re: #67 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing

Are they really affiliated with ISIS, or is this one of those “grab all the fish in the river” things?

I was just sitting here wondering the same thing. IMO, calling them “ISIS terrorists” gives them a higher status (in their jihadi world) than they deserve. Watching a few ISIS videos on YouTube & tweeting about how awesome you think they are doesn’t qualify as being anything more than ISIS-inspired. They were a couple of lowlife losers, criminals, nothing more.

Giving them such designations is free advertising for groups like ISIS & Boko Haram, and all the attention may very well appear glamorous to others who might have similar inclinations. America really needs to start being smarter about handling this crap.

For the media it’s all about clickbait & sound bites in a 24-hour news cycle—and they get away with it because the public rewards them for it, the same way they eat up the stupid “reality” shows. It’s disgusting and embarrassing.