{"id":118788,"date":"2019-03-15T18:25:51","date_gmt":"2019-03-15T22:25:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=118788"},"modified":"2019-03-15T18:25:51","modified_gmt":"2019-03-15T22:25:51","slug":"alt-media-platforms-blaming-trump-and-nationalists-for-new-zealand-massacre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=118788","title":{"rendered":"<i>Alt Media<\/i> Platforms Blaming Trump and Nationalists for New Zealand Massacre"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>High Fives at the White House: Trump Rhetoric Responsible for New Zealand Massacre<\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->By VT Editors<\/p>\n<div class=\"wpb_video_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rll-youtube-player\" data-id=\"TPPeCtO3EPo\" data-query=\"enablejsapi=1&amp;feature=oembed&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;vq=hd720\">\n<div data-id=\"TPPeCtO3EPo\" data-query=\"enablejsapi=1&amp;feature=oembed&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;vq=hd720\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyloading\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/TPPeCtO3EPo\/hqdefault.jpg\" data-was-processed=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"play\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\">Fox News Approval of Killings?<\/h2>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><strong>\u201cFox News analyst Walid Phares called Friday\u2019s\u00a0<a class=\"TrackingLink LinkWrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/christchurch-mosque-shooting-reports-of-multiple-casualties-in-new-zealand?ref=home\">white nationalist terrorist attack<\/a> in Christchurch, New Zealand, that killed 49 people and injured 40 others, \u201cvery understandable\u201d on a \u201cpolitical level.\u201d Phares said that New Zealand has now joined countries fighting terrorism \u201con all sides\u201d adding, it\u2019s very understandable what (the shooter) was trying to do on a political level\u201d<\/strong> (Daily Beast)<\/em><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">and this:<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><strong>\u00a0\u201cDoes anyone still dispute the link between Muslim immigration and violence?\u201d Queensland senator Fraser Anning said in a now-deleted tweet of the attack that left 49 people dead in Christchurch, New Zealand. \u201cAs always, left-wing politicians and the media will rush to claim that the causes of today\u2019s shootings lie with gun laws or those who hold nationalist views, but this is all cliched nonsense,\u201d the right-wing Australian parliament member added in a written statement (which earned a \u201cNailed it!\u201d from\u00a0<a class=\"LinkWrapper LinkWrapper--external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lachlan\/status\/1106561938451021826\">former White House official Carl Higbie<\/a>).\u00a0\u201cThe real cause of bloodshed on New Zealand streets today is the immigration program which allowed Muslim fanatics to migrate to New Zealand n the first place.\u201d Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison immediately denounced the lawmaker\u2019s take on the Thursday terror attack. \u201cThe remarks by Senator Fraser Anning blaming the murderous attacks by a violent, right-wing, extremist terrorist in New Zealand on immigration are disgusting,\u201d Morrison said.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ElizaJBarr\/status\/1106439568096526336\/photo\/1\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/ElizaJBarr\/status\/1106439568096526336\/photo\/1<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">WASHINGTON, DC \u2014 The following is a statement from\u00a0<strong>Muslim Advocates Executive Director Farhana Khera<\/strong>\u00a0on the deadly mass shootings at two mosques in New Zealand:<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cA house of worship is a sacred place for people of all faiths. It is an unspeakable tragedy to see two mosques be so horrifically violated. In the wake of this heartbreaking, anti-Muslim mass slaughter, it is clear that more needs to be done to protect Muslims and all vulnerable communities from the very real dangers posed by hate and white nationalists. Thoughts and prayers are simply an inadequate response to this horrific attack. It is time for President Trump, elected officials, law enforcement and tech companies to act.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">It is not enough for President Trump to merely send thoughts and prayers. The President called neo-nazis and white nationalists \u2018very fine people.\u2019 This hate-filled murderer drew inspiration from Trump, and the white nationalist movement has celebrated Trump\u2019s words and policies. The President needs to immediately and unequivocally condemn and disavow this attacker and the white nationalist movement.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Elected officials and law enforcement must do more to protect our community and all Americans from the white nationalist threat by calling on FBI Director Christopher Wray to prioritize the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of right-wing, white nationalist violence\u2014the most significant threat to public safety in our nation today.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Social media platforms and tech companies like Facebook, Twitter and Google need to do much more to detect and shut down online hate content. The New Zealand shooter was able to livestream a 17-minute video of his murderous rampage that continues to spread like wildfire online. This is flatly unacceptable. Tech companies must take all steps possible to prevent something like this from happening again. \u00a0Further, hate groups have long used platforms like Facebook to organize, spread their violent messages and build their membership online. Facebook needs to do more to remove these hate groups before they inspire even more harm.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">With historic levels of hate crimes motivated by anti-Muslim bigotry in recent years here in the U.S., American Muslims have sadly been through so much. I am so proud of our resilience and strength. We will not allow this attack or this hate movement to prevent us from going about our daily lives, including attending our houses of worship and engaging with our communities. Together, with allied Americans of faith and goodwill, we will persevere and we will defeat hate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><em>Muslim Advocates is a national civil rights organization working in the courts, in the halls of power and in communities to halt bigotry in its tracks. We ensure that American Muslims have a seat at the table with expert representation so that all Americans may live free from hate and discrimination.<\/em><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.veteranstoday.com\/2019\/03\/15\/calls-for-concrete-action-from-president-trump-federal-officials-and-tech-companies-in-wake-of-new-zealand-massacre\/\">https:\/\/www.veteranstoday.com\/2019\/03\/15\/calls-for-concrete-action-from-president-trump-federal-officials-and-tech-companies-in-wake-of-new-zealand-massacre\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>High Fives at the White House: Trump Rhetoric Responsible for New Zealand Massacre<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-118788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=118788"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118788\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=118788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=118788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=118788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}