{"id":37789,"date":"2019-08-05T19:57:35","date_gmt":"2019-08-06T02:57:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=37789"},"modified":"2019-08-19T19:54:45","modified_gmt":"2019-08-20T02:54:45","slug":"nyt-white-nationalist-terrorist-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=37789","title":{"rendered":"NYT: White Nationalist Terrorist Problem"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Opinion<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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We Have a White Nationalist Terrorist Problem<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n

Mass shootings like the one in El Paso should be condemned by America\u2019s leaders as terrorism.<\/span><\/p>\n

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By\u00a0The Editorial Board<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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The editorial board represents the opinions of the board, its editor and the publisher. It is separate from the newsroom and the Op-Ed section.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00a0<\/span>Credit<\/span>Credit<\/span>Eric Baradat\/Agence France-Presse \u2014 Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n
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If one of the perpetrators of this weekend\u2019s\u00a0two mass shootings<\/a>\u00a0had adhered to the ideology of radical Islam, the resources of the American government and its international allies would mobilize without delay.<\/span><\/p>\n

The awesome power of the state would work tirelessly to deny future terrorists access to weaponry, money and forums to spread their ideology. The movement would be infiltrated by spies and informants. Its financiers would\u00a0face sanctions.\u00a0Places of congregation would be surveilled. Those who gave aid or comfort to terrorists would be prosecuted. Programs would be established to de-radicalize former adherents.<\/span><\/p>\n

No American would settle for \u201cthoughts and prayers\u201d as a counterterrorism strategy. No American would accept laying the blame for such an attack on video games, like the Texas lieutenant governor, Dan Patrick,\u00a0did in an interview<\/a>\u00a0on Sunday when discussing the mass shooting in El Paso that took 20 lives and left 27 people wounded.<\/span><\/p>\n

In predictable corners, moderate Muslims would be excoriated for not speaking out more forcefully against the extremists in their midst. Foreign nations would be hit with sanctions for not doing enough to help the cause. Politicians\u00a0might go so far<\/a>\u00a0as to call for a total ban on Muslims entering the United States \u201cuntil our country\u2019s representatives can figure out what the hell is going on.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n