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[pegkerr]

Thanks to mckitterick for pointing this story about domestic terrorism out. How come we haven't heard about it?

minnehaha B, your thoughts?

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[snippy]

Maybe because you don't read conservative, pro-war bloggers? They've been talking about it for weeks, and bemoaning the administration's foolish focus on ME/Muslim prejudice that reframes domestic terrorism as unimportant, unconnected one-time events.

[whumpdotcom.livejournal.com]

Well it's well and good that the Warbloggers know about it. However, I mentioned this to my brother in Dallas, and the article on it in the Christian Science Monitor was the first he had heard of it.

http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/1229/p02s01-usju.html

Mind you that Tyler is 100 miles east of Dallas.

This has also been discussed for quite some time on the left side of the Republic of Blogistan.

I'd venture that the mainstream press didn't pick this us because as snippy said, it's being touted by the Bushies as a 'one off'. But there's been a right wing terror movement in the country for ages, and unlike al Quida and ELF, they tend to vote Republican.

[marykaykare.livejournal.com]

You suppose it could also be because the people doing it are white conservative Christians instead of those icky brown radical Muslims?

Cynical? Me?

MKK

[whumpdotcom.livejournal.com]

Hum, could be. :)

[magentamn.livejournal.com]

Thank you for posting that link.

Personally, I think it *is* because these terrorists are right-wing white "christians" - one of the backbone constituencies of the current republicans that there hasn't been more publicity. Also, it is probably embarassing, not only that they are from Texas, but that they got caught almost by accident.

I remember in the hours following the Oklahoma City bombing, people speculated that the bombing was done by Middle-Eastern terrorists. This was not long after the FIRST attack on the World Trade Center. When McVeigh and Nickles were busted, a lot of people had to do an abrupt turn. They were "good old boys", not the "usual suspects".

[minnehaha.livejournal.com]

It's political. If the administration thought it would be good to make a big deal about domestic extremism, they would. But there isn't, so they're quiet.

B