“Lots of domestic terrorism in the U.S. this week. All angry, armed white guys”. Welcome to the Crack-Up: What is happening in White America? Right-wing terrorists are killing more Americans than jihadists are, and now the DOJ will act. Sarah Frostenson on three charts that show homegrown terrorists are a bigger threat than refugees. Tom McKay on 6 actual acts of terrorism that occurred while everyone was panicking about refugees. America’s domestic terrorists: Laurie Penny on why there’s no such thing as a “lone wolf”. Alice Dreger on terrorism: When the Second Amendment kills the First. Did “whiteness” save the life of the alleged Planned Parenthood shooter? Juan Cole on the top ten differences between white terrorists and others; and on abortion clinics, white Christian terrorism and GOP candidates.
Dean Obeidallah on how the GOP ignores the bigger terror threat — from the Right: They slam Obama because he won’t say “radical Islam” — but why won’t the Republicans acknowledge radical white terrorists? Scott Timberg on why white people aren’t called “terrorist”: The media accepts that “people who resort to violence are left-wing or Arab or both”. We blame minority groups for individual crimes — why do white conservatives get a pass? If every Black male 18-35 applied for a conceal and carry permit, and then joined NRA in one day, there would be gun control laws in a second. An American voice: He showed them his gun, he spoke of doing “something crazy” — why do the friends Dylann Roof stayed with before the Charleston church shooting shrug about their inaction?
