So it has apparently become de rigeur following every terrorist attack on the West to point out that "others" in the world have suffered terrorism and that news coverage of one attack and not another is clear evidence of casual racism.

Here’s why I think this is disingenuous (i.e. BS):

1) The only time bleeding hearts bleed for the Ivory Coast or Yemen is AFTER an attack on Paris or Brussels. I have yet to see a “Je Suis Abidjan” or “Je Suis Aden” profile pic in the colors of the Yemenite flag and I seriously doubt that I will. How many people died in Pakistan today and not one person on my feed posted their deep sorrow at this tragedy? (Oh wait, they were Christians – no need to feel sorry for them. I mean, why are they even there?)

2) The articles that are posted on this subject oddly fail to mention that there is a common thread to all of these attacks (Hint: it starts with “Is” and ends with a word that rhymes with “ham”).

3) I find the use of random dead people in Africa to make some snarky political point or to show how "enlightened" you are because you can find Bamako on a map, is basically a form of trafficking in dead people and exploitative.

4) Somehow in the list of attacks that we are so emotionally enjoined to remember, Israel always remains forgotten. Coincidence? Or just casual antisemitism? If you actually feel bad for victims of terrorism around the world and wanted to make a stand against violence, you'd think that Israel would also merit a mention. Then again, I guess some people just have it coming.

HERE is a good example.

Even the NY Times got in on the act Click HERE.

NB: Apparently, the March 8 stabbing death of Taylor Force – a Vanderbilt student who was visiting Israel – is just "violence" does not count as terrorism.

http://edition.cnn.com/2016/03/08/middleeast/israel-violence/