When I Comes To Canadian Mosque Shooting, The Whole Country Is To Blame

Now, look, it appears as if the alleged mosque shooter, Alexandre Bissonnette, is a beyond right wing nutjob, at least from early indications. They are, of course, trying to tie him into Trump and Marine Le-Pen, but, here’s the real fun one from the NY Times, as Haroon Siddiqui attempts to blame all Canadians

The Bigotry That Armed the Quebec Mosque Attacker

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An incurably optimistic Canadian, I long believed that Canada would be immune to anti-Muslim hysteria. I was mistaken. This attack has been a long time coming.

The first inkling came after Sept. 11. Until then, I was just another Canadian journalist. After that, I was seen only as a Muslim, my identity reduced to my religion. The confusion, or deliberate conflation, of terrorist extremists with ordinary, law-abiding Muslims meant laying a collective guilt on all Muslims.

“What do you, Siddiqui, have to say about this or that horrible act of terrorism?” It was as if I were personally responsible.

Siddiqui goes on and on and on, ending with

I remain an incurably optimistic Canadian, and I want to believe that Canada is still not the United States. But as Sunday’s attack showed, we face the challenge of undoing the damage of years of suspicion and bigotry.

See? It’s the fault of every Canadian! When it’s a Muslim attacker, well, they’re just a lone wolf/wolvesz, and it has absolutely nothing to do with Islam in the least! You can’t even say that these people are radicals, extremists, in an attempt to separate them from the rest of Muslims. Nope. Nothing to do with Islam, even as they scream Allahu Ackbar. You aren’t allowed to make any generalization.

If only these same people, and the politically correct politicians, and the Credentialed Media, had the same concern for the people killed and harmed by Muslim terrorist attacks. Which, interestingly, tend to kill and harm more Muslims than westerners.