"Before we knew all that much about what had happened, before many Americans had even caught word of it, before the ones who were aware had moved past horror and numbness, Paris wasn’t just a massacre. It was a megaphone to be used for whatever you yearned to shout. That’s how it works in this era of Internet preening, out-of-control partisanship and press-a-button punditry, when anything and everything becomes prompt for a plaint, a rant, a riff. It all happens in the click of a mouse, its metabolism too furious to allow for decorum or real perspective."
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
Frank Bruni, in "The Exploitation of Paris" in The New York Times (14 November 2015)
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/November_2015_Paris_attacks
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
November 2015 Paris attacks
14 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by November 2015 Paris attacks →
Related Quotes
"Anonymous from all over the world will hunt you down. You should know that we will find you and we will not let you g…"
"It wasn't just a terrorist attack, it was a massacre. Dozens of people were shot right infront of me. Pools of blood …"
"There are countless offenses and injustices that pale beside the bloodshed in Paris — what doesn’t? — and there’s abs…"
"What I think Paris did do, which was important, is galvanize, especially European opinion, and that's important, beca…"
"The Paris slaughter claimed by the Islamic State constitutes, as President François Hollande of France declared, an "…"
"The cities of the whole world continue to express their support to the people of Paris. … Once again, a big thank you…"
"My dear compatriots, As I speak, terrorist attacks of unprecedented proportions are underway in the Paris area. There…"
"In these difficult moments, we must - and I'm thinking of the many victims, their families and the injured - show com…"
"You get used to terrorist attacks. France will hold on. The French will hold on, without even needing a “sursaut nati…"
"Peace for Paris"