I wonder how much your opinions would be widened if you learned about the extent of terrorism during the troubles in Northern Ireland[1], and how that conflict was ended[2].
In many ways the Good Friday Agreement is incomprehensible to people outside Northern Ireland. How could they forgive the other side for what they did? Release prisoners that were know to be paramilitary murderers?
The cries of Trump supporters are not the cries of victims of terrorist violence. They are the cries of people who have never seen terrorism in their lives, never mind the kind of repeated and sustained terrorist attacks that threaten the entire fabric of a country.
If you want to respect the victims of terrorist attacks then you should let them speak for themselves and don't assume to know what their response would be.
You say there are bigger things, but it's peace and compassion that is the biggest thing of all. Tit for tat violence isn't something we should aim for, it's something we should aim to rise above.
In many ways the Good Friday Agreement is incomprehensible to people outside Northern Ireland. How could they forgive the other side for what they did? Release prisoners that were know to be paramilitary murderers?
The cries of Trump supporters are not the cries of victims of terrorist violence. They are the cries of people who have never seen terrorism in their lives, never mind the kind of repeated and sustained terrorist attacks that threaten the entire fabric of a country.
If you want to respect the victims of terrorist attacks then you should let them speak for themselves and don't assume to know what their response would be.
You say there are bigger things, but it's peace and compassion that is the biggest thing of all. Tit for tat violence isn't something we should aim for, it's something we should aim to rise above.
[1] the graph here should put it into context: https://www.statista.com/chart/4093/people-killed-by-terrori... much all the UK deaths on that graph are related to Northern Ireland, with the exception of Lockerbie in 88 and London in 05.
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Friday_Agreement