It’s so sad that we have to begin another post
with the expression of sympathies for the victims and families of another mass
shooting. Our prayers go out to the residents of San Bernardino.
All of the investigative facts about the tragedy
aren’t in yet - not even motives, but when FOX and CNN
got wind of the preliminary finding that the fatal San Bernardino tragedy was
an act of terrorism, their Islamophobia
antennas went up and their unfiltered Muslim Fear Factor Marathon hit the airways once again!
According to the FBI domestic terrorism involves
acts dangerous to human life that
- Violates federal or state law
- Appears intended to intimidate or coerce a civilian population to influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion, or to affect the conduct of a government by mass destruction assassination or kidnapping, and,
- Occur primarily within the territorial jurisdiction of the U. S.
56% of
terrorism
in the U.S. is born by right wing extremists!
In 1995, Timothy McVeigh, a self-professed
Christian, bombed a federal building killing 168 people - 19 of them children -
and injured more than 500.
In the 14 years following 9/11, violence from right wing terrorists claimed more victims than any other type of
terrorism. Forty-eight individuals have been killed by home grown right wing terrorists since that horrific moment in history and the extremist
weapon of choice appears to be high powered fire arms!
In 2012, Balbir Singh Sodhi, a Sikh immigrant
from India who owned a gas station in Mesa, Arizona was murdered by Frank Silva
Roque, a racist who mistook Balbir for a Muslim. Roque was tied to the white
supremacist movement and was a member of the neo-Nazi rock band End Empathy and
Definite Hate.
In 2008, Christian Right sympathizer Jim David
Adkisson walked into the Knoxville Unitarian Universalist Church in Knoxville
Tennessee during a children’s play and began shooting people at random. Two
were killed, seven injured.
In 2015, Dylan Storm Roof a white supremacist
with sympathetic ties to the apartheid era in South Africa shot nine people to
death at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in South Carolina.
Other incidents of right wing terrorism are found in the Homegrown
Terrorism: Deadly Attacks since 9/11 linked Source below. For example,
2014 Washington and New Jersey shooting killing
spree - 4 killed
2009 Little Rock shooting - 1 killing
2006 Seattle Jewish Federation shooting - 1
killed
2002 Los Angeles Airport shooting - 2 killed
Let’s not forget that one of the primary targets
of right wing terrorism is Planned Parenthood as was, recently, executed by a
Christian extremist in Colorado.
According to data from the National Abortion
Federation, there have been 17 attempted murders, 42 bombings, 182 cases of
arson, and more than 420 death threats made against abortion providers since
1977.
The facts that abortion services only account for 3% of Planned Parenthood services; that, by law, the federal government can't pay for Planned Parenthood abortion services unless rape, incest or endangerment to the mother's life are at risk, and that 80% of Planned Parenthood Services account for combating sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV, the prevention of unintended pregnancy and family planning makes no difference to homegrown radical extremists.
Terrorism is terrorism whether it’s born from radical
Christians, radical white supremacist, radical anti-government extremists,
radical anti-abortion extremists, radical anti-Muslim extremists, radical anti-immigration
extremists, or radicalized American Muslims.
The common denominator with homegrown
terrorism is high powered fire arms and WE can do something about it. Select one or more of the options below and take action!
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petitions.
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Contact Republicans in
Congress tell them to 1) stop blocking legislation to prevent known terrorist
from purchasing guns; 2) stop blocking background check legislation, and 3)
stop blocking gun violence research.
Contact Speaker Paul | Paul Ryan
https://paulryan.house.gov/contact/
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Contact
Republicans in
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Contact Republican
governors and state legislators. Tell them to stop promoting NRA-sponsored guns
everywhere laws.
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Government
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Expose the NRA leadership’s link to domestic terrorism. Share the
following link on your social networks.
NRA, Republicans block proposed law to stop
suspected terrorists from buying guns in USNew York Daily News - 1 day ago
Contact CNN. Tell them to stop spreading Islamophobia.
Feedback CNN -
Videos, Pictures, and News - CNN.com
Help debunk FOX lies and
misinformation about terrorism and everything else!
Americans Against Fox News and Republican Lies - Facebook
Most importantly…
vote out Republican presidential, congressional, gubernatorial and
state legislature candidates who promote guns everywhere laws; block anti
assault weapon legislation, and promote bigotry and voter suppression as an
ugly means to a political end!
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SOURCES
FBI — Terrorism
Definition
https://www.fbi.gov/.../terrorism/terroris...
The Takeaway - 7 hours a
Right-Wing Terrorists Are Killing More Americans Than ...
thinkprogress.org/.../doj-creates-new-post-to-focus-on-thr...
The Growing Right-Wing Terror Threat - The New York Times
www.nytimes.com/2015/.../the-other-terror-threat.htm...
The New York
Times
Homegrown Extremism: Deadly Attacks Since 9/11 | The ...
securitydata.newamerica.net/extremists/deadly-attacks.html
Oklahoma City
bombing - Facts & Summary - HISTORY.com
www.history.com/topics/oklahoma-city-bombing
10 worst
examples of Christian or far-right terrorism - Salon ...
Charleston church shooting: Who is
Dylann Roof? - CNN.com
www.cnn.com/2015/06/19/us/charleston-church-shooting-suspect/
ThinkProgress - 3 days ago
New York Daily News - 6 hours ago
The Congressman
Who Restricted Gun Violence Research ...
Islamophobic Media Coverage Is Out Of
Control. It Needs To ...
Fox News can't
bear the truth: Right-wing terror groups are ...
www.salon.com/.../why_fox_news_still_wont_face_up_to_right_
Where's Fox News
When White Right-Wing Extremists ...
www.alternet.org/wheres-fox-news-when-white-right-wing-extre...
Fox News
Sunday Allows Carly Fiorina To Lie About ...
mediamatters.org/.../fox-news...lie.../207115
Fox News Hosts Freak Out After Truth About Planned ...www.forwardprogressives.com/fox-news-hosts-freak-truth-planned-pare...
Stop the right wing’s Muslim Fear Factor Marathon! Spread the truth
about domestic terrorism via the links above!
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