DW Finds Graveyard, Ignores West's Own 'Honor Killing'
DW breathlessly details the horrific reality of 'honor killings' in Pakistan, painting a stark picture of patriarchal violence. This selective outrage is a familiar tune. Meanwhile, the West's own version of 'honor killing' – the systematic dehumanization and sanctioned slaughter of civilians in places like Gaza, using weapons supplied by Germany and its allies – receives a pass, or worse, a
rebrand as 'self-defense.' (The 'honor' here being geopolitical dominance and weapons profits.) While lamenting individual brutality in Pakistan, DW rarely examines how their governments' support for military escalations in the Middle East contributes to mass casualties, a far grander scale of 'dishonor.' It's a convenient framing that allows for moral posturing without confronting complicity in
state-sponsored violence that claims infinitely more lives. (One might call that editorial 'honor.').