The Ugly Politics of Mass Killings

Posted by Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog at 2:13 PM on November 7, 2009.

Where's the liberal cover-up?

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FUNNY THING ABOUT RIGHT WINGERS

So far, I haven't heard anyone on the right saying that the authorities shouldn't charge Malik Nidal Hassan with a hate crime because doing so would be a totalitarian, Orwellian criminalization of a thoughtcrime. But surely they'll want to make that point firmly and decisively in the days to come ... right?

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And I'm confused. Right-wingers (NewsBusters in particular) have told us for years that the "liberal media" doesn't like to acknowledge certain demographic information about certain suspects in horrible crimes ... but right now CNN is prominently highlighting a convenience-store surveillance video showing Hasan in a traditional Middle Eastern robe and skullcap (the story is headlined "Fort Hood Suspect Seemed 'Cool, Calm, Religious'"), while the front pages of Talking Points Memo and the Huffington Post prominently feature stories that claim Nidal shouted "Allahu akbar!" before shooting (a claim made by Fort Hood's commanding officer in an interview on the allegedly arch-liberal NBC). How can this be? Where's the liberal cover-up? And if there's no cover-up, gosh, why isn't NewsBusters heaping these news outlets with praise?

(The same right-wingers, of course, went to great pains to make the case that James von Brunn, the man charged with shooting up the Holocaust Museum, was a liberal. But our side, naturally, is the guilty side.)

Tagged as: politics, hate-crimes, shootings, fort hood, hasa

Steve M. is the proprietor of No More Mister Nice Blog.

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What good are mass killings if you can't use them as an excuse to throw shit at your enemies? [Report this comment] Posted by: pelican beak on Nov 7, 2009 2:29 PM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] How easily we forget [Report this comment] Posted by: dogwhisperer on Nov 7, 2009 7:12 PM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] Timothy McVeigh, Terry Nichols, Michael Fortier, Theodore Kaczynski, Eric Rudolph -- and excuse me, but James von Brunn was a "liberal"? [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] » nazis and their sympathizers have NEVER been liberal. nm Posted by: JoshuaLudd We ALL pulled the trigger [Report this comment] Posted by: weathered on Nov 8, 2009 6:05 AM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] this episode is symptomatic to a far greater soul sickness that paralyzes us all, the breakdown of trust. You can thank bushcon for putting America on an IV of betrayal, one drip of deceit at a time and MSM provides round the clock nursing. We need a coup. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] » RE: We ALL pulled the trigger Posted by: VZEQICVA AND THE WORDS GET IN THE WAY, AS USUAL [Report this comment] Posted by: VZEQICVA on Nov 8, 2009 8:28 AM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] Why is it necessary to analyze this guy's actions until he becomes the victim? It's the American way lately. He murdered 13 people. It was carefully planned, therefore premeditated. His personal motives, religion, etc. don't change anything. The bully thing is getting old. He was American born and if he had misgivings about the military and war in general he never should have enlisted in the first place. He got a first rate education for free. The Army made him a doctor in return for which he's OWES them. He knew that. He's also smart enough to know that as long as he's a part of the the military, in the event of a war he's part of that also. When he enlisted we were not at war and times were good. Did he really think that nothing could change? He took a gamble and one day all bets were off. As they were for most of the military personnell at Ft. Hood and their families. He was not singled out and mistreated. Is this a 'hate crime', it doesn't matter what we call it. The military has to take a good long look at itself. He did not belong among soldiers preparing for combat. He was simply not qualified and no amount of wordy rationalizing and speculation can change that. ANNA [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5]

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