Glenn Greenwald has an interesting post highlighting how Jewish and Christian extremists are viewed differently from Muslim extremists.
One muslim extremist is condemnation of an entire religion and proof that all its followers are terrorists. One Jewish or Christian extremist is portrayed as either a misguided individual among the sane religious followers or as an individual hero among the cowardly religious followers.
The Professional Moron, Joe Lieberman, has called for an investigation into why Islamic extremists are allowed to remain in the US military. Yet “Tail Gunner Joe” hasn’t called for a similar investigation into why the US military is recruiting neonazis and white-supremicists. Blackwater CEO Erik Prince views himself as a Christian fighting a holy war against Islam.
http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2009/11/12/terrorism/index.html
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