My Norwegian friends and relatives are updating their profile pictures with a "We'll never forget July 22" sticker. It's a reference to the terrorist attack that took place ten years ago today. It was a lone wolf thing that exposed Norway's police and security services as completely inept. However, the narrative quickly morphed into one of us against them. Us being the good guys and them being right wing extremists.
I find this kind of virtue signalling both pathetic and a little disturbing. What exactly are these people trying to say? Who exactly are these blood thirsty terrorists that we have to keep an eye on? Or is it all about virtue signalling? "Look at me! I too find it terrible. I too cannot forget."
Does the other position even exist? Are there anyone out there thinking "Hey! let's kill a bunch of people to make a statement." I don't think so, and if they are, it's hardly a big group of people.
There's a saying in Norway: "To beat down open doors." It refers to this kind of behaviour, where people bravely state what everyone else agrees on. It's down right pathetic, and it leaves the door wide open for power hungry bureaucrats to step in and monitor adversaries under the guise of wanting to prevent another terrorist attack.
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| 31 minutes into the attack |
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