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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRIGHT ON!!! - Frank Rich came right out and called America "Soft on Domestic Terrorism."
Frank Rich might just have found the one argument that can move politicians back to reality "So you are saying that you are soft on domestic terrorism?"
Essentially, no. Perhaps the best thing we can do is at least call out the problem for what it is: state-sponsored terrorism. The American people and their elected representatives allow our own homegrown equivalent of suicide bombers suicide shooters legal access to weapons with which they can mow down innocents almost anywhere they please. Bloombergs money cant solve this (indeed his political contributions on behalf of gun-law reformers may have backfired) and neither can the blather of a thousand moralizing talking heads. So now, as always happens after these bloodbaths, the real problem is put on hold again and we are back to talking about side issues. Many are calling for keeping a closer watch on government contractors, for instance, but where were they when government contractors at Blackwater, et al, were wreaking havoc on civilians during the Iraq War? That horse is long out of the barn; we have an increasingly privatized government, cheered on by the same anti-government political party that is most in thrall to the NRA.
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That old hobbyhorse of violent entertainment is also back for another run: Hosts at Fox & Friends at Fox News (Elizabeth Hasselbeck) and Morning Joe at MSNBC (Mika Brzezinski) are united in angrily decrying violent video games. No doubt this makes them feel righteous, but if they really believe this is the crux of the matter, and had guts, theyd start by publicly demanding that their own parent companies dump any and all media products trading in violence. Somehow I dont think thats going to happen. Nor are we going to get better mental-health treatment for psychopaths like Aaron Alexis if the opponents of Obamacare (or any national health-care alternative) have anything to say about it. But lets do talk about it. I remain convinced that the issue of guns in American culture, as hard-wired to our national origins as slavery was, will take every bit as long to rectify as slavery, and can only happen if Americans want it to happen, which most of them dont now. So lets at least acknowledge the truth: This country is soft on domestic terrorism.
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/09/frank-rich-us-is-soft-on-domestic-terrorism.html
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/09/18/1239854/-Frank-Rich-State-Sponsored-Terrorism
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malaise
(269,219 posts)The reality is that America is soft on domestic terrorists.
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kpete
(72,028 posts)comes to mind...
peace, (despite the NRA),
kp
The largest organized group of hate mongers in the USA!
kpete
(72,028 posts)both are proven
Terrorist Organizations
mho
peace, kp
Nancy Waterman
(6,407 posts)They are economic terrorists.
Hekate
(90,865 posts)America is still soft on domestic terrorism AND has a grossly underfunded mental health system.
See? It IS possible to walk and chew gum at the same time.
IronLionZion
(45,563 posts)they would have to have mental problems in order to kill lots of people, or even to believe that killing lots of people is a good strategy of achieving whatever motive they might have.
Hekate
(90,865 posts)I want that on bumper stickers, on more op-eds, anything to grab the eye...and conscience. Those of us who are opposed find ourselves too -- what's the word? outgunned? -- by the sheer blindness that afflicts so many. They can see the bodies, but not the true cause. They are in profound denial.
I like this: Soft on Domestic Terrorism when women's clinics are blown to smithereens and children are gunned down in schools. "Congressman! Why are you soft on domestic terrorism?!" at the next town hall. "Senator! Why are you soft on domestic terrorism?" at the next news conference.
Our Battle Cry:
"Congressman! Why are you soft on domestic terrorism?!" at the next town hall. "Senator! Why are you soft on domestic terrorism?"
peace, kp
napkinz
(17,199 posts)nt
The NRA and its apologists, along with their bought-and-paid-for politician shills, don't want to admit that they are aiding and abetting terrorism against the American public. Their gunz-for-everyone mantra is directly responsible for the ease at which anyone who wants a gun, can get a gun.
When these asshats use bombs to kill several people (think Oklahoma City and Boston) they are rightfully called "domestic terrorists." When they use guns to kill several people, they are called "mentally unfit." See the difference? The use of a Holy Gun exonerates them from being terrorists, and demotes them to just being crazy.
gopiscrap
(23,765 posts)Tanuki
(14,924 posts)in his video when he advised would-be terrorists to obtain all the weapons they wanted, legally and without having to undergo background checks, at American gun shows.
http://mediamatters.org/blog/2013/04/11/nra-news-attacks-buzzfeeds-al-qaeda-story-to-do/193583
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)by individuals with links to terrorist organizations, there would be a hue and cry of epic proportions.
Rich calls a spade a spade--terrorism is terrorism no matter who carries it out.
World English Dictionary
terrorism (ˈtɛrəˌrɪzəm)
n
1. systematic use of violence and
intimidation to achieve some goal
2. the act of terrorizing
3. the state of being terrorized
RC
(25,592 posts)It is allowed to continue because the tools used in killing in and by this country is a big high profit business.
indepat
(20,899 posts)'Murika safe from foreign terraists versus how little is done to keep us safe from domestic terraists in dozens, it not hundreds, of posts, thank you.
Iwillnevergiveup
(9,298 posts)should be the most posted/recommended/viewed EVER!
But I do take issue with his next to last statement "....can only happen if Americans want it to happen, which most of them don't now."
WE DO, WE DO!