The Maryland Sniper and The Chattering Classes (*vanity*)

self | 10/24/02 | brbethke

[brbethke]

For weeks the usual assortment of news commentators and offical spokepersons have been telling us that these sniper shootings:

1. are clearly the work of a lone white male middle-aged Christian nutcase
2. have nothing to do with the Religion O' Peace(tm)
3. are proof that we need to close the gun show loophole
4. are proof that we need to ban sniper rifles
5. are all the fault of the NRA
6. and finally, demonstrate conclusively that the public will only be safe when only the military and the police are allowed to have weapons

Today of course we learn that the alleged shooter is a swarthy-complexioned ex-Army man named Mohammed who studied sniping at the Army's Fort Lewis and later practiced shooting at police sniping ranges. Therefore, speaking as a middle-aged white male civilian Christian NRA member, I would just like to take this opportunity to say to the national news media and the chattering classes:

Post your apologies right here, people!

[brbethke]

We're waiting....

[WyldKard]

Sadly, I think you are going to be waiting a very long time....

[gunnedah]

This along with many other frauds have been perpetuated on the American public over the last 25 or so years. The FBI along with the major media outlets have pushed their PC ideas all along ignoring or covering up real facts. America has been dumbed down by those in charge of putting out the truth in this country whether it be news,views or our liberal bastions of education.We have major problems that if not corrected will lead to our demise.The next step of taking our weapons is the final move in their plan.
Politicians cant be trusted, especially liberal ones. Look at Commandant Glendening in Maryland,he would activate the National Guard there to get out the vote but would not or did not threaten to do it while his people were routinely being murdered. Shows where politicians priorities lie.

[syriacus]

Ironically, Julianne Malveaux can pat herself on the back for having said this

“I will suggest, though, that there are all kinds of terrorism, and that the United States sets itself up for world ridicule when we do not recognize the terrorism we harbor on our own soil.

[NewRomeTacitus]

I've been telling people that this spree is remarkable because the victims were as diverse as possible (that's two bones for the Dems: victims & diversity). Non-religious fanatic nutjobs always pick on specific groups. The sniper views all his prey under one definition: the great Satan. Islam lost it's status as a religion when it espoused violence & agression. It is a cult of hatred. Just read those rantings from the mosques posted by the Washington Times if you doubt this.

[weikel]

I thought he would be an ex marine white guy myself, but no hes an ex army arab. So I apologize for the part I was wrong about.

[brbethke]

But no one was offering apologies or retractions.

"We have no regrets," said CNN Senior Vice President Sue Bunda. "In the context of a discussion about the story, we lean on these folks who have expertise to help guide our viewers through it. . . . I think we were very responsible. I was quite proud of the seriousness of the way we covered it."

Dietl said in an interview yesterday that he "never in a million years" would have guessed that the two people arrested would turn out to be African American. But he made no apologies, saying instead, "I feel like I was part of the case, because I was on TV so much. I wanted people to feel that they could be a detective and that they could be the one who captures these parasites."

...sigh....