A terrorist crashed a small aircraft into a Texas office building last Thursday, killing Vernon Hunter, age 68, a civil servant. Mr. Hunter served 20 years in the United States Army, including two tours of duty in Vietnam. He was a father and grandfather, an usher at Austin’s Greater Mount Zion Baptist Church. His wife, a co-worker, was in the burning building when he died.
Many public figures were too busy praising the killer as a “hero” to mourn Mr. Hunter’s passing.
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Tags: Homeland Security, IRS, Joe Stack, terrorism, Texas, Vernon Hunter
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February 24, 2010 at 9:02 am
The people who call Stack a “Hero” are delusional: maybe Stack wasn’t a terrorist, but he was certainly a coward and a murderer.
February 24, 2010 at 9:22 am
Malnurtured Snay wrote: … maybe Stack wasn’t a terrorist ….
Why not?
“… in the American political lexicon, “Terrorists” are Muslims who dislike the U.S., while Americans — especially ones who are white and non-Muslim — cannot, by definition, qualify.” — Glenn Greenwald, Salon.