Yet another case of left-wing terrorism

Terrorism must be stopped regardless of what ideology commits it. It is a sad day for liberty when the Department of Homeland Security polarizes terrorism into right- and left-wing, then falsely portrays the attacks as having been conducted by their political opponents.

While researching for an article, I learned that the Holocaust Museum shooter from back in June was actually a left-winger, not the right-winger the media portrayed. And how many folks bought that lie? Jonah Goldberg writes:

A few months ago, an anti-Semitic old nut named James von Brunn allegedly took a gun to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum to get payback against “the Jews” and killed a black security guard in the process.

In response to this horrific crime, the leading lights of American liberalism knew who was to blame: Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, and the GOP. One writer for the Huffington Post put it succinctly: “Thank you very much Karl Rove and your minions.”

The fact that Von Brunn was a 9/11 “truther” who railed against capitalism, neocons, and the Bush administration didn’t matter. Nor did the glaring lack of evidence that Rove et al. ever showed antipathy for the museum. It was simply obvious that Von Brunn was the offspring of the “right-wing extremism (that) is being systematically fed by the conservative media and political establishment,” wrote columnist Paul Krugman.

What puts me at a loss for words is the fact that although the infamous DHS report warned of right-wing extremists – and these attacks couldn’t be further from conservatives – the state-run media are suggesting that these attacks have made Janet Napolitano into some sort of visionary.

The Nazis had the Jews; Islamic supremacists have the U.S. and Israel; the Soviet Union had the U.S. and the capitalist West – each tyranny has to have a villain on which to focus the hate of their followers.

In the age of Obama, we have Conservatives.

Right Wing Extremism

This is a transcript of the Unto the Breach program. Click here for the audio.

A lot has happened since I last signed off. Most notable in my mind is the so-called threat of “Rightwing Extremism.”

First, Missouri’s Information Analysis Center released a report in February called the “Modern Militia Movement.” Missouri law enforcement officials were supposed to be on the lookout for citizens with Ron Paul bumper stickers or people who oppose the North American Union. I suppose they figure anyone in those categories would likely be in a militia.

Remember, Missouri is the state that brought you the goon – I mean truth squads. Missouri sheriffs and prosecutors organized to intimidate anyone with lawsuits who would dare run what they called “misleading television ads” that were critical of the Obama campaign.

Fortunately after the public backlash, Missouri scrapped the memo – which was only discovered when a law enforcement official leaked it to Alex Jones – and then Missouri sacked the head of MIAC.

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