Another terrorist attack in France, and another opportunity for moral signaling on social media and self-righteous bloviating for the journalists at CNN. But before everyone gets ahead of themselves and dives head first into the pre-fabricated media narratives and the trendy, therapeutic social media hashtags and profile picture filters, now is a good time to stop for a few moments and take a serious look at some of the news items surrounding the the Paris terrorist attacks that probably won’t get prime time on Anderson Cooper 360.
By now many of us will have already heard that the passport of one of the alleged attackers has been magically recovered[1], but what other chestnuts are waiting to be discovered behind the shifting, incoherent mainstream narrative?
The appearance of a certain Dr. Patrick Pelloux on the scene certainly should peak our curiosity. Pelloux is now an old hat when it comes to terrorist attacks in France, having previously been a ‘survivor’ of the Charlie Hebdo shootings earlier this year. This time around Dr. Pelloux, already dubbed a hero by the media, was on the scene of the attacks to supposedly acting in his medical capacity as a first responder.
Now his appearance may not be all that interesting in and of itself, but the comments he gave to the French media certainly are. Though a self-described leftist, Pelloux gave some vague statements that seemed to indicate his desire to see the French national security state expanded, with presumably more powers being granted to the police and the intelligence services to surveil and detain suspects. The fact that these ever more expansive state powersnever seem to stop the threats they’re supposed to seems lost on Mr. Pelloux.
This post was published at 21st Century Wire on NOVEMBER 14, 2015.
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