They’re Terrorists, Not “Activists” by Daniel Pipes
“I know it when I see it” was the famous response by a U.S. Supreme Court justice to the vexed problem of defining pornography. Terrorism may be no less difficult to define, but the wanton killing of schoolchildren, of mourners at a funeral, or workers at their desks in skyscrapers surely fits the know-it-when-I-see-it definition.
The media, however, generally shies away from the word terrorist, preferring euphemisms. Take the assault that led to the deaths of some 400 people, many of them children, in Beslan, Russia, on Sept. 3. Journalists have been deep into their thesauruses, finding at least twenty euphemisms for terrorists:
Read the whole thing (including the list of euphemisms… it’s pretty sad).
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You’re wither with us, or against us. The press, oh so obviously, is against us.
Why?
If peace breaks out, they’d have to leave their desks find news.
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