tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post3882245041408866141..comments2024-03-29T05:29:08.934-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/29/24: Meet HananNeil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-88614280219843399372015-07-11T15:15:45.556-05:002015-07-11T15:15:45.556-05:00didn't know ana was so relgiousdidn't know ana was so relgiousAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-56177065976281192502015-07-11T15:14:39.019-05:002015-07-11T15:14:39.019-05:00Ana, maybe they were worried they had Ebola.
Anyw...Ana, maybe they were worried they had Ebola.<br /><br />Anyway, it's rare this poster likes any column. Don't know why he bothers. He should just start his own blog with his obsession for south sah. Africa. Perhaps this poster is black and not just obsessed with Africa.<br /><br />Graf has a point too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-50308090375626152882014-07-23T13:18:22.544-05:002014-07-23T13:18:22.544-05:00There's also the reality of "compassion f...There's also the reality of "compassion fatigue" that occurs after you see one too many tragedies. Plus, those concerned with other areas like the Middle East are far better at getting publicity for their situations than those in south saharan Africa.David P. Grafnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-50706131652416561622014-07-23T08:21:37.292-05:002014-07-23T08:21:37.292-05:00I don't mind this column, not at all. It'...I don't mind this column, not at all. It's timely, and given the vile that is directed at Muslim-Americans, the humanizing counterbalance is needed. What I mind is the columns that are missing and how the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, and to a lesser extent other Middle Eastern conflicts like Syria, suck almost all the oxygen out of similar conflicts elsewhere where far more humans die. The *low* estimate of daily deaths in Congo alone is 1,000, dwarfing Syria, Gaza, Israel and Iraq combined (and yes, most of them are children too). But they're black so most of the media doesn't even pretend to treat them as humans, save the very occasional "Lost Boys of Sudan" type piece. Definitely nothing consistent. People who would otherwise shudder at being compared with Pat Buchanan become the living embodiment of his comments about "the Zulus." Nobody is shipping them to America for treatment. Nobody is saying our immigration laws would protect them if they showed up at our embassies (i.e., territory/border) claiming refugee status. Nobody is giving up their I-phones or other luxuries, let alone boycotting nations that fuel the violence. <br /><br />The responses you hear to this are usually all false deflections. "Why does that make caring about the Palestinians/Syrians/etc. wrong?" It doesn't - care about both. "How does the evil elsewhere in the world justify evil in the Middle East." It doesn't - fight them both. "We're more responsible in the Middle East (at least Palestine/Israel)" Arguably untrue (killing is a lot easier in Africa so a little support goes a long way - Sudan managed to kill half a million blacks in Darfur simply by supplying their killers with machettes), totally unreligous (yeah, Jesus would want you to ignore exponentially more deaths elsewhere) and opens up a realpolitik argument few are willing to engage in, and all irrelevant to the question. All are spins on "we can't walk and chew gum at the same time," but of course that's not true. Nobody reads those other stories. They aren't clickbait. I don't know what the reason is: racism against blacks, anti-semitism, Arab-"philo"ism, dependence on oil? But it's a terrible commentary on us and one I think we'll be hard-pressed to explain if asked in the afterlife. Anon-not-Anonnoreply@blogger.com