(March 11, 2015 at 4:49 pm)SeanBean Wrote:(March 11, 2015 at 4:40 pm)Brian37 Wrote: Ultimately yes. It is PR. But you cant say they are not doing this to rebrand their image.
Rebrand their image? Like an extremist group who routinely chops people's heads off gives a fuck about that?
It's just another gimmick to sway the minds of already dumb and impressionable muslims into going to join them. The article mentions that 20,000 foreigners have already been recruited through social media. Most people know that an awful lot of their troops are foreign. They're not doing this for the benefit of 'rebranding their image'. They aren't selling telecommunications here. They routinely release silly videos. I was watching one the other day of their 'training regiments'. It's pure PR bullshit intended only to recruit the dummies that are evidently persuaded by this sort of self-righteous bullcrap, of which there are many. It's not for any other benefit like 'rebranding'. People already know what their brand is.
Yes gimmick same damed thing as a rebrand, just like in business, when you know you are losing the moral argument you will try anything. They know burning that guy offended even other Muslims. And yes they are praying on dumb people. But it is still an attempt to change the menu to draw people in.
It won't happen, but I would say the same damned thing if they suddenly said "Hey fundy Christians and fundy Jews, since you like sexism and blasphemy laws too, join us because we all want a fascist state, and we also get to mutilate the genitals of boys and girls". If they thought that would work they would do that too. They are too tribal to consider that though.
