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At Breitbart<\/a>, the focus is on the approx. 3500 killed or wounded by various Muslim extremists.<\/p>\n

At Huffpost<\/a>, the focus is on the anti-Muslim hate crimes aimed at Muslims here in the US.<\/p>\n

I can\u2019t imagine anything illustrating so plainly the split in our modern society. \u00a0If I\u2019m keeping score, I\u2019ll give this one to the Breitbart article. \u00a0As bad as physical assaults, vandalism,\u00a0bomb threats and hateful graffiti are, they\u00a0pale in comparison to thousands killed and wounded worldwide.<\/p>\n

Especially when the three cases of murder mentioned are two who were not killed for being Muslim, but for\u00a0defending a Muslim who was being harassed, and a young Muslim woman who may or may not have been killed by an immigrant over a road rage incident. \u00a0Given that antisemitism still reigns supreme in the hate crime categories in the US, including crimes involving Muslims<\/a>, and given that other groups are also targets of hate crimes (my wife\u2019s Orthodox Church has had two cases of graffiti and vandalism), the \u2018Muslims killed and wounded thousands\u2019 focus should win every day.<\/p>\n

Nonetheless, the two points of focus are an interesting contrast. \u00a0It shows the different emphasis between the left and right in the US. \u00a0To the left, you can bet your bottom dollar that, as often as not, the main villain is the white, Conservative, European or American heterosexual Christian man. \u00a0With the right, the baddie will often be someone who isn\u2019t in that category (though white liberals are as good as any).<\/p>\n

Of course the truth isn\u2019t that simple. \u00a0But nonetheless, as snippets go, I thought the contrast between these two articles was telling.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"