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Instead of the ignorance and hatemongering towards all Muslims exhibited by some so-called "Christian' posters on this thread because of the actions of a small number of zealous religious extremists, Australians are coming out in support of fellow Australians who fear a backlash from racists.
A hashtag showing support for Muslim Australians has taken off on social media following a siege at the Lindt cafe in Sydney today.
#illridewithyou is trending worldwide on Twitter, rising by hundreds of tweets per minute since it began this morning
702 ABC Sydney have had calls from Muslim listeners who say they are too scared to ride on public transport at the moment.
The hashtag appears to have come from a tweet from a woman who was riding on a train in Sydney, who noticed a Muslim woman quietly take off her head covering.
The woman said: "No, if you want to wear it, then wear it. I'll walk with you."
Another woman took to Twitter and wrote: "If you reg take the bus b/w Coogee/Martin PL, wear religious attire, &don't feel safe alone: I'll ride with you. @me for schedule."
The woman then suggested "maybe start a hashtag? What's in #illridewithyou?"
Take a look at some of the tweets.
"Dear assailant: you lose. Dear racists exploiting a tense situation: you lose. Dear real Australians: you win! #illridewithyou"
"This is my Australia. Being a Muslim this hashtag is the best thing happened today. I Love You Australia. #illridewithyou"
"The #illridewithyou campaign makes you feel truly proud to be an Australian. Let's greet all Muslim citizens tomorrow with a smile."
"Australians offer to go with Muslim Australians in public places if they fear racist backlash #illridewithyou So much better than bigotry"
"Just thinking of many proud moments Ive had as an Aussie seeing our country band together beyond hate is one of the proudest #illridewithyou"
"Illridewithyou: We will not turn on each other. We will not give terror organisations what they want. http://bit.ly/1wvxGXz"
Instead of the ignorance and hatemongering towards all Muslims exhibited by some so-called "Christian' posters on this thread because of the actions of a small number of zealous religious extremists, Australians are coming out in support of fellow Australians who fear a backlash from racists.
A hashtag showing support for Muslim Australians has taken off on social media following a siege at the Lindt cafe in Sydney today.
#illridewithyou is trending worldwide on Twitter, rising by hundreds of tweets per minute since it began this morning
702 ABC Sydney have had calls from Muslim listeners who say they are too scared to ride on public transport at the moment.
The hashtag appears to have come from a tweet from a woman who was riding on a train in Sydney, who noticed a Muslim woman quietly take off her head covering.
The woman said: "No, if you want to wear it, then wear it. I'll walk with you."
Another woman took to Twitter and wrote: "If you reg take the bus b/w Coogee/Martin PL, wear religious attire, &don't feel safe alone: I'll ride with you. @me for schedule."
The woman then suggested "maybe start a hashtag? What's in #illridewithyou?"
Take a look at some of the tweets.
"Dear assailant: you lose. Dear racists exploiting a tense situation: you lose. Dear real Australians: you win! #illridewithyou"
"This is my Australia. Being a Muslim this hashtag is the best thing happened today. I Love You Australia. #illridewithyou"
"The #illridewithyou campaign makes you feel truly proud to be an Australian. Let's greet all Muslim citizens tomorrow with a smile."
"Australians offer to go with Muslim Australians in public places if they fear racist backlash #illridewithyou So much better than bigotry"
"Just thinking of many proud moments Ive had as an Aussie seeing our country band together beyond hate is one of the proudest #illridewithyou"
"Illridewithyou: We will not turn on each other. We will not give terror organisations what they want. http://bit.ly/1wvxGXz"
Oh yes, the wicked way of peace, only religion the Liberals love and defend.
Not true. They also love the religion of Big Government.
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Originally Posted by renault
Obama narrative: 'This is nothing more than another case of workplace violence. The Koch brothers and Fox News are America's real enemies.'
Media narrative: 'We must be cautious not to paint a peaceful religion such as Islam with the broad stroke of terrorism. Meanwhile, the racist Tea Party plans to demonstrate against President Obama's executive amnesty plans.'
Hollywood narrative: 'How dare that backwards middle-America criticize Islam because of one lone-wolf act of terrorism? Back to our regularly scheduled Christian-bashing.'
Pretty much. "But, but, the big bad Christians!" A few in this thread already.
Hopefully one of the Australian military snipers will be able to put a .50 cal round in this guys head when he makes the mistake of walking in front of the window.
He probably has no idea how many sets of crosshairs are sitting in wait for the opportunity.
Well the media just said the police are assaulting the situation by going in. That is a problem, as the police are going in for a reason teh media has no idea why.
The terrorist never tried much after 9/11, now look at them?
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