Re:LiveLeak shuts down after 15 years online
by an_opabinia on Thursday May 06, 2021 @12:18AM
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LiveLeak was essentially ISIS propaganda.
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Re:LiveLeak shuts down after 15 years online
by boomboomsubban on Thursday May 06, 2021 @12:46AM
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Not really. Though they often did want a method to spread their videos, the West lacked any of the real context behind such videos turning it into outrage fueled Western propaganda. I expect the videos sparked far more Islamaphobia than radicalization.
Re:LiveLeak shuts down after 15 years online
by Biganon on Thursday May 06, 2021 @03:22AM
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Creating or fuelling islamophobia has always been one of ISIS's tactics
Re:LiveLeak shuts down after 15 years online
by DyslexicAtheist on Thursday May 06, 2021 @04:29AM
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I don't see that. That's like saying radical evangelicals have always wanted to increase hatred against Christianity. The relation between the 2 is that one acts as a recruiting ground for the other.
Radical evangelicals like radical Islam think they are the "pure form" of their religion.
Re:LiveLeak shuts down after 15 years online
by boomboomsubban on Thursday May 06, 2021 @03:38AM
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I don't see how you can make that claim. The only possible benefit I can think of for them would be that more bigotry towards Muslims might sway more people towards their point if view, but they were already in close contact with a population thoroughly abused by the West in Iraq.