New rules:
1. Unless you are an expert (i.e. have a degree or a lifetime of experience) on terrorism, the Middle-East, Islam, media, theology, social sciences, international politics, etc, a.k.a. you are able to tell me something that is based on facts and not your uninformed interpretation of a very delicate topic, I do not care about your opinion on any of the events in Paris. I’m not trying to trivialize the horrible things that happened, I’m just asking you to chill out because going insane serves no purpose.
2. Stop praying (or at least stop telling me to pray). It didn’t help mankind in the past 200,000 years, so it won’t help us now. Same goes for the fucking French flags. Narcissistic slacktivism pure and simple, only there to serve yourself and show what a great person you are.
3. Stop being so naive about the fact that mankind is violent. History is written in blood. That doesn’t mean we have to accept it (we should never!), but it doesn’t mean we have to be ignorant about it either. Life is not a Disney movie. You may mean it well, but quoting John Lennon won’t help anybody. It’s useless, hollow rhetoric.
4. On the other side, stop being scared of the unknown. The only reason you were born here is sheer luck. You didn’t build this country and it would easily exist without your xenophobic ass too. It’s very easy to bitch and moan when you’re sitting at home and you’ve only seen war and poverty on tv. If you judge people based on where they come from you are a racist scumbag and you are a big part of the problem yourself.
5. Use Facebook for pictures of cats and Taylor Swift videos. Voice your opinion to your friends or family or co-workers. Ask questions. Most of all, stay safe and don’t go hysterical. Read a book, educate yourself, eat healthy. It feels pretty good to be alive, doesn’t it?
*Yes, I know. This is an opinion too. But I’m only talking about the tone of the debate, the fact that there’s this big hype forming based on fear and misinformation. Of course, it’s all very confusing and the responses are understandable and meant well (except this retarded tweet:https://twitter.com/KayBu…/status/665807478060392448/photo/1), but I’m afraid by responding the way we do, we’re not honoring anything but ourselves and our digital persona. It should be about the victims of violence everywhere, not about our own sorrow and confusion.
Written by: Jeffrey Buys
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