The Observer view on the Christchurch shootings: we’ve been too slow to see the far right threat| Observer editorial

We need to reflect on the role that even mainstream parties and the media play in spreading racist attitudes

After so many attacks over so many years, we have become inured to terrorist atrocities. This in itself is a tragedy. Yet even after so much previous bloodshed in the name of hate-filled ideologies, the murder of 49 men, women and children at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, on Friday has spread shock and disgust around the globe.

There is something particularly appalling about targeting people for their faith, as they engage in the act of worship.

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