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> I read this article as quasi-racist fearmongering, jumping on the Trump bandwagon for circulation figures. Shameful yellow journalism, in other words. The W

by fwapost 11y ago

> I read this article as quasi-racist fearmongering, jumping on the Trump bandwagon for circulation figures. Shameful yellow journalism, in other words. The Washington Post is extremely left-leaning. In fact, they recently published an editorial all but equating the US with Nazi Germany should we refuse to admit Syrian refugees. The article reads to me like a typical "changing neighborhood" piece, albeit one where the author perhaps failed to toe the party line sufficiently to your liking. If you really believe the Post is "jumping on the Trump bandwagon," you clearly haven't read them enough. > It doesn't sell newspapers to point out that there are around 2 billion muslims world-wide, of whom maybe 20,000 are active jihadis in AQ and Da'esh; the rest are just ordinary folks who are happy to get along Just ordinary folks who are happy to get along--and who broadly support the death penalty for apostasy, the stoning of adulterers, and making Sharia the binding law of the land: http://www.pewforum.org/2013/04/30/the-worlds-muslims-religion-politics-society-beliefs-about-sharia/ http://www.pewforum.org/2013/04/30/the-worlds-muslims-religi... > NB: expecting downvotes Really? Expecting downvotes on HN for criticizing an article on Muslims that wasn't a complete whitewash? I'm quite confident my comments will end up subzero long before yours. And by the way, don't you have some critical comments to moderate on your echo chamber of a blog? Must keep those "safe spaces" safe, after all.

jacquesm 11y ago
Typical changing neighborhood piece? "In many ways, Hamtramck is a microcosm of the fears gripping parts of the country since the Islamic State’s attacks on Paris: The influx of Muslims here has profoundly unsettled some residents of the town long known for its love of dancing, beer, paczki pastries and the pope." Fearmongering, pure and simple. Won't somebody think of the dancing, the beer, the pastries and the pope. How about waiting to see what that majority Muslim council gets up to before condemning them? If they do something about the kielbasa then maybe it's time to start articles like these.
- fwapost 11y ago
  Typical in that these articles often cover the ethnic, religious, or other tensions that result from demographic shifts within a community. Look at any article on the gentrification of some historically black neighborhood.

by fwapost 11y ago

jacquesm 11y ago

Typical changing neighborhood piece? "In many ways, Hamtramck is a microcosm of the fears gripping parts of the country since the Islamic State’s attacks on Paris: The influx of Muslims here has profoundly unsettled some residents of the town long known for its love of dancing, beer, paczki pastries and the pope." Fearmongering, pure and simple. Won't somebody think of the dancing, the beer, the pastries and the pope. How about waiting to see what that majority Muslim council gets up to before condemning them? If they do something about the kielbasa then maybe it's time to start articles like these.

fwapost 11y ago
Typical in that these articles often cover the ethnic, religious, or other tensions that result from demographic shifts within a community. Look at any article on the gentrification of some historically black neighborhood.