Ceci N'est Pas un Terrorist

[ThatPoetGuy]

http://news.firedoglake.com/2010/03/29/ceci-nest-pas-un-terrorist/">Firedoglake asks the question, why won't the mainstream media call the Hutaree group terrorists?

The multi-state arrest of members of the Hutaree and other Patriot militia groups, carried out by the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force, hasn’t yet resulted in the word “terrorist” being used in any of the stories about the raids.

Washington Post
NY Times
CNN
Associated Press

Funny how that word isn’t considered appropriate to describe an extremist group planning to kill police officers using weapons of mass destruction. In fact, the plan to kill a police officer and then attack his funeral using homemade bombs resembles nothing so much as the strategies of the Mahdi Army. But these are Christians, so they cannot be terrorists. Or something.

[The Wielding Truth]

1. Because they are home grown and Christian.

[ThatPoetGuy]

2. "Home grown" doesn't stop them from labeling environmentalists

as "ecoterrorists."

[The Wielding Truth]

4. True , but the Christian part does.

[chollybocker]

3. Parce-qu'ils ont une peau blanche.

Pas plus difficile que ça!

[The Wielding Truth]

5. Oui, c'est l'autre facteur.