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An Army veteran, a recent college graduate and a student who once won a poetry contest by condemning prejudice stirred up by the Sept. 11 attacks intervened as a man screamed anti-Muslim insults at two women in Portland, Ore., on Friday.
[...] Two of the men — Taliesin Myrddin Namkai Meche, 23, and Rick Best, 53 — died in the attack, which occurred on a commuter train. The third, Micah David-Cole Fletcher, 21, was treated on Saturday for injuries that the police said were serious but not life-threatening.
Jeremy Christian, 35, of North Portland, Ore., was charged with two counts of aggravated murder in the attack and could face additional charges when he is arraigned on Tuesday. Mr. Christian, who the authorities said had a history of making extremist statements on social media, was ranting at, and talking disparagingly about, the two women, one of whom was wearing a hijab.
Source: The New York Times
President Donald Trump has released his first official statement on the attack in Portland, Oregon, more than 48 hours after the two victims died.
"The violent attacks in Portland on Friday are unacceptable," Mr Trump tweeted. "The victims were standing up to hate and intolerance. Our prayers are w/ them."
Source: The Independent
Portland law enforcement leaders were tightlipped Saturday about the investigation into Friday's attacks that killed two men on a light rail train but a federal official did say it was too early to label the incident a hate crime.
[...] Loren Cannon, special agent in charge of the Portland FBI office, [...]
"It's too early to say whether last night's violence was an act of domestic terrorism or a federal hate crime," he said. "However, in the coming days, the FBI, PPB and the prosecutors will work together to share information, leverage resources and make determinations about future criminal charges."
[...] Leaders of the Muslim community said they were thankful for the men who gave their lives to save the girls from harm. They have raised $50,000 toward a goal of $60,000 to help support the victims and their families.
Source: The Oregonian
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Magic Oddball on Tuesday May 30 2017, @09:50AM (1 child)
The girls in this case weren't wearing burkhas, which cover the entire body. They were wearing hijabs (headscarves), most likely (based on pics I've seen of Muslim teen fashion in the US & UK) similar to the ones that were popular with American women in the 1960s.
Most young Muslim women in the West who are wearing headscarves, burkinis, etc. do so from the exact same sense of religious modesty & local fashion that drives a lot of young conservative Christian/Catholic women to avoid wearing clothes that reveal more than they were taught is acceptable.
As for feminists... You're just hearing the same highly vocal minority that dominate any controversial issue: people who are still in the young-adult stage where people tend to focus on a few issues, become very easily outraged/critical over them, feel their protests are illogically important, and are blind (or lack the experience) to see contradictions in their own lives. Most of the ones you're noticing aren't even primarily feminists — as you pointed out, they're more focused on race relations, with women from a particular group sometimes just serving as a handy example when useful. *shrug*
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 31 2017, @06:05AM
The problem is that law makers, media and HR departments all listen and act on these extremists.