Showing posts with label Omar Mateen. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Omar Mateen. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 19, 2016

Quote of the day: divisive categorizations

"Dehumanisation is a choice. Calling a police officer a ‘pig' or reducing any population to a ‘threat' not only perpetuates stereotypes, it does nothing to temper discontent.”

-Morwari Zafar, Al Jazeera, 2016-07-14, http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/07/real-reason-nice-lorry-massacre-160717112202209.html

Thursday, June 16, 2016

Quote of the day: an assault on assault

“[T]here is still no reason for a citizen to own an assault rifle unless he is planning an assault.”

“Omar Mateen, American Monster”, Charles M. Blow, New York Times, 2016-06-16, http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/16/opinion/omar-mateen-american-monster.html