Fox: Animal rights terrorism on the rise (Fox seeks to change the narrative on abortion killing)

[AlexanderProgressive]

Check out this transparent attempt by Fox to pretend that left-wing terrorism is as much of a threat to this nation as the right-wing terrorists who bomb Federal buildings and kill abortion doctors.

Citing statistics from a company that does research on animals (Foundation for Biomedical Research), Fox claims that "39 criminal actions undertaken in the name of animal rights."

What a lame attempt to change the narrative.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,525039,00.html

[stray cat]

1. Is it a lie or true - clearly trying to change the topic but is the data true?

[AlexanderProgressive]

5. Or...is it true that 39 is higher than usual?

Is it true that these attacks have increased? We only get numbers (unconfirmed) from a company with a conflict of interest.

[MadMaddie]

2. Last I checked humans weren't getting murdered!

Property damage and releasing animals.....is illegal but they are not assasinating humans!! Hey Faux that wasn't even a real try.....Epic-Fail!!

[Dogmudgeon]

3. 39 criminal actions, most of them nuisance crimes

There have been some atrocious crimes committed by animal rights people, but I think than number is right around TWO, both more than 10 years ago IIRC.

And I used to work for a scientist who was targeted, so I have fairly strong "feelings" about such crimes. But, face it, it's a small movement with a limited number of fanatics. PETA seems to draw most of them off, and they prefer to work with the Art Department, not Munitions, anyway.

Fox is stretching -- again. There are millions of anti-abortion people and most of them are kept in a low-grade frenzy over "the death of the innocents". I'm surprised that there have been as FEW serious crimes and murders as there have been.

--d!

[flvegan]

4. Fox aside, never has an action claimed by the ALF ever hurt a human being. Ever.

Terrorism indeed. I want to know why there's an Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act but no Women's Rights Enterprise Terrorism Act. Can someone explain that to me?

I do wonder where they got the number 39 from.

It's telling that Fox thinks that animal rights "terrorism" is equally or more important that murdering a doctor in the name of zealotry.

[azul]

7. Because Animal Enterprise is more important than Human Enterprise ( family)

in this mixed-up US legal system that puts corporate interests ahead of human?

Sort of the demented extension of capital punishment for poaching on royal grounds, I guess.

[flvegan]

8. Yup. All about the Benjamins.

The ALF costs businesses money. Anti-choice terrorists only cost lives. Values being what they are, this is what we have.

[Marr]

6. Oh- so were *are* calling domestic crime terrorism. I see.

Oh- but not clinic bombings, or doctor murders, or murder sprees in liberal churches by right-wing fanatics. Those are still just crimes. But stealing animals is terrorism. Gotcha. That makes a lot of sense, mm-hmm.