The Media's Portrayal of White Tеrrоrists

The Top Ten differences between White Tеrrоrists and Others:

1. White tеrrоrists are called “gunmen.” What does that even mean? A person with a gun? Wouldn’t that be, like, everyone in the US? Other tеrrоrists are called, like, “tеrrоrists.”
2. White tеrrоrists are “troubled loners.” Other tеrrоrists are always suspected of being part of a global plot, even when they are obviously troubled loners.
3. Doing a study on the danger of white tеrrоrists at the Department of Homeland Security will get you sidelined by angry white Congressmen. Doing studies on other kinds of tеrrоrists is a guaranteed promotion.
4. The family of a white tеrrоrist is interviewed, weeping as they wonder where he went wrong. The families of other tеrrоrists are almost never interviewed.
5. White tеrrоrists are part of a “fringe.” Other tеrrоrists are apparently mainstream.
6. White tеrrоrists are random events, like tornadoes. Other tеrrоrists are long-running conspiracies.
7. White tеrrоrists are never called “white.” But other tеrrоrists are given ethnic affiliations.
8. Nobody thinks white tеrrоrists are typical of white people. But other tеrrоrists are considered paragons of their societies.
9. White tеrrоrists are alcoholics, addicts or mentally ill. Other tеrrоrists are apparently clean-living and perfectly sane.
10. There is nothing you can do about white tеrrоrists. Gun control won’t stop them. No policy you could make, no government program, could possibly have an impact on them. But hundreds of billions of dollars must be spent on police and on the Department of Defense, and on TSA, which must virtually strip search 60 million people a year, to deal with other tеrrоrists.