A Short History Lesson for the Media on American Domestic Terrorism
Friday, April 19th, 2013When I read that Chris Matthews had graciously informed us all that domestic terrorists ”tend to be on the far right,” I just about blew a gasket. The actual truth is rather different from Matthews’ characterization.*
First, it must be noted that if one ascribes a political alignment to a terrorist, it must be because the act was committed in order to advance the aims of that political ideology. Insane people (whatever their ideology may be) don’t count. For someone to ...
