From a discussion over at sci.space.shuttle (I know, it seems pretty off topic for that newsgroups, but anti-semitism came up in the context of Ramon’s Shuttle flight tomorrow, and it brought out the usual Palestinian apologists…)

Sure, individuals within that group have committed terrible acts, as have individuals from every other group on the planet. Did Timothy McVeigh make you fear and hate white christians?

To which I responded:

This is a truly odious comparison.

You’re comparing the act of a deranged individual to a conscious and deliberate murderous policy, supported by large segments of a population.

Maybe you can refresh my memory, but I don’t recall any public opinion polls of significant numbers of “white Christians” supporting Tim McVeigh’s actions.

And perhaps I missed it, or it didn’t get adequate coverage because of “white-Christian bias” in the news media, but I can’t recall any instance of “white Christian” people thronging in the streets, and passing out candy, and cheering and ululating when they heard the news of the Oklahoma City bombing.

I must have been watching something else when they ran the endless interviews with “white Christians” about how those dumb Okies deserved to be blown up because of their support for their oppressive government.

And were “white Christian” parents dressing their pre-school kids up like Tim McVeigh, and getting them to chant “Death to the Fascist Amerikan Government!” and giving them little truck bombs as toys? Did I miss that, too?

Can you point me to any links for anything like that? I’d love to see them.

Oh, and, by the way, I hate to break it to you, but McVeigh was agnostic…