(AP)
As much as I
hate ‘trend’ stories -- you know, the “here is a suburban housewife who is part of the growing number of women …. Yadda yadda” story or the “Yes, this high school student is (a) drinking more, (b) drinking less, (c) being more promiscuous or (d) being more promiscuous … and he’s not alone” story – I think I may have spotted one of my own in recent days. It was reassuring to see two separate mainstream media pieces this week that took the extra step of infiltrating and *explaining* the Islamic militant mindset.
In the days after 9/11, when we asked “Why do they hate us?” it was impolitic to go much further than “because they hate freedom.” To actually dig into the details and extremist ideology was not seen as
explaining the behavior as much as it was
excusing the behavior.
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