The mass shooting in Las Vegas on Sunday night has again raised fears about terrorism. There\u2019s much we don\u2019t yet know. The Islamic State (ISIS) has claimed the attack, but the FBI claims that there is no international terrorism link. The attacker, Stephen Paddock, was 64 years old and white, fitting a stereotype of a right-wing terrorist more than a jihadist one. And he may just be a crazy nut. But regardless of Paddock\u2019s particular pathology, the situation highlights how the United States treats similar forms of violence differently depending on the nature of the perpetrator.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\nMany commentators have already demanded that we make a case for domestic terrorism including such prominent Youtubers as Philip DeFranco. He runs a website of some six million and offers mildly libertarian commentary. But perhaps he doesn\u2019t understand that he may eventually become a victim of what he wants to invoke. There are many such well-meaning people who quite possibly misunderstand what is happening<\/p>\n
How about PropOrNot? This outfit lists around websites \u201cfriendly\u201d to Russia and in total includes many of the major alternative websites in the country. Those who run the website say they believe these sites provide propaganda for Russia.<\/p>\n
A recent reading of PropOrNot seems to reveal that the site may have reduced some of the finger-pointing. It says that it does not \u201ccensor.\u201d However it continues to list websites nonetheless. The Washington Post drew information from PropOrNot long ago when it was trying to paint alternative websites as Russian sympathizers.<\/p>\n
Interestingly, the recent shooting in Las Vegas didn\u2019t make much sense to some people because neither the shooter nor people shot fit into known patterns of terrorism \u2013 or so we are told. But what if the real reason to shoot so many people was at least in part to create support for domestic terrorism?<\/p>\n
It is surely \u201cconspiratorial\u201d to ask such a question and certainly it must seem far-fetched. On the other hand some commentators have pointed out that there may have been at least two shooters on two separate floors.<\/p>\n
The main point here is that the determination to assault the alternative media seems to have taken a big step forward with this article in Foreign Affairs magazine. No new legislation may be needed, according to the article. The FBI simply needs to go after people who are supposedly questionable.\u00a0 Sooner or later this could include the alternative media.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s a quote from the end of the article that back-peddles from some of its more Draconian observations about what the FBI could easily do once people supposedly began to make a fuss about \u201cterrorism\u201d on America\u2019s shores:<\/p>\n
\n\u2026 Legislation should factor in counterterrorism measures we don\u2019t want as well as ones we do. \u2026 The language should be tightly worded and subject to regular legislative oversight\u2014the definition of a foreign terrorist organization is broad, and any domestic legislation should focus heavily on the threat or use of violence and be regularly reviewed to ensure that changes in group behavior are reflected.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\nAnd another quote:<\/p>\n
\nThe right-wing threat in particular is comparable to that of jihadist violence at home, and similar resources should be allocated to addressing it. The FBI and DHS should create larger offices dedicated to domestic groups and otherwise develop their intelligence presence.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\nWill the FBI really be subject to \u201clegislative oversight\u201d and be \u201cregularly reviewed.\u201d The people suggesting this supposed advancement are, at the top, possibly some of the most powerful and wealthy people on the planet. This project may not be bound by constraints any more than the current investigation into Trump is being adequately constrained. And it may be happening sooner rather than later.<\/p>\n
Of course maybe Congress has dropped legislative authority to create a well-funded group of reporters that will \u201cexpose\u201d the alternative media in the US and perhaps abroad. On the\u00a0 other hand, the move to concentrate on domestic terrorism and then to heighten the battle against the alternative media seems like it could be advancing in earnest. It is certainly possible that the alternative media read by tens of millions is ready to repel the FBI and other forces that could be trying to remove it. But what if it is not?<\/p>\n
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