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The aftermath at the Brussels airport
The aftermath at the Brussels airport

UPDATED 5:36 AM central

There have been a series of bombings in Brussels, at the Brussels airport and one or more Metro stations. As I write this, different media outlets are reporting different numbers of those killed in the attacks, with figures ranging from 13 to 23.

Horrific. My heart goes out to all WHTM readers in Belgium; I hope you and yours are all safe.

Please post links to any useful information you find in the comments below.

This is a thread for the WHTM community (and others who are broadly sympathetic to feminism and this blog); MRAs and trolls will be banned.

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kupo
kupo
8 years ago

Thank you, David. Whenever Aris shows up in a thread I just want to leave.

WeirwoodTreeHugger
WeirwoodTreeHugger
8 years ago

Thanks, David

I wish we could get some fun trolls who aren’t pretending to be neutral or above it all.

Sealions are so ban worthy

Valentine
Valentine
8 years ago

‘Talking about banalities’??? Что?????! When belgian cidizens are commenting about a terrorist attack in their country it is not ‘banalities’. You listen you learn and you support. I have a strong suspicion that such a distant attitude can only come from someone who has lived a very sheltered life indeed.

Scented Fucking Hard Chairs
Scented Fucking Hard Chairs
8 years ago

@David

Thankye’! Bloody hell, even his meltdown was boring.

@Vanilla Ice

http://i.imgur.com/r6FPw0G.gif

Who’s confident now, shithead?

weirwoodtreehugger
8 years ago

Talking about banalities’??? Что?????! When belgian cidizens are commenting about a terrorist attack in their country it is not ‘banalities’.

If it’s not about him and his very important man logic and his super deep questions, it’s banal. Didn’t you know that?

Skye
Skye
8 years ago

I don’t have anything useful to add. My best wishes to everyone impacted by these attacks. I know that is woefully inadequate.

Please let us (the world in general) become more tolerant; all 7 some-odd billion of us have to share the same little planet.

The rise of right wing extremists that seems to be happening everywhere is frightening

Valentine
Valentine
8 years ago

@wwth
I did not! Clearly I need more lesson in how to think like I have shit instead of brains -_-

Mariana Pedroso
Mariana Pedroso
8 years ago

[comment deleted by DF]

Scented Fucking Hard Chairs
Scented Fucking Hard Chairs
8 years ago

Fuck off.

No, you’re not worth more of a response than that.

Imaginary Petal
Imaginary Petal
8 years ago

Yeah, fuck off.

Paradoxical Intention - Resident Cheeseburger Slut

I’m going to third that fuck off.

weirwoodtreehugger
8 years ago

But I can still try and hope someone will get it and maybe start thinking deeply about it.

What deep thinking are you demonstrating here though? I’ll I’m seeing is “Muslims are evil.” That’s not deep thought, it’s just garden variety hate. So why would your post cause anyone to think deeply?

Imaginary Petal
Imaginary Petal
8 years ago

Whoa, I totally missed Aris finally getting banned. I think this thread developed while I was in various planes and airports, and I just never went back through thr comments.

Such a relief not having to see his whining in every thread anymore. Guys who constantly demand that other people “debate” them are among my least favorite people in the world. Just go to your room and debate your fedora, you obnoxious fuck.

Mariana Pedroso
Mariana Pedroso
7 years ago

After almost a year… you seriously deleted my comment? What exactly isn’t “cool” around here? My sincere opinion?

And people were attacking me as if I’m the enemy? That’s just… I have no words.

My opinion that Islam should be criticized just like Nazism should? That the leaders of both ideologizes are both horrible people?
That people should never be blamed for being a victim?

You are silencing someone who is a good person and is on your side. Maybe it’s you American feminists who aren’t on the side of women, both Muslim and non-Muslim, who suffer with Islamic oppression. You want to silence us. I notice you never criticize and talk about Muslim men who mistreat, rape, torture and kills us every single day.
I scaped it. But the terror will always be with me. Respect my life experiences at least once, and at least let this comment pass, please. Because that’s probably my last one.

My heart aches I can’t find support in many places, including among people who claim to be against misogyny and for equality.
Thanks for letting me know I’m also not welcome here. What a diservice.

Imaginary Petal
Imaginary Petal
7 years ago

Take your Sam Harris bullshit and fuck off please.

Ooglyboggles
Ooglyboggles
7 years ago

@Mariana
Congratulations, it must have taken so much courage to wait a whole year to revive a dead thread to concern troll in.

weirwoodtreehugger: chief manatee

This thread necro forced me to remember Aris. I don’t miss him.

I’m actually confident he’s not gonna ban me (it’s not the first comment I wrote on his blog and not the first to be called trolling by weirdtreehugger and you), but surprises (both negative and positive) happen on- and offline.

At which point instead of stopping you decided to get more obnoxious instead. So you’re banned now.

Good times.

What was not so good is that I saw these in the recent comments and thought there was another bombing and got scare.

weirwoodtreehugger: chief manatee

Ok, I don’t remember what the necromancer said to get her comment deleted before but…

My opinion that Islam should be criticized just like Nazism should?

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I’m guessing it was deleted for a reason.

EJ (Marxist Jazz Weasel)

March 29 – March 4 = 25
365 – 25 = 340 days

I predict that we’ll see Mariana again on February 7, 2018.