Why the big deal whenever Bin Laden releases a tape?

[Hugabear]

What's the big furor over a couple of extremist imams in Britain and other locations preaching hate-filled messages?

You don't suppose that the fear is that a couple of unbalanced extremists might actually take these sermons and messages to heart, and act on them?

[kestrel91316]

1. Yeah, why all the fuss? Words can't MAKE anybody do anything.....

It's completely unfair to blame Osama for the actions of a few lone nuts.

[enough]

2. Very good point, also discussed at length in this post at dKos:

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2011/1/10/934890/-Stochastic-Terrorism:-Triggering-the-shooters.

Stochastic Terrorism: Triggering the shooters.
by G2geek

Stochastic terrorism is the use of mass communications to stir up random lone wolves to carry out violent or terrorist acts that are statistically predictable but individually unpredictable.

This is what occurs when Bin Laden releases a video that stirs random extremists halfway around the globe to commit a bombing or shooting.

This is also the term for what Beck, O'Reilly, Hannity, and others do. And this is what led directly and predictably to a number of cases of ideologically-motivated murder similar to the Tucson shootings.

Much more at link.

[JuniperLea]

3. The RW uses those tapes to elevate fear...

Every bit as much as the terrorists use them as a dog whistle.

Such things only influence people when it can be blamed on the left.

[Whisp]

4. this should be posted in every news forum. send it to Cafferty and those guys.

repeat it all over.
sneak into Freeperland and say it as often as you can.

repeat repeat repeat.

this is the best retort ever. can't get better.

[uppityperson]

5. k&r

[H2O Man]

6. Outstanding.

I wish that I could recommend this a thousand times. But I must be satisfied with one.

[moondust]

7. Hahaha! Excellent!

(Umm...those aren't white guys in pickup trucks.)

[DragonSlave]

8. ...Because the DoD has good media contacts

The bought and paid for media always give the Military's fake propaganda of their fake 9/11 perp good press.

[HysteryDiagnosis]

9. Cuz he's been dead for 8 years. Makes it kind of a big deal. n/t

[RufusTFirefly]

10. +1

Even Joan Rivers got the absurdity of the OBL myth. And she's a Republican!

"How can we not find Osama? He's on dialysis. There's one outlet in all of Afghanista­n. Find it, and follow the cord."

[zbdent]

11. oSarah bin Palin released a tape?

[Parker CA]

12. Nailed it!! Kick and Rec!