The War Nerd: Boko Haram and the Demon Consensus | Clarissa's Blog
I think the bigger picture of all of this is that what is selectively attended to or ignored has to do with the obsession of Western leftists with the Western colonialism that started around 19C. Anything that detracts from this narrative of the evil West has to be downplayed. As I have said, the contemporary Western character structure, insofar as it is politically constructed, relies on forming reaction formations to its own sense of colonial guilt and making this the centrepiece of one’s identity. As for actual historical and political fact or the suffering of others, that can be damned. Western leftists are interested in themselves and in how to make their martyrdom dance look good to themselves.
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