tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35971466.post6944606095647744439..comments2024-02-26T23:31:07.357-07:00Comments on Joe Sharkey.com: Who You Callin' a Terrorist?Joesharkey.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14113631846708664463noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35971466.post-59445618936214279492010-02-21T16:28:25.779-07:002010-02-21T16:28:25.779-07:00a very strong echo of the kind of angry undifferen...<i>a very strong echo of the kind of angry undifferentiated anti-government rage one has become accustomed to hearing on the outer edges of Tea Party rallies</i><br /><br />That's a cheap shot, Joe.<br /><br />Every political movement has its wackos. But one of the tropes of the American media is that libertarian-conservative-Republican movements are repeatedly linked to their nutjobs, while statist-liberal-Democrat movements are not.<br /><br />When has Bill Clinton or Harry Reid or even Dennis Kucinich been linked by the traditional media to the eco-terrorists, animal rights vandals and anti-globalization rioters whose views are an echo of the angry rhetoric heard at the outer edges of the Democratic Party?Emohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17350404227953525389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35971466.post-26321115844963544122010-02-20T10:45:44.913-07:002010-02-20T10:45:44.913-07:00I think you're trying too hard to wedge the sq...I think you're trying too hard to wedge the square peg into the round hole? After all the analysis and gnashing of teeth, it was still a random act of violence by a suicidal man. If he hadn't left his screed, are we still debating calling this a terrorist act?<br /><br />The rush by mainstream media to analyze these events before all of the facts are known only serves to plant misconceptions in the mind of our citizens. The truth will become known but we will have moved on by then. <br /><br />The application of the term "terrorism" has become so diluted that it really has no true meaning anymore. Any violent act with a weapon and multiple fatalities and be logically shoehorned to fit. And it accomplishes absolutely nothing.<br /><br />When the FBI releases the results of its investigation, I will accept their conclusions. They are after all, the experts in this kind of thing. We, and the media, are not.richmanwiscohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00918911902112325972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35971466.post-57908487918514846972010-02-20T10:20:45.900-07:002010-02-20T10:20:45.900-07:00Yes!Yes!SeanONeillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06992954627205840870noreply@blogger.com