Today marks the day when a white Norwegian terrorist called Anders Breivik murdered in cold blood 77 people. Mentally deranged? This is how some want to interpret such a vile act of terrorism.
One of the matters that the monstrous attack by Breivik has proven eight years after it happened is that we have a great ability to forget and cover up our racism with the help of collective amnesia with denial.
But what can you expect? We have had centuries of training. European history is proof: initial horror is always covered up by collective amnesia.
Disagree?
Where are the news stories remembering this day of infamy?
After the horrors of World War 2, the Holocaust, genocide, and the persecution of minorities, we are witnessing in Europe today the rise of populist parties and politicians (with the toothless approval of mainstream parties) that parrot the same hatred that brought the same horrors of the past.
Wake up Europe or succumb to the horrors and wars of the past. People like Breivik is a toxic warnings that are watered and fed by our denial and racism.
2018: (Migrant Tales July 22, 2014) Anders Breivik: Three years after the horror of 22/7 in Norway
2017: Six years after 22/7: What can one person do?
2016: Five years after 22/7 the Nordic region continues to bleed hatred
2015: Let’s (not) forget 22/7 and Anders Breivik
2014: Anders Breivik: Three years after the horror of 22/7 in Norway
2013: Migrant Tales (July 22, 2012): What have we learned after Norway’s 22/7?
2012: What have we learned after Norway’s 22/7?
2011: Breivik, Europe’s counter-jihadist mass killer, gets at least 21 years