{"id":25966,"date":"2011-07-25T12:03:52","date_gmt":"2011-07-25T16:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=25966"},"modified":"2011-07-25T12:03:52","modified_gmt":"2011-07-25T16:03:52","slug":"nyt-the-norway-slaughter-is-the-fault-of-us-bloggers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=25966","title":{"rendered":"NYT: The Norway slaughter is the fault of US bloggers"},"content":{"rendered":"

You knew that somehow it has to be our fault that Anders Behring Breivik murdered scores of Norwegians on Friday, and the New York Times<\/a> is quick to point fingers;<\/p>\n

The author of a 2009 Department of Homeland Security report on right-wing extremism withdrawn by the department after criticism from conservatives repeated on Sunday his claim that the department had tilted too heavily toward the threat from Islamic militants.<\/p>\n

The revelations about Mr. Breivik\u2019s American influences exploded on the blogs over the weekend, putting Mr. Spencer and other self-described \u201ccounterjihad\u201d activists on the defensive, as their critics suggested that their portrayal of Islam as a threat to the West indirectly fostered the crimes in Norway. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Oh, look, there’s that Homeland Security Department report again. Imagine my surprise. There are millions of Americans ho read those blogs and have yet to act on their “fears” in the way that Behring Breivik acted on his fears.<\/p>\n

The killings in Norway \u201ccould easily happen here,\u201d [Daryl Johnson, the Department of Homeland Security analyst who was the primary author of the DHS report] said. The Hutaree, an extremist Christian militia in Michigan accused last year of plotting to kill police officers and planting bombs at their funerals, had an arsenal of weapons larger than all the Muslim plotters charged in the United States since the Sept. 11 attacks combined, he said. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, the Hutaree boogeyman – we looked at laughed at the Hutaree last year<\/a>. Nine guys who played soldier in the woods on weekends were going to embroil the nation in civil war. And if they’re so dangerous, why are they out of jail<\/a> on their own recognizance. One of them was declared incompetent for trial earlier this month<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Times waves the Oklahoma City bloody shirt, too;<\/p>\n

John D. Cohen, principal deputy counterterrorism coordinator at the Department of Homeland Security, said Ms. Napolitano, who visited Oklahoma City last year for the 15th anniversary of the bombing there, had often spoken of the need to assess the risk of violence without regard to politics or religion.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat happened in Norway,\u201d Mr. Cohen said, \u201cis a dramatic reminder that in trying to prevent attacks, we cannot focus on a single ideology.\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So what if that single ideology has people in this country facing trials this week<\/a>. There is a more immediate threat in this country that no one except bloggers recognize, and it’s completely irresponsible og the New York Times to place the blame on anyone except the guy who perpetrated the crime. Most of us are just content to be aware of the threat and prepare ourselves to face it when it knocks on our door.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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