The country that gave us Orwell is striving mightily to realize his vision
The reversal of logic is nearly complete: Six years after the 9/11 attacks, the UK government is confusing the most basic definitions of words in a political indoctrination attempt.Their newest approach is to redefine the term "Terrorism" into something they've dubbed "Anti-Islamic" activity. (While it's tempting to describe this phrase itself as "Tortured", we must remember that this concept, too, must be eliminated, lest it raise concepts that may be interpreted as harfmul or offensive to anyone who might even imagine it).
Forget for a moment the absolute absurdity of a government attempting to engage in such propaganda; what's of immediate concern is the twisted logic behind it. Here's how they're explaining this move: "Security officials believe that directly linking terrorism to Islam is inflammatory, and risks alienating mainstream Muslim opinion."
In the last few decades we've seen the emergence of religious violence being carried out - in the vast majority - by people who claim that their deeds are performed in the name of Islam. But for some reason, they are now not the ones to be blamed for creating this impression. This is the heart of propaganda, telling you that you are not seeing something that you in fact are, or vice versa. If Muslims are not responsible for the linking of terrorism to Islam, then what explains the attacks of 9/11, the attacks on the khobar towers, U.S. embassies abroad, the first attack on the world trade center, a nightclub in Bali, a train station in Spain, and of course, on the U.K.'s own turf, the tube bombings. That's not to even mention the foiled plans, nor is this list anywhere near complete.
But somehow, with all these examples, the perpetrators are beyond blame for the assocation they've created, and the good people of the United Kingdom are being told that they themselves must reject what they've witnessed, and adopt a reverse-logic way of thinking. Orwell would of course not have been surprised by one bit of this, but he would surely have been as nauseated as anyone else.
Denying the Islamic presence behind terrorist acts changes nothing, but leave it to governments to try and find a way to weasel out of a confrontation with those who want to kill them.
posted by ET @ 11:39 AM
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