從匹茲堡教堂槍擊案,看新西蘭清真寺的屠殺
文章來源: 林向田2019-03-17 06:35:27

3月15日澳洲男子塔倫在新西蘭一座清真寺內開槍造成至少49人喪命。塔倫行凶前幾個小時,在網絡上發表一份長達74頁的宣言,詳細敘述他執行大屠殺的計劃。他在宣言中表示,他在法國旅行時看到“非白人入侵了法國”。

四個多月前匹茲堡 一名槍手高喊“所有猶太人都得死”,襲擊了匹茲堡的一所猶太教堂,殺死了11名禮拜者,打傷另外六人。 嫌犯是46歲的鮑爾斯(Robert Bowers),來自匹茲堡。 鮑爾斯曾在網上發表很多反猶太人的帖子,其中包括襲擊前還發過一篇。在另一個帖子中,他抨擊美國總統特朗普沒有采取任何措施阻止猶太人對美國的“侵擾”。

這兩次恐怖襲擊的共同之處是,白人極端分子對“非白人入侵了白人領地”的報複。

在匹茲堡教堂槍擊案後白宮宣布特朗普將在10月30日赴匹茲堡悼念遇難者。《華盛頓郵報》稱,在聽到白宮宣布後,1300多人通過社交媒體聯名發出公開信,稱特朗普的言行助長了美國國內的仇恨情緒及暴力行為,他的到訪“不受歡迎”。

下麵是公開信全文:

特朗普總統,

周六,一名槍手在安息日早禮拜時屠殺了11名美國人。我們與受害者家屬一起哀悼並為受傷者祈禱。在羅傑斯小區,我們感謝對突發事件做出快速響應的各方人士和遠近鄰居的大力支持。我們致力於愈合社區傷口,同時我們再次承諾修複我們的國家。

在過去的三年裏,你的言論和政策推動了不斷增長的白人民族主義運動。你聲稱凶手是邪惡的,但昨天的暴力行動恰恰是你影響力積累的惡果。

特朗普總統,在你沒有徹底譴責白人民族主義之前,匹茲堡不歡迎你。

我們的猶太社區並不是你所針對的唯一群體。你還故意破壞有色人種,穆斯林,同性戀和殘疾人的安全。昨天的大屠殺是受你煽動起來的、針對我國少數群體的又一次恐怖行為。

特朗普總統,在你停止把少數族群當靶子進行攻擊危害之前,匹茲堡不歡迎你。

凶手最後一次公開聲明援引了猶太人為難民服務的機構HIAS(Hebrew Immigrant Aud Society)的富有同情心的工作。在上周末,你散布謊言並播下對中美洲移民家庭的恐懼。他殺害了猶太人,其目的是反對把移民和難民看成人類命運相連的共同體,破壞為此而奮鬥的所有人的努力。

特朗普總統,在你停止對移民和難民的攻擊之前,匹茲堡不歡迎你。

正如猶太聖經上教導的,每個人都是按照上帝的形象製造的:“In God’s image”。這意味著我們所有人。

在我們的鄰居,美國人和世界各地的人當中,我們已經找到了上帝的形象。雖然我們不能代表所有匹茲堡人,甚至不能代表所有匹茲堡的猶太人,但我們知道,我們是在為一個多元化但是聯合的群體發出呼聲:

特朗普總統,在你承諾承認我們所有人的尊嚴,推行富有同情心的民主政策之前,匹茲堡不歡迎你。

 

公開信英文原文

President Trump:

Yesterday, a gunman slaughtered 11 Americans during Shabbat morning services. We mourn with the victims families and pray for the wounded. Here in Mr. Rogers neighborhood, we express gratitude for the first responders and for the outpouring of support from our neighbors near and far. We are committed to healing as a community while we recommit ourselves to repairing our nation.

For the past three years your words and your policies have emboldened a growing white nationalist movement. You yourself called the murderer evil, but yesterdays violence is the direct culmination of your influence. 

President Trump, you are not welcome in Pittsburgh until you fully denounce white nationalism.

Our Jewish community is not the only group you have targeted. 
You have also deliberately undermined the safety of people of color, Muslims, LGBTQ people, and people with disabilities. Yesterdays massacre is not the first act of terror you incited against a minority group in our country.  

President Trump, you are not welcome in Pittsburgh until you stop targeting and endangering all minorities.

The murderers last public statement invoked the compassionate work of the Jewish refugee service HIAS at the end of a week in which you spread lies and sowed fear about migrant families in Central America. He killed Jews in order to undermine the efforts of all those who find shared humanity with immigrants and refugees.

President Trump, you are not welcome in Pittsburgh until you cease your assault on immigrants and refugees.

The Torah teaches that every human being is made btzelem Elohim, in the image of God. This means all of us. In our neighbors, Americans, and people worldwide who have reached out to give our community strength, there we find the image of God. 

While we cannot speak for all Pittsburghers, or even all Jewish Pittsburghers, we know we speak for a diverse and unified group when we say:

President Trump, you are not welcome in Pittsburgh until you commit yourself to compassionate, democratic policies that recognize the dignity of all of us.

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