Wow. That Twitter feed is… blatant. There is a relatability factor that isn’t necessarily racist. For example, there was a 3 year old boy whose parents were ki

Wow. That Twitter feed is… blatant. There is a relatability factor that isn’t necessarily racist. For example, there was a 3 year old boy whose parents were killed in a terrorist event in an Iraqi church. The boy was following the killers around, pleading for them to please stop. That scene hit me harder than just about any other report of terrorism has. It was the relatability. As a Catholic and a father, I could viscerally feel that story better than other, less relatable (to me) stories. Anyway, I’ve been trying to figure out why the west’s response to this conflict is so much stronger than to all of the others in my lifetime. I suspect racism’s a part of it, but there’s got to be more, and I’m too cynical to think it’s just a good vs evil situation.