Reply #186: Terrorism's double standard

[Brewman_Jax]

here http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/22/AR2010062204792.html and NPR's latest series on terrorism, starting here http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130439513&ps=rs shows the double standard of not only who is and who is not a terrorist, but also, the concept and prosecution of terrorism.

Much like the change of the face of poverty in the US over time, the face of terrorism has changed, also. Poverty was dealt with at the governmental levels, with the support of the general public, as long as that face was white. Opposite for the face of terrorism, but it follows the old stereotypes of the dangerous and angry dark-skinned people. Terror acts by dark-skinned people are watched and vigorously prosecuted, while white terror groups are just a bunch of "crazy white guys running around in the woods in camouflage over the weekend".