Terrorism Scare Mongering

It’s Fear-Mongering Friday!

We’ve got an unholy, hotter’n hell theme going this week. Here’s some of the nuttier “eco-terrorism” scare-mongering going on: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals “is undistinguishable from al Qaeda, Hamas, and Hezbollah.” Well, except for the guns. And the tofu. Meanwhile, an Australian priest says Peta is “the occult.” Praise Seitan! Keeping with […]

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Garden Gnome Liberation Front

From Spiegel Online: Police in Bretagne have arrested a 53-year-old man suspected of the thefts of 170 garden gnomes. However, it is proving difficult to return the gnomes to their real owners — the thief painted them different colors, making identification tricky. If this were in the United States, I wonder if the government would […]

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“Eco-terrorism” Romance Novel

Oh good grief, I knew I spoke too soon when I posted about the new “comedy” based loosely on non-violent activists being labeled “terrorists.” Looks like the “eco-terrorism” buzz has also been milked for a romance novel. Ugh. The blurb for Leave No Trace by Lynn Romaine: For undercover DNR agent Nick Seek, what begins […]

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Linking Obama to “Eco-terrorists”

Capitalism Magazine (yes, there is such a thing, and no, I have no idea why capitalism needs its own magazine… in a way, isn’t nearly every mainstream magazine Capitalism Magazine?) has a series attacking Obama. In this installment, they play Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon with an “eco-terrorist” twist. It seems Obama is supported by […]

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Adidas Endorsing “Eco-terrorism”

About two years ago there was a string of news stories about a fight in California between developers and environmental activists; at one point, someone planted endangered plants in the area, and developers responded by calling it an act of “eco-terrorism.” (Here’s one old news clip I was able to find.) So I got a […]

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“Eco-terrorist” SUVs and Saddam Hussein

Along the lines of the recent culture jamming post, I found this at UncivilSociety. Despite writing, reading and reporting on this stuff every day, I still can’t really wrap my mind around how the word “eco-terrorism” works grammatically. (You shouldn’t be shocked, though. This is coming from someone who thinks “green is the new red,” […]

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Zombies, Matt Damon and “Eco-terrorism”

“Eco-terrorists” have already been fodder for Law & Order episodes, Internet TV shows, and “soft-core eco-terrorism” children’s movies. They’ve unleashed armies of the undead and let loose a virus that kills 5 billion people. Those have been fairly minor roles, however. Now it looks like the “Green Scare” is ready for the big screen, big […]

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Because Spray-painting a Hummer is Just Like 9/11

Another gem of an editorial cartoon, along the lines of the Seattle Times cartoon comparing the Earth Liberation Front to Al-Qaeda. From CoxAndForkum.com.

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Cartoonist Compares ELF to Al-Qaeda

Eric Devericks of The Seattle Times published this little gem comparing the Earth Liberation Front to Al Qaeda. I’ll sit this one out, except to say that there have been plenty of questions raised as to whether the recent arsons outside of Seattle were even an ELF action. What do you all think?

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Whalers Call Paul Watson “Eco-Terrorist,” Then Shoot Him

Call me Ishmael. I mean, call me an “eco-terrorist.” I mean, call the Japanese whalers complete hypocrites. So, you remember how whalers held members of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society hostage when the activists boarding the whaling boat in order to deliver a letter? Well now the whalers have turned to physical violence, shooting Paul […]

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