Terrorism Scare Mongering

American Idol Star Carrie Underwood Accused of “Supporting Domestic Terrorists”

American Idol star Carrie Underwood is donating a portion of the proceeds from her new single to the Humane Society of the United States, and getting accused of supporting “animal rights terrorists.” One of my favorite lines so far: “Carrie Underwood may think she is supporting puppies and kittens, but she needs to understand that […]

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Why Aren’t Terrorists Protesting the Gay Vegan Hemp Store?

A flier found in Portland warns that “terrorist” animal rights protesters are…being effective! “Stop these Terrorists now!”

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Corporate Front Group Warns PETA’s New Neighbors of “Violence”

The Center for Consumer Freedom, a corporate front group formed by Philip Morris, is warning Dupont Circle businesses that People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals may bring “violence” to the Washington, D.C. neighborhood. CCF’s press release and letter warns neighbors of the “potential for harassment, violence, and mass pet killings” from a “radical animal […]

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Bloomberg Say Terrorist Groundhogs Being Trained by Al-Qaeda

You know what’s awful about this? I mean, what’s really, really awful? That when I first saw this story over at the New York Times, I didn’t even chuckle. I mean, the government has labeled animal rights and environmental activists as the “number one domestic terrorist threat.” So when this groundhog bit Bloomberg, why not […]

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Pat Boone Warns of “Sexual Jihadists” and HOMO-grown “Terrorists”

You remember that terrorist attack in Mumbai? With hundreds of people dead and India and Pakistan–nuclear powers–facing off? Well, you know what that’s like? Gay people who want to get married! From Pat Boone’s column in WorldNetDaily: What troubles me so deeply, and should trouble all thinking Americans, is that there is a real, unbroken […]

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Head of Center for Consumer Freedom Called a “Despicable Man” by His Own Son

Rick Berman has no shortage of enemies. He and his various front groups have been the hired guns for a laundry list of nasty corporations, smearing anyone for a buck (including Mothers Against Drunk Driving or, as Stephen Colbert calls them, “O-mamma bin Laden”). I’ve written here about one of his groups, the Center for […]

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Obama: “Silencing Dissent” is on “Wrong Side of History”

One of the most common questions I’m asked at speaking events and in media interviews is, “Will all of this–the Green Scare, labeling activists as “eco-terrorists,” domestic spying, and more–get better with Obama?” And my answer is always a resounding “maybe, but probably not.” A line from Barack Obama’s inaugural address yesterday caught my attention […]

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Internal Industry Documents Show Plans for Labeling Activists as “Eco-Terrorists” (Part 1)

It has been two years since the passage of the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act, a sweeping new law that wraps up non-violent civil disobedience and hurting corporate profits as “terrorism.” The law marked a radical expansion of the “War on Terrorism,” and the most ambitious campaign yet by industry groups, corporations, and the politicians that […]

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Center for Consumer Freedom Helps Terrorist Groups Raise Money

Last week the Center for Consumer Freedom, an industry front group, took out a full-page ad in The New York Times accusing the Humane Society of the United States of supporting “terrorism.” Their crime? A speech at a “holiday gala” for a group called the Humane League. If you’re not following, well, you’re not the […]

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“Terrorists” in New York Times Ad Wield Bullhorns Decorated with Cartoon Piggies

As you all are playing “Six Degrees of Consumer Freedom” and investigating CCF’s ties to terrorist organizations (keep posting your entries!), I wanted to follow up on that New York Times ad. A few things stuck out as being really odd. Of all the images that could have been used for the ad, they chose […]

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