tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156536327610779049.post7931516113852406096..comments2024-02-23T11:23:45.971-05:00Comments on Lost Motorcyclist: Propaganda Alert: James Lee is NOT an EnvironmentalistLost Motorcyclisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08873504561959138792noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156536327610779049.post-3166636114357224442010-09-02T10:45:25.451-04:002010-09-02T10:45:25.451-04:00In my next blog, I reviewed the Canadian press and...In my next blog, I reviewed the Canadian press and they did not make much of the so-called environmental connection either.Lost Motorcyclisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08873504561959138792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156536327610779049.post-71188143900543130042010-09-02T09:09:17.675-04:002010-09-02T09:09:17.675-04:00Mainstream American news sources have been quick t...Mainstream American news sources have been quick to categorize James Lee as an 'environmental militant', 'radical environmentalist', 'environmental extremist' or even (in the case of the New York <i>Daily News</i>) a 'crazed tree-hugger.' <br /><br />It's interesting to contrast that with the mainstream British news outlets (BBC, Telegraph, Guardian, Times, &c.) which generally refer to Lee as the 'gunman', the 'hostage taker' or the 'suspect.' <br /><br />In fact, if one does take the trouble to read Lee's <a href="http://savetheplanetprotest.com/" rel="nofollow">manifesto</a>, it's quite evident that Lee was an individual suffering from serious emotional problems, one who could, at worst, be classified as an incoherent misanthropist (or an inarticulate pedophobe).<br /><br />Labeling Lee as an 'environmentalist,' however qualified, smacks of condemnation through association and would best be avoided, as the British, correctly, have.Madeyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02593933575568389288noreply@blogger.com