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To: Brumar89 who wrote (9096)	4/21/2013 2:03:08 PM
From: goldworldnet	7 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 124975

The US government has in fact done the complete opposite and made every effort to downplay jihadism and its influence in Islam. Customer of Boston jihadis' mother: "she thought 9-11 was purposefully created by the American government to make America hate Muslims" * * *

To: Brumar89 who wrote (9096)	4/21/2013 2:10:15 PM
From: Brumar89	2 Recommendations Respond to of 124975

Politically correct epistemic closure counterattacks Boston marathon reality Posted by William A. Jacobson Sunday, April 21, 2013 at 10:25am In other words, it’s not them, it’s us. Beginning Monday there had been a non-stop attempt to pin the blame for the Boston Marathon bombing on the “right wing” and Tea Party. It wasn’t so much an argument based on facts as a hope based on politics, most clearly by David Sirota at Salon.com, but he was far from alone, Add Boston Marathon Bombing to pile of Failed Eliminationist Narratives. Reality smashed those hopes in the face. As it became indisputable that the perpetrators were Chechen Muslims who expressed support for Jihad and al-Qaeda (although the full extent of their connections is not known), the narrative shifted. Now the emerging narrative is that these killers were not part of a vast foreign conspiracy but isolated “ lone wolves” who became disenchanted with American society, who were not fully integrated into society, who were unhappy with their lives here and thus became radicalized. It’s a straw man framing of the issue, because the choice is not between a highly integrated international conspiracy and some solo brother team who didn’t know nothin’ about nobody. Maybe it’s somewhere in between. Framing the issue this way shifts the focus to American society, how the brothers’ became alienated by us, by our actions, how we need to look in the mirror not at jihadism: If only we had been nicer, none of this would have happened. In other words, it’s not them, it’s us. They were radicalized here, by us. Even if they don’t come right out and say it, that’s the implication. We’re also seeing a full-blown attempt to excuse away the Jihad angle to the story. This was foreseeable: And it’s being revealed in story after story: The motives, so mysterious and unknown? The politicians are on board: We can never know, can we, when there is epistemic closure. If posting Jihadi videos on YouTube is not enough of a clue, what will be enough? legalinsurrection.com