Media perception often works en masse. It’s a construct not only of how people get information- from other media- but also a social construct – people talk to each other.
Truth has a way of bubbling to the surface, especially when people reflect, given the distance of time and wisdom, upon past events. And, right now, we are experiencing a period of reflection upon domestic terrorism. Specifically, how right-wing groups and their causes are often the root of domestic terror on these shores, and the Oklahoma City bombing is only one example of this.
The cause of much of this reflection is the realization that right-wing groups in the US often share the same goals as the Islamic terrorists the US in fighting: the destruction of the US government. It is a truth that lay hidden for many reasons, but the most apparent is that internal discord such as domestic terror is given special handling by government agencies and politicians. Self described “patriots” running around killing innocent American’s in the name of their “beliefs”, be they political, religious or otherwise, is an orphan terror, because such terrorists take full advantage of the freedoms they actually violate in their pursuit of ideology.
For example, a number of right-wing groups are outright vocal in their agreement with groups such as Al Qaida. Yet, short of violationg the liberties of these so-called “patriots”, there is not much a civil society can do until after the tragedy occurs.
It certainly doesn’t help matters that the US is now deep in the throes of being controlled by right-wing ideologues, in government and in the media, who are much more inclined to look the other way or be apologists for their own ideological brethren who spill common blood. “One man’s survivalist is another man’s terrorist.”
