Posted in Terrorism Rhetoric on Mar 17th, 2009
American Idol star Carrie Underwood is donating a portion of the proceeds from her new single to the Humane Society of the United States, and getting accused of supporting “animal rights terrorists.” One of my favorite lines so far: “Carrie Underwood may think she is supporting puppies and kittens, but she needs to understand [...]
Posted in Terrorism Definitions, Terrorism Rhetoric on Mar 11th, 2009
I have a guest blog post over at Planetsave, “10 Easy Ways to Be Labeled a ‘Terrorist’ by the Government.” Please check it out, and perhaps leave a comment (and if you like the post, please vote it up on Digg, Reddit or Stumble using the Planetsave links).
Thanks very much to Alex Felsinger at [...]
Posted in Activism & Activists' Response, Opposition, Terrorism Rhetoric on Mar 5th, 2009
Labeling activism as terrorism violates checks and balances on government power.The coordinated campaign to smear political activists as “terrorists” should concern everyone, from far right to far left and everyone in between:
It puts all Americans at risk. Animal rights and environmental activists have never flown planes into buildings or sent anthrax through the mail, [...]
Posted in Activism & Activists' Response, Opposition, Terrorism Rhetoric on Feb 27th, 2009
Thousands of students converging in Washington, D.C. this weekend have already “gone green.” Now they are going “eco-terrorist.”
That’s absurd, right? No one in their right mind would call the 10,000 young people participating in the Power Shift conference and mass non-violent civil disobedience against a coal-powered plant“eco-terrorists.”
But corporations and the politicians who represent them [...]
Posted in Terrorism Rhetoric on Feb 2nd, 2009
You know what’s awful about this? I mean, what’s really, really awful? That when I first saw this story over at the New York Times, I didn’t even chuckle.
I mean, the government has labeled animal rights and environmental activists as the “number one domestic terrorist threat.” So when this groundhog bit Bloomberg, why not label [...]
Posted in Activism & Activists' Response, Terrorism Rhetoric on Jan 28th, 2009
You remember that terrorist attack in Mumbai? With hundreds of people dead and India and Pakistan–nuclear powers–facing off? Well, you know what that’s like?
Gay people who want to get married!
From Pat Boone’s column in WorldNetDaily:
What troubles me so deeply, and should trouble all thinking Americans, is that there is a real, unbroken line [...]
Posted in Terrorism Rhetoric on Jan 21st, 2009
Will Obama do anything to oppose the Green Scare, and eco-terrorist scare-mongering?One of the most common questions I’m asked at speaking events and in media interviews is, “Will all of this–the Green Scare, labeling activists as “eco-terrorists,” domestic spying, and more–get better with Obama?”
And my answer is always a resounding “maybe, but probably not.” [...]
Posted in Media, Opposition, Terrorism Rhetoric on Dec 15th, 2008
Last week the Center for Consumer Freedom, an industry front group, took out a full-page ad in The New York Times accusing the Humane Society of the United States of supporting “terrorism.” Their crime? A speech at a “holiday gala” for a group called the Humane League. If you’re not following, well, you’re not the [...]
Posted in Media, Opposition, Terrorism Rhetoric on Dec 11th, 2008
A full-page ad in today’s The New York Times accuses the Humane Society of “helping an animal rights terrorism group.”
The ad was bought by the Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF), a front group that represents the fast food, meat and dairy industries. You might remember CCF from when they attacked Mothers Against Drunk Driving [...]
Posted in Opposition, Terrorism Definitions, Terrorism Rhetoric on Nov 25th, 2008
Come December 7, it will have been three years since the “Operation Backfire” arrests of Earth Liberation Front members, for a string of arsons and property crimes in the Northwest that caused upwards of $48 million in damages. Those defendants were hit with “terrorism enhancement” penalties for their crimes, which never harmed anyone, and are [...]
The War on Terrorism has come home. Corporations and politicians are labeling activists "eco-terrorists" and national security threats. Think red-baiting, with a green twist. Here you'll find original reporting and analysis of the Green Scare, and history repeating itself.