"No two people see the external world in exactly the same way. To every separate person a thing is what he thinks it is -- in other words, not a thing, but a think." - Penelope Fitzgerald
SIGNFEUD JUNE 17, 2014 - Donald Trump's habit of plastering buildings with his own name leads to a feud with Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and a Pulitzer Prize-winning architecture critic. (4:56)
WAR ON CARBON JANUARY 6, 2014 - Citing brutal winter conditions and record low temperatures, Donald Trump and Jessica Williams debunk the global warming hoax once and for all. (6:17)
Intro: Because of the tactic of overexposing of one view/perspective over all else, Fox News has created an environment where rhetoric can't help but be toxic as it's based on misinformation. While Fox News, & Yes, even the regular GOP Corporate Media (CNN, MSNBC, NBC, CBS, ABC), will overexpose one fact over another for various reasons (which include political ones) to fit a very narrow and unbalanced view that is ridiculously easy to beat since its based on misinformation (lies). These lies create a sort of dichotomy in the public mind that appears to be like schizophrenia but is really a collection of rational thoughts given the misinformation they have been fed. This post seeks to reduce some of the mental dichotomy by providing a cultural context from which the educated can view America;
Here is an outline of murders by white people left unemphasized in media rhetoric...
Article: A Guide to Mass Shootings in America It is perhaps too easy to forget how many times this has happened. The horrific massacre at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, in July 2012, another at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin that August,another at a manufacturer in Minneapolis that September—and then the unthinkable nightmare at a Connecticut elementary school that December—were some of the latest in an epidemic of such gun violence over the last three-plus decades. Since 1982, there have been at least 84 public mass shootings across the country, with the killings unfolding in 34 states from Massachusetts to Hawaii. Forty-seven of these mass shootings have occurred since 2006. Seven of them took place in 2012 alone, including Sandy Hook. A recent analysis of this database by researchers at Harvard University, further corroborated by a recent FBI study, determined that mass shootings have been on the rise. The perpetrators: More than half of the cases involved school or workplace shootings (12 and 20, respectively); the other 30 cases took place in locations including shopping malls, restaurants, and religious and government buildings. Forty-four of the killers were white males. Only one was a woman. (See Goleta, Calif., in 2006.) The average age of the killers was 35, though the youngest among them was a mere 11 years old. (See Jonesboro, Ark., in 1998.) A majority were mentally troubled—and many displayed signs of mental health problems before setting out to kill. Explore the map for further details—we do not consider it to be all-inclusive, but based on the criteria we used, we believe that we've produced the most comprehensive rundown available on this particular type of violence. (Mass shootings represent only a sliver of America's overall gun violence.) For the stories of the 151 shooting rampage victims of 2012, click here, and for our groundbreaking investigation into the economic costs of the nation's gun violence, including mass shootings, click here. The Sandy Hook shooting CNN Breaking News - Sandy Hook/Newtown Shootings
WASHINGTON — The National Rifle Association on Thursday addressed for the first time the question of whether Adam Lanza or his mother, Nancy Lanza, were ever members of the gun rights group. The answer, the NRA said, is no. The lobbying organization made the statement after it was revealed that police had discovered NRA certificates among Lanza’s possessions.
In a sharply worded statement, the NRA said, “There is no record of a member relationship between Newtown killer Adam Lanza, nor between Nancy Lanza, A. Lanza or N. Lanza with the National Rifle Association. Reporting to the contrary is reckless, false and defamatory.”
The statement came in response to the release Thursday of search warrants from the home of Adam Lanza, the man responsible for the shooting deaths of 26 people in December at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.
In addition to discovering a large cache of weapons, ammunition, and documents, authorities recovered a pistol shooting guide produced by the NRA among Lanza’s things, as well as certificates issued by the NRA to both Adam Lanza and his mother.
The discovery quickly led some to assume the Lanzas must have been NRA members, or that the NRA’s statement that they were not members was equal to the NRA challenging the integrity of the police report.
Neither of these is the case, however. The NRA certificates the police found in the house likely had nothing to do with formal NRA membership — they were possibly awarded for completion of training and safety courses that had been certified by the NRA, the nation’s largest gun safety training organization. According to its website, theNRA doesn’t offer formal certificates for membership.
NRA training courses are taught by a network of more than 5,000 firing range instructors across the country, and they are available to anyone, even if that person is not an NRA member. Nancy Lanza was described by friends as a “gun enthusiast” who liked to bring her son with her to the gun range — it’s possible she and Adam Lanza secured NRA certificates at a gun range for completing a course offered by the organization, without being members.
Article: Why is Boston 'terrorism' but not Aurora, Sandy Hook, Tucson and Columbine?But this proves the point: "terrorism" does not have any real meaning other than "a Muslim who commits violence against America and its allies", so as soon as a Muslim commits violence, there is an automatic decree that it is "terrorism" even though no such assumption arises from similar acts committed by non-Muslims.That is precisely my point. Islamic Terrorism Is Right-Wing TerrorismWe’ve never come under attack by liberal Muslims, but conservative Christians have drawn plenty of blood Study Says White Extremists Have Killed More Americans in the U.S.Than Jihadists Since 9/11 Radical Islamists were also indicted more frequently than non-Muslim extremists and served longer sentences
Since 9/11, white right-wing terrorists have killed almost twice as many Americans in homegrown attacks than radical Islamists have, according to research by the New America Foundation.
In their June study, the foundation decided to examine groups “engaged in violent extremist activity” and found that white extremists were by far the most dangerous. They pointed to the recent Emanuel AME Church shooting in Charleston, S.C., and the 2012 attack on a Sikh temple in Wisconsin, as well as many lesser-known attacks on Jewish institutions and on police. They found that 48 people were killed by white terrorists, while 26 were killed by radical Islamists, since Sept. 11.
Domestic right-wing terrorist groups often adhere to the principles of racial supremacy and embrace antigovernment, antiregulatory beliefs. Generally, extremist right-wing groups engage in activity that is protected by constitutional guarantees of free speech and assembly. Law enforcement becomes involved when the volatile talk of these groups transgresses into unlawful action.
On the national level, formal right-wing hate groups, such as the National Alliance, the World Church of the Creator (WCOTC) and the Aryan Nations, represent a continuing terrorist threat. Although efforts have been made by some extremist groups to reduce openly racist rhetoric in order to appeal to a broader segment of the population and to focus increased attention on antigovernment sentiment, racism-based hatred remains an integral component of these groups’ core orientations.
Right-wing groups continue to represent a serious terrorist threat. Two of the seven planned acts of terrorism prevented in 1999 were potentially large-scale, high-casualty attacks being planned by organized right-wing extremist groups.
All the recent mass shootings have been committed by liberals!
That’s the talking point that has congealed among conservatives like week old grease and they’ve been repeating it like the delightfully mindless parrots they are in every gun debate. You’ll be absolutely shocked to know that this claim is a complete fantasy made up by an increasingly desperate right wing. You see, the hate and bile they’ve been spewing at President Obama for the last several years is starting to overflow into real world violence on what seems to be a regular basis. Accepting responsibility for this is simply unthinkable for conservatives so, as usual, they’ve begun to repeat the same lie over and over, hoping to obscure the truth. Some of them are actually starting to believe their own bullshit.
The break with reality/breathtaking dishonesty has gotten so bad that the right is even trying to portray the Las Vegas shooters from just a few days ago as “leftists”:Videos are surfacing of one of the terrorist Las Vegas shooters.
Dressed in Joker face, Jerad Miller rails against “incarcerating innocent Americans and holding them indefinitely.”
Despite attempts on the left to paint these terrorists as conservatives, the truth is they would’ve blended right in at a Code Pink rally.
They were so radical, they were BOOTED from the Cliven Bundy protest camp.
That choking sound you’re hearing is actually you trying to swallow the idea that “leftists” would travel to the Bundy Ranch to join anti-government militias. Anyone who believes that is probablygullible enough to send money to that prince in Nigeria that just needs help to move his millions out of the country. (Cash or money order only please!) Don’t believe me? Let’s take a look at Joe the Imbecile Plumber’s list of “Democratic Killers” that’s been making the rounds and why almost every one of them is a lie:
Nidal Hasan – Ft Hood Shooter: Registered Democrat and Muslim. (Hasan had become a radicalized fundamentalist and there is no such thing as a leftist fundamentalist Muslim)
Aaron Alexis, Navy Yard shooter – black liberal/Obama voter (there is exactly zero evidence that political ideology was a motivating factor)
Seung-Hui Cho – Virginia Tech shooter: Wrote hate mail to President Bush and to his staff, registered Democrat. (there is exactly zero evidence that political ideology was a motivating factor)
James Holmes – the “Dark Knight”/Colorado shooter: Registered Democrat, staff worker on the Obama campaign, #Occupy guy,progressive liberal, hated Christians. (there is exactly zero evidence that political ideology was a motivating factor)
Amy Bishop, the rabid leftist, killed her colleagues in Alabama, Obama supporter. (there is exactly zero evidence that political ideology was a motivating factor)
Andrew J. Stack, flew plane into IRS building in Texas – Leftist Democrat (His manifesto was extremely anti-government and even more explicitly anti-IRS. Now what political movement do we know that loathes the government and IRS?)
James J. Lee who was the “green activist”/ leftist took hostages at Discovery Channel – progressive liberal Democrat. (Hey, this guy is kind of left wing! He was so extreme he thought humans were a plague on the planet! He must have had quite a body count! But actually, as anti-human as he was, he didn’t kill a single person despite having all the time in the world to do it. So why is he on this list?)
Jared Loughner, the Tucson shooter – Leftist, Marxist. (there is exactly zero evidence that political ideology was a motivating factor and I’d like to point out he shot a Democrat)
Ohio bomb plot derps were occupy Wall St leftists. (Anarchists, not exactly leftists but they were planning to blow up a bridge. Yet, another zero body count)
Harris and Klebold, the Columbine Shooters – families registered Democrats and progressive Leftists. (there is exactly zero evidence that political ideology was a motivating factor)
Bill Ayers, Weather Underground bomber – Leftist Democrat. (40 years ago)
Lee Harvey Oswald, Socialist, Communist and Democrat – killed Kennedy. (50 years ago)
The right is trying so hard to make this “liberal killers” story stick because the uncomfortable truth at the center of it all is a brutal condemnation of the heroic mythology of armed patriotism they’ve built around themselves: The only politically motivated domestic terrorists in this country are coming from the right. They’re not patriots in any sense of the word. They hate this country and everything it stands for. No matter how hard they try to twist the facts, there are no “liberal” killers.
On the other hand, there are dozens upon dozens of examples of violence that are actually based on conservative ideology.
Like Jerad and Amanda Miller who shot two cops, yelled “The revolution has begun” and draped “Don’t Tread On Me ” flags on their victims. Later, they killed another man.
Like Frazier Miller (no relation that I’m aware of), a former Klansman and White Supremacist who shot up a Jewish community center, killing three people.
Like Wade Page, a Neo-Nazi who walked into a Sikh temple looking to kill Muslims (Neo-Nazis are not known for their intelligence). 6 people die.
Like David Pedersen and his girlfriend, Holly Ann Grigsby who killed 4 people and “were on their way to Sacramento to kill more Jews.”
Like Scott Roeder who walked into a church to murder abortion provider Dr. George Tiller.
And, of course, we can’t forget Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols who blew up a federal building, killing 168 including 19 children.
Their argument, unlike other conspiracy theories about Oklahoma City, is not outlandish. Gumbel and Charles (who also worked as an evidence analyst for McVeigh’s defense team) suspect that McVeigh had other accomplices in planning the attack, in assembling the materials for the bomb and in planting it on April 19. This help came from several nodes in a loose network of right-wing extremists — gun nuts, would-be-revolutionaries and separatist Christian sects — who have never been fully investigated or called to account. Not a fanciful change, but at the same time a bold one, given that the multi-agency federal investigation collected a Brobdingnagian quantity of evidence: 13 million hotel and motel records, 6 million truck rental records, 28,000 interviews — an estimated 1 billion pieces of information. Yet for all this exhaustiveness, certain promising trails in the investigation went largely unexplored: over 1,000 latent fingerprints found in McVeigh’s car and motel room, for example, as well as his links to a gang of bank robbers belonging to the Aryan Republican Army, a rich gun dealer and a creepy fundamentalist compound called Elohim City. The authors believe that federal agencies, shamed and stinging after bloody clashes with right-wing militants at Waco and Ruby Ridge, preferred not to mess with leads that might end in further confrontations. The prosecution concurred, having tried and failed in an earlier sedition trial against similar militants. They felt they’d learned not to test a jury’s ability to follow complex conspiratorial narratives with too many characters, or that asked it to believe that trash-talking backwoods paranoids could pose a serious threat to the U.S government.
It gives the lie to the ruling conservative meme that Roof was just a loan wacko with no affinities with the white-militia movement that the respectable right has tried to keep offstage. It also shows how the accused killer of nine in a Charleston church has roots in weird ideas that are part of even the think-tank culture of the right: Roof’s manifesto is a kind of distorted, funhouse-mirror reflection of Tea Party-era conservative white America’s core beliefs, and it shares the ahistorical way many conservatives deal with race.
A little extract with my comments and/or related blog posts:
1. Trayvon Martin was a dangerous thug and George Zimmerman was right to kill him.
3. Blacks are obsessed with race; they won’t stop talking about it. This is the GOP's and Fox News answer to almost everything that doesn't fit thier arguments, i.e. it's "the race card". Related: Proof of GOP being an anti-Science party
4. Slavery was not so bad.
“I have read hundreds of slaves narratives from my state. And almost all of them were positive. One sticks out in my mind where an old ex-slave recounted how the day his mistress died was one of the saddest days of his life.”
This reflects a common GOP base view;
5. Segregation was not so bad, either.
“Segregation was not a bad thing. It was a defensive measure. Segregation did not exist to hold back negroes.”
The Killing of Three Young Muslims in Chapel Hill In Chapel Hill, North Carolina, a sleepy college town, any murder is a shock. But a triple murder Tuesday afternoon has become a national story. Craig Stephen Hicks, 46, turned himself into police after shooting Deah Barakat, 23, and Yusor Mohammad, 21, a married couple; and Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha, 19 and Mohammad's sister, at an apartment complex. All three victims were shot in the head, according to WRAL. In a statement, the Chapel Hill Police Department said: "Our preliminary investigation indicates that the crime was motivated by an ongoing neighbor dispute over parking. Hicks is cooperating with investigators and more information may be released at a later time." He has been charged with three counts of first-degree murder.
Now for an indepth list so the sake of prosperity (& to help news agencies who can't use - or are not allowed to use - google for thier news research); The following is a composite of mass killings in America compiled by Wikipedia with links to indepth information and proofs (Hint: click name of killer); Rampage Killings
