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Marc Morano
Eco-Extremism Being Ignored in School Shooting Case, Critic Alleges
The New Left is Not Dead
(CNSNews.com) - The teenager who went on a shooting rampage at a Minnesota high school Monday, killing ten people including himself, apparently had links to a neo-Nazi website that promotes environmental extremism and eco-terrorism.
Despite those connections, don't expect the establishment media to make it an issue, said a spokesman for a free market think tank.
"A real Nazi killer commits horrible acts, and much to the media's disappointment, he's linked to green groups. Not convenient, not gonna go down that path," Chris Horner, a senior fellow at the free market Competitive Enterprise Institute, told Cybercast News Service Tuesday. "The national press corps now faces a moral dilemma, as they see it either consciously or subconsciously, given this killer's apparent connection to and the Nazis' inarguable praise for green groups, even the so-called 'establishment' gangs at the NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) and Environmental Defense," Horner said.
Police say Jeff Weise, who was either 16 or 17 years old, went on the alleged killing spree at the Red Lake Indian Reservation high school, although his motives may never be known. But they say Weise may have posted messages on a neo-Nazi website, where he referred to himself as the "Angel of Death" and "a Native American from the Red Lake 'Indian' Reservation." Weise also reportedly praised Adolf Hitler.
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