Why Not Terror Suspects?
And why is it that those who commit acts of violence like Scott Roeder and possibly James Von Brunn are charged with murder instead of terrorism? Why do we react and interpret those acts differently than terrorist attacks committed by members of al Qaeda?
Scott Roeder, prior to the act, had connections with Operation Rescue and a history of vandalism (gluing the doors of abortion clinics shut). The organization, Operation Rescue, whose public face is Randall Terry, indoctrinates people to become foot soldiers aimed at bringing God’s law to America. Its members would tacitly condone the result of clinic bombings and attacks on doctors protected by the rule of law and they would hardly work to distance themselves from militant pro-life organizations like the Army of God.
James Von Brunn, a hero among pro-White activists, is celebrated for the act of “direct action” he committed against the Federal Reserve in the 1980s, which he hoped would “deal with the banking cartel that controls and destroys so much of our lives.” (This according to a posting on a message board over at Stormfront.org, a website whose members, prior to this action, considered Brunn a “white racialist treasure.”)
Al Qaeda, Army of God, Stormfront ---Aren’t these all enormously ideological organizations which find it acceptable to inflict terror on a mass population of people through acts of violence?
Where do our nation’s politicians fit into all of this? What is the politics of hate and how have politicians failed to properly open a conversation aimed at helping a public understand terrorism?
Does the GOP Bear Any Responsibility?
First off, no matter how much the GOP would like us to think it is not connected to recent acts of right wing terrorism, the public should not accept their argument. Republicans have allowed their party to devolve into a sideshow devoid of any real leaders.
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