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[theweaselking]

Terrorists plant IED in Austin, TX. Nobody gives a shit because the only potential targets were women.

I'll say that again: TERRORISTS PLANTED A BOMB IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND NOBODY GIVES TWO SHITS.

And why? Because the terrorists in question are white, male, heterosexual, and Christian, and the US media and to a lesser degree the public doesn't care about anything white, male, straight Christians do to brown people, females, queers, and heathens.

Feministe has more, with more links.

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[ironphoenix.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but he's, you know, weird: "His myspace.com page suggests he's into tattoos, dislikes sports and doesn't watch television." Trenchcoat-mafia painting? You decide. I can't actually find his myspace page; it may have been taken down.

I also can't find anything online about his religious beliefs; do you have some source certifying that he's Christian?

This is a more complete article about the case, btw.

Also, this pro-life site has published a statement by Texas Alliance for Life director Joe Pojman repudiating the attack.

[interactiveleaf.livejournal.com]

According to a report I heard on our local NPR station, he claimed "Protestant" as general religious belief when he was *last* in jail.

I don't claim that that proves anything about motive, though.