Pagliarulo says shooter's "Arab," "Muslim" name "raises questions immediately about terrorism," "hating the United States"
November 06, 2009 11:16 am ET
From the November 6 edition of Premiere Radio Networks' The Glenn Beck Show:
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The man was very troubled and did something HORRIFIC . . . his "Arab," "Muslim name" is irrelevant. If his name had been Patrick Mulrooney, the crime would have still been HORRIFIC, but you'd be calling it mass murder instead of terrorism. But I know the seed you're trying to plant and you're an A**.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/06/robert-cone-nidal-malik-h_n_348145.html
That probably does though.
If his name had been Patrick Mulrooney, white Irish Catholic, and he had shouted "God is Great," what would you be calling him?
If so, religious terrorism. You should've thought about what's been going on in Ireland for the better part of centuries before you posted that example.
Sorry, but if Patrick Mulrooney, an Irish Catholic, had done what this guy did IN THIS COUNTRY yesterday, you would not have called him a terrorist. I thought about my example quite well, thanks, though.
BTW, what if his name had been Jason Rodriguez? What would you have called him then? Because Jason Rodriguez just went on a similar shooting spree in Orlando. The media is calling him a "disgruntled ex-employee."
My point is, that you are basing your opinion of what the Major did upon his NAME and his RELIGION.
If he committed a crime, and his name was broadcast around the country, would people assume that he was part of the mafia or organized crime? <sarcasm>
We can all recite quite a few Anglo-Saxon names of historically heinous criminals, but we don't go around blaming their distant relatives for it.
Terrorism is a tactic and nothing of this appears to be about terrorism...
Terroism is not a belief system, although I'm sure many people in this country try hard to make Islamic beliefs and Terroism to be the same.
It's racist and fear inducing. This man was an American citizen who was obviously disturbed. We will learn more about his motives as the news unfolds, but the presumption that this is somehow validation of white hatred of American Muslims is wrong.
Much is unknown. What is known is that the media will more likely than not seek to downplay the soldier’s religious convictions since he was not a Christian, but, should they find a Glenn Beck book or find out he watched Fox News or listened to Rush Limbaugh they will blow that through the roof.
Yep -- 'cuase nothing says "I hate the United States" like serving as a US Army Major . . .
Why is the right-wing dum dums all over Muslim names so bad?
But yet defend when nutballs like Jerry Fallwell when they say: "I hope I live to see the day when, as in the early days of our country, we won't have any public schools. The churches will have taken them over again and Christians will be running them. What a happy day that will be!"
OR
Pat Robinson when he says:“Feminism is a socialist, anti-family, political movement that encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians.”
These two men or Christians or believe themself to be Christians should we as a country raise questions on Christianity?
Second thoughts went through a list of 'suspects'.. if the shooter were Black or Hispanic, he would be 'a gang banger' in the media, and if he had a 'muslim-sounding' name (e.g. from India or somewhere that has 'non-white sounding' names), he'd be some kind of 'sleeper agent/terrorist' in the news. Not sure what would have happened if he had an Oriental name... we haven't hated them as much recently.
When his name was released, but no information on his religion, I knew there would be a "Muslim terrorist" push, especially on Faux, but thought "if he turns out to be Christian, that will vanish down the memory hole at Faux". Since he was Muslim, the Faux Propagandists would do all the expected: push for his being a 'sleeper agent' (that stereotype hasn't proven to be used yet at Faux), 'we have to check/jail/kill all American Muslims', and on into depths of insanity I dare not try to fathom.
"Common definitions of terrorism refer only to those violent acts which are intended to create fear (terror), are perpetrated for an ideological goal (as opposed to a lone attack), and deliberately target or disregard the safety of non-combatants."
Under that definition, this was an act of terrorism depending on the motive and not the name of the perpetrator.