So did you hear about that Christian terrorist plotting an attack against Muslims in America? You didn't? Of course you didn't.

Robert Doggart Christian domestic terrorist

Courtesy of The Daily Beast:  

Have you heard about the Christian terrorist Robert Doggart, who was plotting a violent attack against a Muslim-American community in New York state? Probably not, because as opposed to when U.S. law enforcement officials arrest a Muslim for planning a violent assault, they didn’t send out a press release or hold a press conference publicizing Doggart’s arrest. 

So let me tell you about Doggart and his deadly plan to use guns and even a machete to attack American Muslims in upstate New York. Doggart, a 63-year-old Tennessee resident, is an ordained Christian minister in the Christian National Church. In 2014, he unsuccessfully ran for Congress as an independent, espousing far right-wing views. 

But don’t dismiss Doggart as some crazed wingnut howling at the moon. He served in the U.S. Naval Sea Cadet Corps, worked for 40 years in the electrical generation business, has a master’s degree and a Ph.D. from La Salle University, and claimed he had nine “committed” men working with him to carry out this attack.

So the guy went from being an Independent candidate for Congress, to a domestic religious terrorists planning the murder of Islamic Americans? That is amazing.

And before you dismiss this story as much ado about nothing, get a load of what Doggart had planned:

Doggart’s own words highlight his motive being grounded in at least partially in his view of Christianity: “Our small group will soon be faced with the fight of our lives. We will offer those lives as collateral to prove our commitment to our God.” Doggart continued, “We shall be Warriors who inflict horrible numbers of casualties upon the enemies of our Nation and World Peace.” 

Doggart, who was also recorded via wiretaps speaking to militia members in Texas and South Carolina, didn’t mince words about his plans for the Muslims of Islamberg: “We will be cruel to them. And we will burn down their buildings [Referring to their mosque and school.] ...and if anybody attempts to harm us in any way... we will take them down.” 

He also detailed the weapons he would use in the attack, including an M-4 military assault rifle, armor-piercing ammunition, explosives, pistols, and a machete, because “If it gets down to the machete, we will cut them to shreds.”

And yet we have heard NOTHING about this? NOTHING?

Simply put there is NO real distinction between Islamic terrorists and Christian terrorists.  In fact back in 2014 there were tens of thousands of African Muslims in full flight to escape from Christian terrorists who were killing them, burning their homes, and destroying their mosques.

I would argue that some of the greatest atrocities ever committed in the name of religion were not done by Muslims, but rather Christians.

However that is not the kind of talk that people in America are terribly interested in hearing.