Every once in awhile a tweet crosses your timeline that causes you to pause, reload and look again because it was just that stupid.
For example, this tweet from the Cato Institute on terror:
Far right extremist groups were responsible for 73% of deadly terrorist incidents since September 12, 2001. https://t.co/eppnxd5kM8 pic.twitter.com/WcvxJWX3vF
— Cato Institute (@CatoInstitute) April 23, 2017
Funny how they picked the day after the BIGGEST terror attack on American soil, ever.
Not funny ha ha but funny convenient.
https://twitter.com/TheRoadbeer/status/856324317012869120
If you read the article (and we’re sorry if you click it) the entire piece is based on research via Georgia State that cites CNN.com as a news reference so there’s that …
Nidal Hasan, Tsarnaev Bros, Alton Nolen, Omar Mateen, Syed Farook, Tashfeen Malik, Ismaayil Brinsley, Abdulhakim Muhammad…but point taken
— G (@TCC_Grouchy) April 24, 2017
You can tell they are far right rather than far left because they left their shirts on. https://t.co/gnKMVEEkjv
— Federalist Musket?? (@Patriot_Musket) April 24, 2017
Apparently far right extremist groups are responsible, not ISIS who has taken credit for every terrorist act in the last several years.
It’s a ridiculous claim Brian (a) only US, globally everything pales compared to Islamism (b) Counts incidents not deaths (c) Why since 911?
— Zeev Suraski (@zeevs) April 23, 2017
Bingo.
They can’t include 9/11 because that negates their stupid argument.
Weird how @CatoInstitute unquestioningly repeats only 23 dead from radical Islam when that's less than half of the dead at the #Pulse attack https://t.co/68RKwtAenc
— Derek Hunter (@derekahunter) April 24, 2017
Remember though, they said it was a homophobic thing, not a terror attack.
The data shows Jihadists have killed more Americans since 9/11 than RW, but this is how @CatoInstitute presents it ? https://t.co/uyed1R7z93
— Patrick Poole (@pspoole) April 23, 2017
Ri-damn-diculous.
They cast a wide net for the right wing extremist definition and STILL Islamists killed more people (even after 9/11)
— Mrz.T (@MaeTellu) April 23, 2017
But CNN! TRUMP! MUSLIM BAN!
Lousy methodology, cherry picked starting point. Apologize for this travesty.
— Horst von Horstmann (@Kaboom1776) April 23, 2017
They should, but they won’t.
https://twitter.com/JammieWF/status/856489621773012998
https://twitter.com/CardsFanTX/status/856497920966787072
If they include 9/11 they don’t really have a story.
Although most thinking people likely don’t think is a story anyway.
https://twitter.com/noelbagwell/status/856191842861363200
Nope. Can’t trust ’em.
Like most things under the Obama administration.
Related:
This friggin’ guy! Obama’s latest advice is (un)shockingly short on self-awareness https://t.co/CUEt61qyNU
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) April 24, 2017