How is it that the members of the most dovish American ideology when it comes to foreign policy always seem to be the ones for inciting violence against their domestic enemies? CrimeThinc (yes, I actually read the article) is just one of a long line stretching back to the Weatherman Underground and the SLA up to the Seattle WTO protestors smashing windows. Discounting lone nuts like Timothy McVee (and remember that the Oklahoma City bombing was universally condemned among conservatives), how is it that the
by Anonymous Coward writes:
on Tuesday August 03, 2004 @01:38PM (#9869939)
Can you blame them? The media largely ignores them unless they riot. Don't get me wrong, I do not condone violence like this, but I am also acutely aware that their voice is largely ignored by major media players (whether it's intentional or not), until their existence is brought to the forefront via riots, violence, etc, then the media tells you why they're protesting, inteview some of the protestors, etc.
Again, the Left is inciting violence (Score:4, Interesting)
Re:Again, the Left is inciting violence (Score:0)
Re:Again, the Left is inciting violence (Score:2)
By your view it's, "Hey, nobody's paying attention to me. It's ok to burn stuff."
Re:Again, the Left is inciting violence (Score:2)
I suggest, if you truly wanted to understand this, that you read Eric Alterman's "What Liberal Media?
And here's the introduction to it:
http://www.whatliberalmedia.com/intro.pdf