Why shouldn't the term "right-wing terror" encompass terrorist acts committed by both neo-Nazis *and* fundamentalist, reactionary Muslims?
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Replying to @RancidTarzie
@ohtarzie What about the ones who are sincerely committed to establishing a global caliphate or some such?
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Replying to @RancidTarzie
@ohtarzie Eg, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_Abdel-Rahman … The rhetoric might be inflected w/ some anti-imperialism, but his foundational impulse is authoritarian.
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Replying to @RancidTarzie
@ohtarzie OK. Well, it's possible to simultaneously be both a right-wing extremist and anti-American imperial hegemony.
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Replying to @RancidTarzie
@ohtarzie Well the term "right-wing terror" is being bandied about regardless. Obviously there'll be big differences within that broad group
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@ohtarzie OK. My original tweet was prompted by people seeming to postulate some rigid "Muslim terror" v. "right-wing terror" dichotomy.
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