Cheers to Saying No to Channeling Outrage Over Paris into Hateful Revenge
November 23, 2015 | Revolution Newspaper | revcom.us
In the midst of mass channeling of outrage over the ISIS attacks on Paris into hate towards immigrants and war fever, cheers to people finding ways to use their access to a large audience or their creativity to go up against this, including:
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Shortly after the attacks, actor and activist Mark Ruffalo tweeted:
“Don’t allow this horrific act allow you to be drawn into the loss of your humanity or tolerance. That is the intended outcome”.
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After someone yelled “Muslims suck” during a moment of silence before a Green Bay Packers game, NFL quarterback Aaron Rodgers told the media, “I am very disappointed with whoever the fan was who made a comment that I thought was really inappropriate during the moment of silence. It’s that kind of prejudicial ideology that I think puts us in the position that we’re in today as a world.”
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As hundreds of mourners gathered outside Bataclan concert hall in Paris, where the terrorist attack—claimed by ISIS—killed 118 people, an unknown musician pushed a grand piano with a peace sign outside the hall and played an instrumental version of John Lennon's "Imagine”—a song well-known for lyrics like:
Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world...
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