they see fit, regardless of the consequences to those they use.
posted by The Lady Logician at
9:48 PM
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