Sunday, January 22, 2012

Questioning the Hobgoblin Conjurers

Joel, at The Ultimate Answer to Kings…Is Not a Bullet But a Belly Laugh, points readers to an AP article posted by The Alaska Journal under the headline Police chiefs meet at WH on homegrown terror fight wherein the following is stated.

It’s a delicate balance, as the violent extremism that has erupted across the U.S. in the past few years has been motivated by an ideology, whether a violent interpretation of Islam or white supremacist beliefs.

Joel responds as follows.

And I got to wondering - where’s all this violent extremism going on? Are you people sneaking out and committing acts of violent extremism after I’ve gone to bed, or what? Because, seriously, I’m trying to think of stories I’ve read lately, y’know, of mayhem and bloodshed spread by Muslims and “white supremacists”, and while I can think of a few it’s not exactly what I’d call an “eruption.” Or even much of a trickle. So wherefore all the official panic?

Good question(s).  My neck of the woods seems to be quite lacking in violent extremism too.  How about yours?

Posted by John Venlet on 01/22 at 10:27 AM
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