Holocaust Museum Shooting

Reading the Tea Leaves of Domestic Terrorism

Kimberly Krautter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Radicalized, Tea Party, Fundamentalist Chistian, Liberals, Obama Birther Conspiracy, Scott Roeder, Mein Kampf, Arizona, Wall Street Journal, Dr. George Tiller, War Crimes, James W. Von Brunn, Muslim, Holocaust Museum Shooting, Conservatives, Sara Palin, Islamic, Michael Welner, Fort Hood, Tuscon Shooting, Rush Limbaugh, Jared Lee Loughner, Lou Dobbs, Pro-Life, Nidal Hassan, Communists, Anarchists, Sean Hannity, Olympic Park Bombing, Dailykos, Gabrielle Giffords, Eric Robert Rudolph, Sheriff Dupnik, Holocaust Museum, Gabrielle Giffords Shooting, Sarahpac, Fox News, Glenn Beck, Arizona Shooting, Communist Manifesto, Jarod Loughner, Politics News

I have become keenly aware that deliberately overheated rhetoric and pernicious public speech by our national leaders tacitly grants permission for the weak minded and mentally ill to commit atrocities.

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The Hair-Tearing False Equivalency of American Political Violence.

Dan Sweeney | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: George Tiller, Pat Buchanan, Jim Adkisson, Richard Poplawski, Holocaust Museum Shooting, Louise Slaughter, Joshua Cartwright, Hutaree Militia, Eugene Robinson, Mika Brzezinski Morning Joe, Mika Brzezinski, Eric Cantor, Genghis Khan, Media News

Please, someone, anyone, stop Mika Brzezinski before she kills journalistic integrity again. Ms. Brzezinski if you're reading this, I'm begging you, just google "false equivalency" and read some of the commentaries on the various blogs that pop up.

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Death at the Holocaust Museum and the Degradation of the American Dialogue

Michael Rowe | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: James Von Brunn, George Tiller, John McCain, Holocaust Museum Shooting, Rush Limbaugh, Bill O'Reilly, Ann Coulter, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Holocaust Museum, Holocaust Museum Death, Politics News

There was a time when intellectual honesty was not considered unpatriotic; when compassion for, and understanding of, your fellow man was a sign of strength, not weakness.

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James Von Brunn, Accused Holocaust Museum Shooter, Appears In Court

AP | JESSICA GRESKO | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: James Von Brunn, White Supremacists, Holocaust Museum Shooting, US District Court, Holocaust Deniers, Politics News

WASHINGTON — An 89-year-old white supremacist charged with killing a security guard at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum was ordered to remain ...

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The Conversation We Need to Have

Karen Finney | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Holocaust Museum Shooting, Race, Henry Louis Gates, Post Racial America, Post-Racial, Politics News

The incident in Cambridge comes on the heels of a number of incidents over the past several months that reminded us of the unfinished business race and prejudice in our country.

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Pat Buchanan's Bile Goes Unchallenged

Menachem Rosensaft | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Msnbc, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Pat Buchanan, Joe Scarborough, Pat Buchanan MSNBC, Holocaust Museum Shooting, US Holocaust Memorial Museum, Holocaust Deniers, Pope Benedict XVI, Chris Matthews, Germany, Media News

Buchanan must be held publicly accountable for facilitating the dissemination of toxic hate speech that, as the Holocaust Museum shooting reminds us, can have tragic consequences.

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Are the Culture Wars Back?

Rachel Laser | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Abortion, Hate Crimes, Culture Wars, Notre Dame, Progressives, Progressive Movement, Common Ground, Barack Obama, George Tiller, Gay Equality, Holocaust Museum Shooting, Sonia Sotomayor, New Hampshire, Pro-Choice, Third Way, Gay Issues, Gay Marriage, Politics News

An overwhelmingly popular President and a rising chorus of Americans are imploring policymakers to replace the culture wars with culture discussions. In this new moment, engaging in partisan warfare seems simply passé.

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Hate Acts and the NRA's Extreme Rhetoric

Paul Helmke | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gun Violence, National Rifle Association, Holocaust Museum Shooting, Timothy McVeigh, Rahm Emanuel, Nancy Pelosi, Richard Poplawski Pittsburgh, Gun Control, New York Times, Oklahoma City Bombing, Eric Holder, Guns, Barack Obama, Pittsburgh, Wayne LaPierre, Politics News

Please take a moment this weekend to read Bob Herbert's column published today in the New York Times. His message is long overdue: Even with the mur...

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Bigotry, Demonizing Rhetoric and Right-Wing Violence

Chip Berlet | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Conspiracy Theories, Scapegoating, Right Wing Media, Demonization, Holocaust Museum Shooting, Right-Wing Extremism, Dr. Tiller, Politics News

Since the inauguration of Barack Obama there have been nine murders by men and women who have intersected with ideologies of White Supremacy, xenophobia, and antisemitism.

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Democracy's Paradox

Robert Koehler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: James Von Brunn, Militar, Racism, Hate Speech, Hate Crimes, Holocaust Museum Shooting, Politics News

Wanna hear a good Holocaust joke? Or a rib-tickler about lynching? How about starving Ethiopians? You'll bust a gut. I spent an eerie couple of hours...

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Guard Who Returned Fire Speaks About Holocaust Museum Shooting

Associated Press | GILLIAN GAYNAIR | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: James Von Brunn, Jason McCuiston, Von Brunn, Holocaust Museum Shooting, Harry Weeks, Fbi, Holocaust Museum, Politics News

WHITE PLAINS, Md. (AP) -- After retiring from a 27-year career as a D.C. police officer, Harry Weeks thought working security at the U.S. Holocaust Me...

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How Can I Be Loved for Hating Everybody?

B. Jeffrey Madoff | Posted 05.25.2011

The world is changing way too fast. A year ago we thought Hillary Clinton might get elected. Television pundits repeatedly asked us if we were ready...

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WorldNetDaily Feeds the Extremists

Terry Krepel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: George Tiller, James Von Brunn, Right Wing Media, Joseph Farah, Worldnetdaily, Holocaust Museum Shooting, Scott Roeder, Federal Reserve, Right-Wing Extremism, Walter Williams, Devvy Kidd, Ellis Washington, Media News

If Fox News is guilty in hastening the death of Tiller, Farah and WorldNetDaily also are. Too bad WND Joseph Farah lacks the guts to honestly address the subject.

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The Bloody Truth Behind Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric

Sally Kohn | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lou Dobbs, Immigration Reform, Hate Speech, Hate Crimes, Shawna Forde, Immigration, Holocaust Museum Shooting, Luiz Ramirez, Politics News

It's time we confront the fact that behind violently anti-immigrant and supremacist rhetoric is a real urge and a real encouragement for actual violence.

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Who Watches the Watchmen?

John Milewski | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fox News, Holocaust Museum Shooting, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Free Speech, Media News

Attacking Sean Hannity while ignoring management and ownership is the media equivalent of blaming the grunts at Abu Ghraib while ignoring the generals at the Pentagon.

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Judge: Holocaust Museum Suspect Can't Appear In Court

AP | NEDRA PICKLER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: James Von Brunn, Von Brunn Holocaust Museum, US-Holocaust-Memorial-Museum, Holocaust Museum Shooting, James Von Brunn Court Hearing, Politics News

WASHINGTON — A white supremacist accused of fatally shooting a security guard at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum is in no condition to appear...

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Recent Shootings Show Threat Of 'Lone Wolf' Terrorists

AP | DEVLIN BARRETT and EILEEN SULLIVAN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: James Von Brunn, White Supremacists, Shooting, Holocaust Museum Shooting, Home News

WASHINGTON — An elderly man enters a crowded museum carrying a rifle and begins shooting. A young man in Arkansas pulls the trigger outside a mi...

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James Von Brunn's Son Slams His "Cowardice"

ABC News | MICHAEL S. JAMES, PIERRE THOMAS, JACK DATE and THERESA COOK | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Erik Von Brunn, Holocaust Museum Shooting, Holocaust Museum, James Von Brunn, Politics News

A son of the 88-year-old white supremacist who allegedly started a shootout at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum is slamming his father's "cowardice"...

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I'm Sorry, Right Wing Extremists

John Wellington Ennis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: 2004 Election in Ohio, Dhs Right Wing Report, Holocaust Museum Shooting, Ayn Rand, Dhs Report Reaction, Right-Wing Extremism, Ohio, Sarah Palin, Media News

I am further struck that this piece would be the one to draw personalized reactions. I've authored other things I would expect to be more offensive or controversial.

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My Daughter's Chilling Account of Years at Holocaust Museum

Greg Mitchell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Anti-Semitism, James Von Brunn, Racism, Holocaust Museum Shooting, Dc Holocaust Museum, Holocaust Museum, Politics News

"The entire time I worked there, we always expected something terrible to happen. I was very lucky it didn't while I was there -- but it wasn't for lack of trying."

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Mancow: Obama 'Excited' About Holocaust Museum Shooting, Hates Jews

Progress Illinois | Josh Kalven | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mancow Holocaust Museum Shooting, Holocaust Museum Shooting, Mancow Obama, Jeremiah Wright, Mancow, Barack Obama, Obama Israel, Chicago News

Mancow went on to assert that, because of his connection to Wright, Obama is an "anti-Semite" who was "popping champagne" following the June 10 shooti...

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Memorial Fund Established For Slain Holocaust Museum Guard (And The Rest Of Your Scritti Politti)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Blogs, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Steve Doocy, Video, Stephen Tyrone Johns, Defense of Marriage Act, Gay Rights, Fox and Friends, Holocaust Museum Shooting, Rancid, Youtube, Barack Obama, Eat the Press, Media News

Just so everyone knows: The American Jewish Committee's Washington DC chapter has established a memorial fund for Stephen Tyrone Johns, who was killed...

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Holocaust Museum Reopens Two Days After Shooting

AP | GILLIAN GAYNAIR | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: James Von Brunn, Stephen Johns, US-Holocaust-Memorial-Museum, Holocaust Museum Shooting, Holocaust Museum, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Liz Johnson showed up Friday to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum with 12 Girl Scouts in tow. None of them was alive when the Holo...

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Media Gives Hate-Mongering White Supremacist Airtime, Facetime and Helpful PR

Rachel Sklar | Posted 05.25.2011

This is unbelievable. In last night's "NBC Nightly News," Pete Williams had a segment on the Holocaust Museum shooter, James von Brunn, and they prese...

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Racism And Other Paranoid Delusions

Rob Warmowski | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Conspiracy Theories, Politics News, Racism, Holocaust Museum Shooting, Paranoia, Home News

The dissatisfaction of disenfranchised Americans has often taken the form of grandiose paranoia, but that reliable pastime seems to have reached unpre...

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