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55. It's been long past due to question the usage of 'terrorism' in our political discourse

Thu Feb 26, 2015, 01:34 PM

Feb 2015

If you watch Fox News, you will get the impression that every Muslim with a gun or a bomb has an agenda and is part of a shadowy organization, while every white man with the same is just some lone nut. If people are going to attribute 'terrorism' to traits and ideology for groups they don't like, but then turn around and look for external or mitigating circumstances such as mental illness just as Eric Bolling did for things he can't or doesn't want to pin on anyone, then using 'terrorism' does not serve the public interest, but rather a very narrow and dogmatic one.

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Fox News Can�t Remember Any Rightwing Terror Attacks. We�re Here To Help [View all] niyad Feb 2015 OP

Kicking! riqster Feb 2015 #1

Don't Forget 911 billhicks76 Feb 2015 #49

they should call it Fox Opinion spanone Feb 2015 #2

I am beginning to think that even the word "opinion" is far too kind to express whatever niyad Feb 2015 #3

pure right wing propaganda rurallib Feb 2015 #13

Exactly. They don't have opinions, they are Fox Parrots. n/t cui bono Feb 2015 #46

I use the term "news entertainment". mwooldri Feb 2015 #36

Fox Fantasies is more like it. Kablooie Feb 2015 #42

This is the most under-reported issue of our times. blm Feb 2015 #4

the dystopia these haters are creating is almost beyond belief. niyad Feb 2015 #5

Their self-fulfilling prophecies will be the death of this country. blm Feb 2015 #6

they must all be "endtimers" niyad Feb 2015 #7

+1 uponit7771 Feb 2015 #18

It's not an act, really. They intend to profit handsomely by the chaos they promote. freshwest Feb 2015 #39

FOX itself incited right-wing terror ... anyone remember Hannity embracing Bundy's militia? napkinz Feb 2015 #8

a most excellent point niyad Feb 2015 #9

and let's go to the video ... napkinz Feb 2015 #20

Here's one: Anti-tax, anti-government nut flies airplane into IRS building Arugula Latte Feb 2015 #10

Appalling tsites Feb 2015 #25

Yep -- and that's the preeminent newspaper in the US of A. Arugula Latte Feb 2015 #26

Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2015 #11

Here's a list Crooks & Liars put out a few years ago... Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2015 #12

How about the OK City Bombing & Tim McVeigh--such a "patriot"! slumcamper Feb 2015 #14

I would add the standoff at the Bundy ranch randr Feb 2015 #15

What about the Murah building and Ti McVeigh.. Was he a lefty? LiberalArkie Feb 2015 #16

Now, El Shaman Feb 2015 #17

... napkinz Feb 2015 #22

Bull O'Lielly Scarsdale Feb 2015 #19

In all fainess, I must point out that Fox flips a coin every morning to see whether they lie or not BlueJazz Feb 2015 #21

The SPLC keeps a nice list, too. herding cats Feb 2015 #23

Really pretty easy even if you stick to Christian Conservatives only. How about... Whiskeytide Feb 2015 #24

Maybe I missed it... freebrew Feb 2015 #27

Knoxville - 2008 ThoughtCriminal Feb 2015 #28

When Hannity & O'Reilly's books inspired Jim David Adkisson to murder Knoxville Unitarians because Faryn Balyncd Feb 2015 #45

Look in the mirror, rightwing pundits blkmusclmachine Feb 2015 #29

The Ku Klux Klan vssmith Feb 2015 #30

Any school shooting lame54 Feb 2015 #31

Right wing terrorist blows up federal building iin downtown Oklahoma City. Initech Feb 2015 #32

That conservative who flew his plane into a Federal building libodem Feb 2015 #33

google the term "Army of God" guillaumeb Feb 2015 #34

yes, thank you for adding these bastards. niyad Feb 2015 #50

Timothy McVeigh, Eric Robert Rudolph, among others Spider Jerusalem Feb 2015 #35

Don't forget the reign of terror against women's clinics: doctors, nurses, patients... Hekate Feb 2015 #37

May I suggest the standoff at the Bundy Ranch as an example of terrorism? Jack Rabbit Feb 2015 #38

RWers have slaughtered LWers since the days of slavery. The enslaved needed Equality. freshwest Feb 2015 #40

Bet they remember the guy who torched some Hummers in a car lot and wiggs Feb 2015 #41

THEY FORGOT ABOUT OKLAHOMA CITY??!!!! (GRAPHIC PIC) LiberalElite Feb 2015 #43

K&R raven mad Feb 2015 #44

And, lets get one god darned thing straight Cosmocat Feb 2015 #47

Eric Frein erpowers Feb 2015 #48

my deepest thanks to all of you who added to this heartbreaking list. I would ship it off to niyad Feb 2015 #51

They were stopped but that group in Michigan that wanted to slaughter cops to start a race war salin Feb 2015 #52

you are correct. I just googled them and remembered just a bit about them. I cannot imagine niyad Feb 2015 #53

Wow. I didn't recall (or perhaps know) that they had been released. salin Feb 2015 #54

It's been long past due to question the usage of 'terrorism' in our political discourse ck4829 Feb 2015 #55

you have that quite correct niyad Feb 2015 #56