Quote Originally Posted by El Kabong View Post
The newsmedia did NOT refer to Tim McVeigh as the Unabomber that was Ted Kaczynski who sent mail bombs to Universities hence the moniker "Una-Bomber". Tim McVeigh was called a "right wing extremist" and attempts were made to place the blame of the Oklahoma City Bombing on Rush Limbaugh's radio show oddly enough.


If we want to be specific about Islam in regards to terrorism we must understand the sectarian nature of Islam. Much like Christianity is not 1 sect anymore Islam too has branches but instead of Catholic, Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian Islam is broken up into ethnic groups which practice the religion separately: Shiites are Persians and Sunnis are Arabs, then you have the Kurds who are neither, and then you have subgroups like the Pashtuns. It's all very complex and convoluted. But here's how I break it down: The Islamic State, Al Qaeda are Sunnis...so we've got a bit of Sunni issue here
Thanks for the correction of Ted over Tim...

Ted-Tim :The name shouldn't deter from the idea that the one who did it, was dis-associated with a religion or groups, causing media watchers to conclude: He did it not in concert- but alone.
Yet, I stand corrected on Ted, not Tim.

And you also make a claim (Sunni vs Shia) issue, to which the media doesn't see in terms of specifics, so generalism takes over.

If the media would have worded like you, did, I would me more in agreement. It is a sectarian issue.
IMO, you nailed it on the head.