Don’t sneer at those who are more shocked by tragedies in Europe than in the rest of the world. We feel closer to those we are culturally connected withPart of the grim reality of the frequency of terrorist attacks in Europe is that now there has become established a predictable pattern of reaction. Shock,then nettle, then the recriminations and the political grandstanding. Another stage has now been added: the solidarity sneering.
It started with the Paris attacks and the partly justifiable complaint that deadly bombings in Beirut just days before had not received the same media or political attention or expressions of support. This criticism has now been extended to the expressions of solidarity with Brussels, and as a manifestation of the seniority of European lives,reducing the discussion to a battle between “us” and “them”.
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Source: theguardian.com