Millennial Couple Bikes Near ISIS Territory to Prove ‘Humans Are Kind’ and Gets Slaughtered by Jihadis

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A couple of millennial-age people decided to show the world that hey, jihadists are just people, too, deserving of the same love and kindness as every other individual in the world.

So they rode their bikes near ISIS territory to make the statement.

And they were promptly killed.

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It’s a bit like when environmentalist nuts go near the bear caves to prove the beasts are our friends, yes?

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An idealistic young American couple was killed in an Islamic State-claimed terrorist attack last month while on a cycling trip around the world.

Jay Austin and Lauren Geoghegan, both 29, last year quit their office jobs in Washington, DC, to embark on the journey. Austin, a vegan who worked for the US Department of Housing and Urban Development, and Geoghegan, a vegetarian who worked in the Georgetown University admissions office, decided that they’re were wasting their lives working.

“I’ve grown tired of spending the best hours of my day in front of a glowing rectangle, of coloring the best years of my life in swaths of grey and beige,” Austin wrote on his blog before he quit. “I’ve missed too many sunsets while my back was turned. Too many thunderstorms went unwatched, too many gentle breezes unnoticed.”

The couple documented their year-long journey on ​Instagram and on a ​joint blog. As The New York Times ​put it, they shared “the openheartedness they wanted to embody and the acts of kindness reciprocated by strangers.”

“You read the papers and you’re led to believe that the world is a big, scary place,” Austin wrote.

“People, the narrative goes, are not to be trusted. People are bad. People are evil.”

“I don’t buy it,” he continued. “Evil is a make-believe concept we’ve invented to deal with the complexities of fellow humans holding values and beliefs and perspectives different than our own… By and large, humans are kind. Self-interested sometimes, myopic sometimes, but kind. Generous and wonderful and kind.”

However, Austin and Geoghegan’s dream trip came to a tragic and gruesome end when they got to Tajikistan, a ​weak state with a known terrorist threat that shares a border with Afghanistan, where ISIS and other terrorist groups are ​highly active. They were riding their bikes through the country on July 29 when a car rammed them, ​​according to CBS News. Five men got out of the car and stabbed the couple to death along with two other cyclists, one from Switzerland and the other from the Netherlands.

Two days later, ISIS released a video showing the same men sitting in front of the group’s black flag. They looked at the camera and vowed to kill “disbelievers,” ​according to The New York Times.

Some conservatives have framed the tragedy as a cautionary tale about not just the perils of travel but also naivete in general. In their telling, an overly generous understanding of human nature is behind much of today’s progressive movement, including calls to radically scale back immigration enforcement and policing and support for socialism.

Some liberals, for their part, view Austin and Geoghegan as simply unfortunate. Experts on the region ​​told The Washington Post: “Central Asia generally is fairly safe.”

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christian vidal
christian vidal
5 years ago

lol !

justmewhoelse12
justmewhoelse12
5 years ago

I bet these libtards last words was to blame Trump.

Reality over liberal delusion.

Suresh
Suresh
5 years ago

LOL ! Agree. Typical Libtard dodos who got slaughtered just like dumb dodos .

Left/Lib pro-jihadis are only taking out conservative, patriots , anti-Left/liberal and anti-jihad posts and allow jihadis to continue !

Like this news of brutal gang rape of swedish girl and what they did to her is even worse
http://bit.ly/2z2rVov

But it was suppressed /played down !

Michael Garfinkel
Michael Garfinkel
5 years ago
Reply to  Suresh

This couple, still in their twenties, not only suffered from a worldview that could be contained in the lyrics of a Beatles song – or a fortune cookie, for that matter, but they were pompous enough to believe that they held the key to a truth that others were – well, probably too limited to appreciate.

There’s a lot of that going around amongst the so-called Millennials, (think future congress person Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez), but sadly, in this case there were no adults around to save them from themselves.

Still, brutal murder is never something to “LOL” about.

I would add that the usual suspects are at it again, encouraging more stupidity: “Some liberals, for their part, view Austin and Geoghegan as simply unfortunate. Experts on the region ​​told The Washington Post: “Central Asia generally is fairly safe.”

I would bet my house that most, if not all of these “experts” would scream bloody murder if their own children were contemplating a similar trip in “fairly safe” Central Asia.

spacearcadian
spacearcadian
5 years ago

Islam belongs in USA now. Don’t make stupid moves, be quiet and everything will be ok

Janet
Janet
5 years ago
Reply to  spacearcadian

The hell it does! It’s here but it most definitely doesn’t belong here with their barbaric and primitive ideas. One of the biggest mistakes the USA ever made was to bring in a people that won’t assimilate and become Americans. They put Sharia Law above the Constitution and that’s a huge problem. When push comes to shove the Americans will never let this great free country become an Islamic hell hole so don’t hold your breath! ????????????????????

joanofark06
joanofark06
5 years ago
Reply to  Janet

I’ve been archiving everything about islam/muslim, since 9/11, and you don’t want to see all the killings of Americans, in state after state, that I have collected, for years now (Remember the somalia policeman that shot and killed that unarmed woman? (Just one example, and I have many articles about it). The gellerreport just posted an article, mentioning the number of “a little less than 23,000 of these “people”, that have come into this country, so far, this year. And this year isn’t even over yet! When is Trump, gonna stop sending our men, over there, to fight, and be killed, by the SAME kind of people, that are coming HERE, by the thousands? If you add that number, to how many came in last year, and the year before that, and the year before that, we probably have hundreds of thousands by now. I guess we’ll just sit back and wait, for another American to be killed, or another major terrorist attack, because of “them”, while Trump hosts a ramadan dinner at the White House, and wishes them all a happy holiday, and does nothing about islam spreading it’s tentacles to every facet of American life, starting with more and more schools, teaching our young children, everything they need to know about islam, and even how to become one (muslim)! (I have many articles about that too). I’m just wishing he’d do something about the almost 30 muslim training camps in this country (one is in my state!), and stop all these muslims, from being our police, our judges, etc etc.. Their running for congress, too, so how is all this, making America great again??
Anyway, I thought Trump was going to stem the flow of immigrants/ refugees, with all his pre-election talk, but I guess, that was just that….talk. Wonder why we haven’t heard him mention anything else about these “people”, or anymore about “deportations”, or anything else about it, lately. Oh I know, his hands our tied, the courts won’t let him do anything, blah blah blah. While almost, everyday now, there’s an article, about how these “people” are SLOWLY taking over our country, or another American killed by their hands. You say, that Americans will never let this country become islamic?? Well, you better open your eyes, because WE Americans can’t do anything about it either! I read the news, almost all day long, and I can tell ya, like a lot of other people, who are awake, and knowing….it’s creeping into this country like a thousand roaches, coming through every nick, crack, and hole, and one day, you, I, and others, are going to wake up one day, and wonder how in the h*ll, did our country, turn into another Afghanistan! No one is doing anything about it, so just watch, and see what happens (so slowly, you hardly even see it happening), and prepare yourself, to be part of an islamic country. Trump CAN’T do anything about it, and our Congress WON’T do anything about it. So who can stop it? The flow is still turned up to high, and no one can turn off that faucet.

spacearcadian
spacearcadian
5 years ago
Reply to  joanofark06

Actually there are about 10 MILLIONS of MUSLIMS in USA and Growing

joanofark06
joanofark06
5 years ago
Reply to  spacearcadian

I believe it, but it’d be great, for my archive, to have that, written/shown somewhere on a study, shown on a website, or document…I’m looking for it.

mudpuppy6
mudpuppy6
5 years ago

He made them upset

Kalambong Kalambong
Kalambong Kalambong
5 years ago

When they were inside America, they always hope to die for Hillary’s koolaid

At last, their wish were granted – They died for Hillary’s koolaid.

purple
purple
5 years ago

Why are you spamming this page with fake claims and trying to deceive people? Shame on you!

IzlamDownpressesHumanity
IzlamDownpressesHumanity
5 years ago

But if you’re freelancing doesn’t that mean you don’t have a pimp?

Treder
Treder
5 years ago

You can’t fix stupid

Rick Reynolds
Rick Reynolds
5 years ago

If only they learned that all Muslims have a mental illness called IFD, Infidel Frenzy Disorder. Whenever they encounter any non-Muslims, they go into a frenzied state which sometimes causes them to ram their cars into crowds or cyclists. Or use any weapon like knives/guns to kill the infidels, or if it is uncovered women/pre-pubescent girls, then they feel the uncontrollable urge to gang-rape them.

Scientists are still working on a cure for IFD, but in the meantime its advisable to show Muslims a healthy respect and keep a safe distance so that you don’t accidentally become their next target. It also helps to tell everyone Islam is a religion of peace and there are only a tiny minority of extremists, it will prevent any random Muslim from having their Frenzy accidentally triggered.

robscottw
robscottw
5 years ago
Reply to  Rick Reynolds

The cure is available. It comes in several sizes, .223, .308, .30-06, and even bigger.

And it is easily administered.

Rick Reynolds
Rick Reynolds
5 years ago
Reply to  robscottw

While I support your radical therapy, it still might make some in the mainstream queasy. We need better marketing to help bring this treatment to as many sufferers as we can and finally give them the relief they deserve.

evangeline golding
evangeline golding
5 years ago
Reply to  robscottw

Best and most permanent cure on the planet.

April
April
5 years ago
Reply to  Rick Reynolds

Lol IFD love it

Rick Reynolds
Rick Reynolds
5 years ago
Reply to  April

Thanks 🙂

Janet
Janet
5 years ago
Reply to  Rick Reynolds

Lol! You definitely get Islam! ????

felix1999
felix1999
5 years ago

Hard to believe but MANY millennials are like this.
Another favorite is believing,” if I am nice to you, then you will be nice to me.”

I can hear it now… “at least they died living what they believed.”
Yes, they lived and believed in a MORONIC life !

caliroxanne
caliroxanne
5 years ago
Reply to  felix1999

Good riddance! I wish they would have taken more of their friends with them.

eKane Pegg
eKane Pegg
5 years ago

Perfect candidates for the Darwin Awards. When are these leftist pillocks gonna learn ? You can t negotiate with such unrestrained hatred. Even muslims arent safe from the frenzy of muslims. ManGod mohammed has changed the world , you’re an infidel submit or die – source The Quaran.

Janet
Janet
5 years ago
Reply to  eKane Pegg

Darwin Awards lol! Good one! Wish I had thought of that. That’s perfect!

Maranatha
Maranatha
5 years ago

Killed by jihadists?…..what are the odds??.
Too bad they didn’t try London first…
..

Bill
Bill
5 years ago

I wonder if their last words were “Celebrate Diversity” and “Coexist”?

Maranatha
Maranatha
5 years ago

Seriously now…: Is that really what Millenials believe??
We’ll be doomed…
.

Bill
Bill
5 years ago

In my opinion , the media, academia, Hollywood , late night TV hosts,etc, helped enable their murders with their non stop Leftist PC lies and propaganda

GonadTheRuffian
GonadTheRuffian
5 years ago
Reply to  Bill

Other than Fox and conservative sites on the internet there is no truth available to the young.

Jason P
Jason P
5 years ago

Slightly related:

A Yazidi girl who escaped captivity sought refuge in Germany only to come face to face with her ex-captive:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-45209868
She was threatened by her ex-ISIS captor and fled Germany saying “If the world was destroyed, I would not go to Germany again.”

The BBC says this is not unusual for Germany.

April
April
5 years ago
Reply to  Jason P

Krautland home of the sickos

April
April
5 years ago

Lol thank goodness two morons who are endangering the rest of us get their come uppance. Please lefties libtards do us a favour and all follow suit

MAS
MAS
5 years ago

They’ve served two purposes in life;
1-A horrible object lesson.
2-Chlorine in the gene pool.

mudpuppy6
mudpuppy6
5 years ago

So what was the woman wearing during bike trip?

Ken Kruger
Ken Kruger
5 years ago

So tragic to see this young couple lose their lives. They were most likely a product of government schools, thus denied logical and critical thinking. They are training our kids to “feel” rather than think. Instead of the ABC’s they learn the LGBTQAAIP2P…ad nauseum nonsense. “Just Another Brick in the Wall” – Pink Floyd

santashandler
santashandler
5 years ago

. “Evil is a make-believe concept we’ve invented to deal with the complexities of fellow humans holding values and beliefs and perspectives different than our own…” Make believe, eh? I wonder if that coffin he’s buried in, is all made up too. Thats ok. There are plenty more millennials out there who are ready to prove, despite these killings, that everyone, the world over, are all ‘generous and wonderful.’ So, if you encounter such a millennial, don’t try to convince him or her otherwise.

Janet
Janet
5 years ago

As my grandmother use to say “no nothing fear nothing” and that fits them to a tee!

brente
brente
5 years ago

Proof that Darwin was right.

Tonya Parnell
Tonya Parnell
5 years ago

HA

MajorTom
MajorTom
5 years ago

One too many turnips!

Alleged-Comment
Alleged-Comment
5 years ago

One of the bikers was a highly educated guy. Meaning his professors and college made fun of his IQ. Basically created another cultural retard.

Lieberalism is the REJECTION of G*d. It replaces it with man-made knowledge. This curriculum was first taught to an Adam & Eve by the first lieberal – SATAN. That you can be or are wiser than G*d.

And this is why I have always said, you should NEVER EVER listen to what a lieberal tells you. It will GET YOU KILLED. Much like these two hapless bikers.

R. Arandas
R. Arandas
5 years ago

Young people love to live in dreams…they often get a rude awakening when they meet reality.

felix1999
felix1999
5 years ago
Reply to  R. Arandas

Instead of hiding with mom and dad, they need to get out and WORK.
I think the everyone gets a trophy crowd is living in a fantasy world with out a work ethic or independent ability to THINK.

Donna Garland
Donna Garland
5 years ago

Unfortunately the younger generation naively believe in a different world than what actually exists and unfortunately, this mistake cost them dearly! I hope the next sympathisers take this as a warning!

felix1999
felix1999
5 years ago
Reply to  Donna Garland

They’ve been overly indulged and protected.

VoiceInDesert
VoiceInDesert
5 years ago

How stupid is human nature: repeating the same mistakes and expecting different results!

John Forbes
John Forbes
5 years ago

It never ceases to astound me the Naivity of Americans!
The WEST IS HATED because we do not believe ! READ THE SCRIPT!!

CreoleGumbo
CreoleGumbo
5 years ago

But sadly their idea of showing muslims love and respect is exactly what our government and the EU are doing with muslims in general. Instead of recognizing them as enemies who seek to kill us, our politicians are pandering to them and treating them in a non-discriminatory fashion. The death of these two tree huggers is a microcosm of what is happening in the USA, Europe and Australia.

L-Dan
L-Dan
5 years ago

Its the same as sticking your head in a wood chipper to see how it works. Mother Nature has her way of culling stupids from the herd.

durabo
durabo
5 years ago

At least their stupid genes did not get passed on to offspring. This proves Darwin was right.

notme123
notme123
5 years ago

sad result of brainwashing/indoctrinating curriculum taught in schools. And listening to people like Nancy Pelosi, didn’t she say something like MS13 were human. Evil exists.

ClintRamsey
ClintRamsey
5 years ago

I feel sorry for these utter and absolute fools.

jerrys
jerrys
5 years ago

This is the result of the propaganda for islam that has corrupted our children from kindergarden to college professor.

This is outrageous, those who promoted it should be imprisoned! This is a NY high school test from the university regents:
http://www.nysedregents.org/globalhistorygeography/Archive/20100817-gh-examw.pdf

This is from page 13 of the test. ” . . Wherever they went, the Moslems brought with them their love of art, beauty, and learning.
From about the eighth to the eleventh century, their culture was superior in many ways to that
of western Christendom.
Some of the finest centers of Moslem life were established in Spain. In Cordova, the streets
were solidly paved, while at the same time in Paris people waded ankle-deep in mud after a rain.
Cordovan public lamps lighted roads for as far as ten miles; yet seven hundred years later there
was still not a single public lamp in London!
Some Spanish Moslems had homes with marble balconies and courts with lovely waterfalls.
Bedrooms were vaulted with stained glass and speckled with gold. And metal pipes carried water
into marble baths.
Nearly every mosque had a public school in which the children of the poor were taught. Many
Moslem libraries were excellent; the catalogue of one caliph’s library filled forty volumes. In
addition, the followers of Mohammed achieved much in science, particularly in chemistry,
astronomy, mathematics, and medicine. . . .
Source: Daniel Roselle, A World History: A Cultural Approach, Ginn and Company (adapted)”

DaveM12
DaveM12
5 years ago

I agree these people were pushing the envelope too far and muslims killed them but as we saw this week in London muslims will injure and kill you while riding down your own street. I can’t put my finger right on it but there is a common thread to these deaths and injuries.

Keith1941
Keith1941
5 years ago

It they were some of my family, I might be thinking about “where” these people “learned” this kind of thinking…like America is the bad guy in the world. Or like we just have to be understanding of these people.

Political_qrm
Political_qrm
5 years ago

Darwin has been proven right, AGAIN.. This event shows the schizophrenic left. They believe everyone should love everyone else and cry “there is no such thing as an evil person” but then lash out against at American values, morals, and love of country. I’ll bet if they hadn’t gone on that ‘peace ride’ of theirs they would be two of the many masked people rioting against this country.

Stephen Honig
Stephen Honig
5 years ago

These are the millennial liberals who have been brain washed that Muslims aren’t evil. Too bad they found out the hard way.

Dutch Girl
Dutch Girl
5 years ago

I am going to organize; cycling holidays at a bargan prize to to Tajikistan, but only bookable for people that are Millennials and Trump haters. MAGA people are excluded because the are racist!

Mike Kevins
Mike Kevins
5 years ago

The “experts” still say that Central Asia is safe, despite glaring evidence to the contrary. The experts also said the Hildebeast was our next President. It’s funny how often the “experts” are wrong, yet are still propped up as being “experts”. Funny, ironic, and in this case, deadly! I think Antifa should have a group bike ride in ISIS territory along with Soros” Open Society organization.

jesus_loves_you!
jesus_loves_you!
5 years ago

Silly wabbits. Were their student loans paid off?

Laddyboy
Laddyboy
5 years ago

One can educate the ignorant. However, STUPIDITY cannot be changed.

evangeline golding
evangeline golding
5 years ago
Reply to  Laddyboy

Not now it can’t!

MarcoFreedom
MarcoFreedom
5 years ago

I don’t think that we should laugh at these victims of terror or call them names. They were young and idealistic and didn’t deserve to die. I think it’s a very sad story.

Bill
Bill
5 years ago
Reply to  MarcoFreedom

Yeah, but I’m smart enough not to try to pet a rattlesnake. These people weren’t.

Bill
Bill
5 years ago

Liberalism killed these people. ISIS was just the weapon.

Ray_Sears
Ray_Sears
5 years ago

Well, they were proved wrong by the muslim ” Freedom Fighters ” that the leftist millennial’s love so much, so i have no sympathy for anyone that foolish.

joanofark06
joanofark06
5 years ago

I do feel bad for these people, but isn’t that like saying, “hey, there’s a fire, watch me walk right through it”!?

Garrett H Dumpty-Breedlove
Garrett H Dumpty-Breedlove
5 years ago

“Allah has bought from the believers their selves and their possessions against the gift of Paradise; they fight in the way of Allah; they kill, and are killed … ” (Qur’an 9:111)

Merchantseamen
Merchantseamen
5 years ago

Finished that gene pool.

1concerned_canadian
1concerned_canadian
5 years ago

MISGUIDED IDIOTS GOT WHAT THEY DESERVED FOR NOT PAYING HEED TO WHAT IS GOING ON IN THIS WORLD.

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