Domestic Terrorism
Today an angry citizen flew his plane into an IRS (and other folks) office building in Austin in an act of domestic terrorism.
When the story first broke on LubbockOnline.com, a reader going by lubbock57 put a mirrored link to the original webpage of Joseph Stack’s rant/suicide note online in the comments. Thanks to this person for a useful service to citizen journalism.
Bob Moser over at the Texas Observer has probably the most balanced take on it. There are elements from the guy’s suicide note that appeal to those on the left as well as on the right.
However.
Which end of the political spectrum has pundits irresponsibly inciting their listeners to violence?
Which side gins up as much faux-populist anger as they can for short-term political gain?
Which side treats taxes as the highest concern and money as the highest good while ignoring systematic problems of social justice?
In the end, this sad episode of plane-into-building is the work of a crazy person, or at least a person who snapped. But, as with all terrorist acts, there is a rational component in pursuit of a political goal. It’s not hard to spot the goal, the rationale, or which end of the political spectrum it came from.
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