Oh, god.

[conuly]

Easter Sunday attacks on churches and hotels in Sri Lanka leave more than 200 dead and 450 injured

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[zesty_pinto]

A coordinated attack and ironically from Buddhist suppression of all things.

But I'm sure this will feed whatever hate engine the politicians want, so hooray we can keep the "both sides" argument for a little longer.

[conuly]

I don't see anything particularly "ironic" about it being Buddhists rather than anybody else perpetrating this.

[zesty_pinto]

Buddhism tends to give a vision of being nonviolent, bolstered by it being embraced in America mostly by white wealthy new age types.

The truth of it is always muddled. No one here will point that finger unless they are aware of the situation there, it'll just be another example of the "religion of peace."

Not like they would have been convinced otherwise anyway, sadly.

[conuly]

They're no more likely to be nonviolent than anybody else, sad to say.

[zesty_pinto]

Agreed.

[zesty_pinto]

Small surprises. One of the paramilitary groups I've been watching has been pushing that awful narrative with the lack of nuance you'd normally expect.

This is a group that also detained migrants across the border. The one that the FBI is currently openly investigating.