07 January 2011

With new explosions, more racist assumptions?

Yesterday, incendiary devices went off in two government buildings in Maryland. Fortunately, there were no life-threatening injuries.

When I heard about these incidents, it occurred to me that a lot of people probably immediately suspected that Islamic terrorists were to blame.

I think it is every bit as likely - indeed, perhaps more likely - that this was the work of some deranged white guy.

But, of course, Fox News doesn't program its viewers to be suspicious of people who look like Timothy McVeigh or Ted Kaczynski.

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