More evidence was found today that the War on Terror presents a double standard at the least and a gaping credibility hole at the worst as Luqman Ameen Abdullah was shot and killed by Federal authorities in Detroit. Make no mistake, Abdullah appears to be a criminal, and a violent one at that, but according to huffpo,
No one was charged with terrorism. But Abdullah was "advocating and encouraging his followers to commit violent acts against the United States," FBI agent Gary Leone said in an affidavit filed with the 43-page criminal complaint unsealed Wednesday.
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Certainly, I am not mourning his loss. When authorities came to arrest him he did not surrender and entered a gun battle with the feds...which is almost never a winning strategy. So he’s dead, and that’s that.
But...
Let’s back up a bit and talk about what came before the final showdown. Again, according to Huffpo, the FBI’s complaint against Abdullah charged that:
He was a prayer leader who "told [his followers] it was their "duty to oppose the FBI and the government and it does not matter if they die."
He regularly preached anti-government rhetoric and was trained, along with his followers, in the use of firearms, martial arts and swords
He preaches that every Muslim should have a weapon, and should not be scared to use their weapon when needed
So the question is, what is criminal about this guy, while these guys are just expressing their first and second amendment rights?
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I submit that the difference is solely that one group, the white people with the American names, are merely exercising their rights to stockpile weapons and talk about watering the tree of liberty with the blood of democrats, while the dark skinned people with the "Middle Easterner" names are seen as terrorist threats, even though both groups are preaching the same kind of hate.
It speaks to a double standard, and I do not think it is too out of line to say that it is a race-based double standard. Why has the FBI been tracking this guy and monitoring his sermons while the preachers of right wing violence get to carry their guns to see Obama speak?
Can someone shed some light on this for me?