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Here\u2019s one more example of the flying monkey effect originating within conservative blogs.<\/p>\n

Canadian Police Reject Own Anti-Terror Handbook for Being \u2018Adversarial\u2019<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Search the Internet with the above query, and discover loads of right-wing sites lighting up, one after another, with duplicate \u201cnews\u201d articles detailing how Canadians might consider a soft-pedal toward Muslim Jihadists. However, try searching legitimate news channels from Canada, CBC<\/strong><\/a> for example, and you will find plenty of sensational crap, but no hits on the above shocking revelation.<\/p>\n

No real surprise, since comic book lover, Adam Kredo<\/strong><\/a> of The Washington Free Beacon<\/strong> is the inventor of this fiction. Adam gives this mash, one day or so to ferment, then follows with:<\/p>\n

State Department Endorses Handbook Calling Jihad \u2018Noble\u2019<\/strong>” href=”http:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/state-department-endorses-handbook-calling-jihad-noble\/” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer”>State Department Endorses Handbook Calling Jihad \u2018Noble\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n

Again, right wing bloggers ring up a jackpot in perfect harmony. National Review, True News USA, PA Pundits, Wake Up America, Jammie Wearing Fools (seriously?) among other vitriol-spewing individuals and organizations jump on the bandwagon. Yet search the US Department of State<\/strong><\/a>\u2026 not so much.<\/p>\n

Why not? What these adolescent jesters have discovered, it takes little proof to seed an avalanche of fear-mongering, especially inside a fertile wheel-house of hate. The Internet is wondrous as well as vile, and people are easily duped by pretty pictures.<\/p>\n

In an effort at full disclosure, it should be noted: a handbook was released by a Winnipeg Mosque with contributions by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), entitled: “United Against Terrorism<\/strong>“.<\/p>\n

There is a section for intelligence and law enforcement officials, starting off with a warning not to equate being religious with being a radical. RCMP spokesman Greg Cox wrote CBC News, saying “the RCMP takes responsibility for its section of the booklet only.<\/em>” “We have not agreed to avoid using terms such as ‘Islamist terrorism,<\/em>‘ ‘Islamic extremism<\/em>‘ and ‘jihad<\/em>‘.<\/p>\n

The handbook will be available online and 100 copies were printed for distribution.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here\u2019s one more example of the flying monkey effect originating within conservative blogs. Canadian Police Reject Own Anti-Terror Handbook for Being \u2018Adversarial\u2019 Search the Internet with the above query, and discover loads of right-wing sites lighting up, one after another, with duplicate \u201cnews\u201d articles detailing how Canadians might consider a soft-pedal toward Muslim Jihadists. However, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[22,26,7,55,96,30,23,25],"class_list":["post-706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-religion","tag-absence-of-evidence","tag-character-attacks","tag-conservative-anxiety","tag-fear-mongering","tag-immigration","tag-national-security","tag-rabid-right","tag-wing-nut-conspiracy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lesstoprofess.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lesstoprofess.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lesstoprofess.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lesstoprofess.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lesstoprofess.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=706"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/lesstoprofess.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":939,"href":"https:\/\/lesstoprofess.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706\/revisions\/939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lesstoprofess.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lesstoprofess.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lesstoprofess.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}