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Eco-Extremism Being Ignored in School Shooting Case
(CNSNews.com) - The teenager who went on a shooting rampage at a Minnesota high school Monday, killing ten people including himself, apparently had links to a neo-Nazi website that promotes environmental extremism and eco-terrorism. Despite those connections, don't expect the establishment media to make it an issue, said a spokesman for a free market think tank."A real Nazi killer commits horrible acts, and much to the media's disappointment, he's linked to green groups. Not convenient, not gonna go down that path," Chris Horner, a senior fellow at the free market Competitive Enterprise Institute, told Cybercast News Service Tuesday. "The national press corps now faces a moral dilemma, as they see it either consciously or subconsciously, given this killer's apparent connection to and the Nazis' inarguable praise for green groups, even the so-called 'establishment' gangs at the NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) and Environmental Defense," Horner said. Police say Jeff Weise, who was either 16 or 17 years old, went on the alleged killing spree at the Red Lake Indian Reservation high school, although his motives may never be known. But they say Weise may have posted messages on a neo-Nazi website, where he referred to himself as the "Angel of Death" and "a Native American from the Red Lake 'Indian' Reservation." Weise also reportedly praised Adolf Hitler. The website, run by the Libertarian National Socialist Green Party, has a "Nationalist Link Directory" that lists a series of fringe environmental groups, including Earth Liberation Front, which is described on the site as "the leading domestic terrorist group." The neo-Nazi website also links to articles referring to humans as a "cancer digesting the Earth" and stating that the "maximum sustainable population of the Earth is about 1 billion people." Other articles deal with "Deep ecology" and "Green Anarchy." The extremist group Earth First is also cited, as are mainstream environmental groups such as Environmental Defense, the Natural Resources Defense Council and the online publication Grist Magazine. Horner predicted that if the teenage shooter were in any way linked to conservative groups, the establishment media would have aggressively jumped on the connections. "Things would have been so simple, and the gloves would be off immediately, were the shooter to have instead been found blogging on, say, a conservative political website linking to and praising the NRA (National Rifle Association) and anti-abortion groups," Horner said. "Instead, despite the obvious issues, the killing spree now is likely destined for light news coverage instead of the frenzy of a competition for cover stories, serial reportage and in-depth worrying over troubling connections," Horner explained.
Kendra Howe, managing editor of Grist magazine, declined to comment when contacted by Cybercast News Service . Calls to Environmental Defense and the Natural Resources Defense Council seeking comment for this article were not returned by press time. Posted by: Steve 2005-03-23 |
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