Hamas Cheerleaders Are All Over Instagram
Since 10/7, young social-media users have been inundated with memes that present terrorists as social justice champions.
Christina Buttons
· 11 min read
terrorism
A collection of 31 posts
The Barbarian Evasions
Hamas’s progressive apologists seek self-justification in the moral incoherence of relativistic absolutism.
David A. Eisenberg
· 4 min read
Podcast #227: The October 7 Terrorist Attacks: a Historical Perspective
Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay talks to influential Israeli historian Benny Morris about Hamas’ acts of mass murder, the Israeli response, and the future of Gaza.
Quillette, Benny Morris
· 15 min read
Death From Above
Ayman al-Zawahiri’s reign of pious terror is now over.
Brian Stewart
· 6 min read
Next Year in Simla: Thirty years After Its Defeat, the Khalistan Movement Fights on in Cyberspace
Even if the referendum turns out to be a complete failure, though, the Khalistanis seem unlikely to fade away.
Terry Milewski
· 19 min read
Laws and Values
Scott Z. Burns’s political thriller ‘The Report’ is a careful examination of the CIA’s interrogation methods.
Michael J. Totten
· 10 min read
The Real Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
The TSA is an agency of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security that was created as a response to the 9/11 attacks to make sure nothing like that ever happens again.
A Kelleher
· 13 min read
Why I Don’t Live in Fear of White Supremacists
If we start to restrict civil liberties, spread panic and exaggerate the amount of hate and violence in our societies, we will give terrorists what they want: greater control over our political narratives and personal psychology.
Zaid Jilani
· 7 min read
The Bigotry of Environmental Pessimism
The “Lorax” view of environmental problems as a consequence of greed has always been wrong and depressing.
Michael Shellenberger
· 8 min read
Denmark's Blaspheming Mother
Immigration, Islamism and integration are salient issues even in the happiest place on earth.
Andy Ngo
· 9 min read
After Christchurch, Remember the Victims, But Resist the Urge to Blame
The best we can do in the short-term is to return again and again to the better angels of our nature and try to keep these horrific events in perspective.
Claire Lehmann
· 5 min read
Terrorism and White Privilege
This discrepancy, it is alleged, is evidence of ‘white privilege.’
Dale Claridge
· 8 min read
Flag-Shaming in Response to Terrorism
Reflexive expressions of solidarity signify an internalized Western understanding that life is precious and not cheap.
Jamie Palmer
· 4 min read
The Masochists Who Defend Sadists: The Regressive Left in Theory and Practice
John Pilger, Michael Moore, Tariq Ali, Arundhati Roy, and the Stop the War Coalition have shown their commitment to barbarism.
Timothy Cootes
· 17 min read
Paris Aftermath: Conflating Daesh with Refugees Won't Stop Terror
As political positions have crystallised in the week following the attacks, there is increasing conflation of these three elements within the debate.
Zack Pyzer
· 6 min read