Liberal Media Blaming Right-Wing Extremists

I’d be a lot happier not listening to the news. A pundit news correspondent on MSNBC said that we have no idea whether the two suspects in the Boston bombing were either 1) Domestic right-wing militia-type people, perhaps upset about something like what happened in Waco, TX in 1993, or 2) Affiliated with an international terrorist group.

What angers me about this is the assumption that if these individuals are domestic terrorists, then they must right-wing extremists. God forbid allowing for the possibility that they might have liberal political viewpoints. And, of course, it is absolutely impossible that these men might have voted for President Obama in the last election. Democrats—people with liberal viewpoints—just don’t commit this type of crime.

Could these men be right-wing radicals? Sure they could. My point is that we do not yet have any idea who they are or what kind of political views they have. Nor do we have any idea whether or not the bombing was even politically motivated.

The fact is that there are some members of the liberal media who cannot resist taking advantage of the opportunity to blame this event on right-wing extremists. They are trying to secure support for the Democratic Party in future elections. “Vote Democratic. Vote Liberal. After all, it was members of the right-wing movement who committed this crime.” They want you to associate these terrorists with conservatism. Even if it is a very loose association, they want you to make that association and use it to reject the Republican Party and conservative ideals.

Admittedly, and proudly, I am a political conservative. But my goal here is not to convince you to vote conservatively. My goal is to convince you to not let yourself be influenced by the media pundits who want to plant in your head the assumption that any domestic terrorist is, by default, a right-wing extremist. My goal is to encourage you to think for yourself. If you are a Democrat, you have plenty of reasons for it. You don’t need associating domestic terrorists with the right wing as a reason to reject the Republican Party. And if you’re a Republican, you’re not likely to buy into this garbage anyway. If you’re a moderate, be smart. Think rationally. The next time you vote, vote for the candidates with whose political views you agree. Don’t reject any particular candidate because you heard that these terrorists were of a certain political mindset.