I want to thank you for some grownup talk, Sportsicle. Been kind of rare around these parts lately.

Glad to see Jezebel finally decided to mention this. Some of the most nuanced and thoughtful discussion around here in a long while.

I saw that too. Good for them. Religious authorities need to denounce this kind of mindless brutality whenever it occurs.

Hah, humor is essential in tough situations. Al-Baghdadi as a “queer feminist atheist”? Thanks for making me lol.

Pretty much the definition of “conundrum.” There are some effective ways to combat endemic terrorism. Getting all parties involved to come to the table and negotiate is one. There are other, less humane, alternatives. Just ask the Russians.

Well, there are multiple videos of the killers in action online. I won’t post them here. Pretty clear they weren’t “amateurs,” so to speak.

Actually, it looks like at least two gunmen. Considering Turkey’s proximity to other terrorist hotspots and the weapons they used, it’s probably reasonable to assume they had some organized training.

Ole Saint Nick actually hails from Turkey originally. Turks wear Santa Claus suits to celebrate him during the holiday season, but more around New Year’s than Christmas.

It’s so awful and alarming to see secularists in Turkey being targeted this way. Watch and be dismayed as Erdoğan tries to manipulate this terrible tragedy for his own benefit.

CNN used to be a reputable news source back when Ted Turner was in charge. Nowadays? It’s more about various talking head “personalities” and shilling the officially-sanctioned party line. I mean, have you seen Don Lemon?

Except that Jezebel covers hard news all the time, including terrorist attacks of this horrific magnitude. For whatever reason, it feels like they’re deliberately avoiding talking about the massacre in Istanbul. Nice handle, btw. Maybe you ought to consider changing it to “GossipBunny”?

Or maybe Jez is just trying to avoid the shitstorm that resulted when they covered the Cologne assaults last New Year’s Eve? People absolutely lost their minds in the comments trying to frame the attacks as right-wing propaganda or speculating that the victims must be lying.