What the heck is going on over in England?

There is a wishy-washy mentality prevalent among a lot of "educated" middle class types in the UK - I know because I have a lot of them on my Facebook feed. To them, nothing will ever unshake their deeply held views of cultural relativity and the idea that every way of life is equally as valid as theirs. And they're so PC that not one of them shared a single comment of outrage or anger over last night's attack. Nor did they say a single word against the attack on pop-loving teenyboppers in Manchester last week. Most of them have kids of that age as well! The only reaction they EVER have to this kind of stuff is to share touchy-feely posts preaching peace and tolerance from people like George Takai. I mean I will take straight to Facebook and call these terrorists barbarians and savages and suggest that they should be thrown on a giant bonfire, but not one of them replies. Can't say anything because that would make them "intolerant".....of the ideology which has a clear plan laid out to kill them and their families and destroy their way of life. It makes me so effing mad I just want to unfriend them all sometimes. 
 
As for the police response time, well yes 8 minutes to kill the animals was quite good, but I hear a lot of people saying that the answer is to therefore recruit more police. Just how many innocents did the truck driving jihadist in Nice flatten before the cops managed to shoot him dead? Was it 70 or 80? I can't remember. So the government disarms us, point blank refuses to do anything about the thousands of known terrorists and extremists they have on watch lists, and then says well don't panic, our police are marvelous and they will protect you. It'll only take 8 minutes mind, so all bets are off until then. MADNESS.....

tom1
I'm not sure I know what wishy washy is supposed to mean. What are you suppose to do when a terrorist kills people and dies in the process? Attack his/her country of origin, attack similar religious/ethnic groups?

It seems to me the ones talking the toughest are usually the furthest from the front lines.

You have it entirely wrong. Furthest from the front lines? I live in work in Manhattan, which not so long ago was hit by the worst terrorist attack this country has ever seen. In 2010 I walked right past an SUV loaded with explosives on 45th Street and got to 8th Avenue in time to hear the sirens and chaos behind me and the cops closing down the block, and watched a bomb disposal robot approach the vehicle. That bomb would have killed dozens and to this day I still think about the fact that it might have gone off as I was walking past. In addition to that, I take the rush hour subway in Manhattan several times a week and am always aware of the fact that I'm standing heel to toe in a train that these scumbags are probably thinking about targeting with a suicide attack all the time. 
 
In contrast, I have friends on Nantucket who are exactly of the "wishy washy" mentality I describe and have in the past criticized others for "being afraid" of terrorists. Yep, right there on Nantucket where there's about as much chance of a terrorist attack as there is of a volcano eruption. 
 
Don't even pretend to be unaware of the fact that we're dealing with a widespread religious cult, worldwide, whose express goal is to establish a global caliphate. And that many people in these communities have openly said that they would refuse to report extremists with terror links to the authorities. We're not condemning a race or an ethnicity or a nationality here, it's a set of ideas which a free thinking individual has the choice to follow or not. Therefore it is 100% ripe for condemnation. And the fact that so many people refuse to condemn it just proves that these terrorists have a pretty easy going outlook in front of them. The police know who most of them are, and after every attack we hear that the culprit was "known to police." They were probably known in their communities as well. But a combination of spineless PC and warped sense of loyalties means that they are able to plan and execute their carnage without a care in the world. Damn right I'm angry. 
 
 

tom1
We're all angry.

I doubt even wishy washy people want terrorist attacks to happen.

Some angry people (not saying you) want to beat up the first Muslim they see. Some angry people (not saying you) want to storm Muslim neighborhoods. Some angry people (not saying you) want to prevent Muslims from traveling abroad.

I do not want to do any of the above. So, if that makes me wishy washy so be it.

Yeah some angry people may want to do that but all the terrorist want to kill us not just some.