Dzhokhar Tsarnaev cover on Rolling stone magazine has many conservatives angry. The
glamorization of this young man and how he converted to Islam is discussed in this magazine. People think Rolling Stone is endorsing his attack or giving him uncredited fame. These people realize though that the guy is going to spend the rest of his life in jail and the only benefit Dzhokhar Tsarnaev will get from this feature in Rolling Stone is maybe ten more marriage pen pal proposals a week. What it is they really don't want a young follower of Islam having access to young minds and readers of Rolling Stone. This same phenomena existed a hundred or years ago when writers were traveling with Indians and giving accounts of Geronimo and other great American Indian leaders. It is easier to wage a war of extermination when the views and storyline showing the enemy as fellow human beings is never exosed. Many army generals did not want the American public to read about the red man's plight and their account on what was really a war of expansion and destruction from their own country. Many of these conservatives would pay little attention to this magazine over the years and the racism of today makes them more vocal against this magazine cover. it is this same attitude of hate directed against people who are different that makes young men like Dzhokhar so easily able to be persuaded to join a jihadist international commitment
No comments:
Post a Comment