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[TheRealJoeFish]

Yeah, I'm fuzzy on the details, too. What I'm gathering is that there was some anti-Muslim reaction to the terrorist, and then a pro-Muslim reaction to that that ends up looking like people are siding with the terrorist?

Yes, I think that's correct.

The point of the #hashtag seems to be "listen, just because one muslim was a terrorist, we don't think you're all terrorists."

It's a complicated issue. It's really difficult to walk the fine line between, on one hand, acknowledging that, sure, extremely peaceful and kind and innocent and good people who are muslims might suffer some (additional) prejudice and injury and retaliation because of this extremist and, on the other hand, remembering that innocent people were literally trapped and shot, and that's a huge effing travesty.

I don't know where the hashtag originated or if there was an anti-muslim backlash in Australia or elsewhere due to this incident. At least to me, it seemed that a lot of people jumped on this hashtag movement pretty quickly because, hey, it's really easy to put a hashtag, but the quickness with which it happened seemed like people were rushing to the defense of innocent muslims everywhere, who may or may not face repercussions because of this guy's action, without properly recognizing the innocent people who died. Seemed kind of insensitive to some, I think.