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Originally Posted by
gimmick
Pretty much the only stories about radical "insert religion" are about radical islam. White supremacy groups aren't referred to as radical christianity. Actual radical christian groups aren't referred to as radical christians. There are very few stories about christian terrorists even when they out number islamic terrorists.
Media doesn't seem to care too much about the vast number of christian terrorists either is pretty much my point.
White supremacists are often not Christian. They operate from the belief that their race is superior. They hate black Christians as much as black non-Christians.
When there is a Christian terrorist (that is, one who kills or attempts to kill based upon his religion), it's almost always aimed at an abortion clinic or something related. And when that happens, it is reported for what it is -- a Christian fanatic killed people at an abortion clinic because of his extreme religious beliefs. I have not seen any political or media whitewashing of that.
All mass killings in this country recently based upon ideology have been due to radical Islam.
It also goes far beyond cold statistics.
If Christian fanatics are attacking abortion clinics, I still feel 100% safe from them because I will never be in an abortion clinic. Most other Americans won't, either.
Radical Islamists are scary because they just want to kill Americans. They kill in random or semi-random places, to where everyone feels vulnerable. There is a huge psychological element to it, and it's hard for most people to ignore, even if they try to reason with themselves that their chances of being a victim in such an attack is tiny.
It's the same reason the public freaks out when a serial killer is on the loose, but collectively yawns when there are daily murders in the ghetto. You can avoid the ghetto murders by not visiting it. You can't avoid the serial killer if you're unfortunate enough to be picked by him.