Terror from the Left -

Terror from the Left - Both on and off the page, in this case.

First - it turns out the Pim Fortuyn's assassin was an animal right's activist. He was murdered over fur.

Fur.

ALF and the ELF and their ilk have long flirted about the edge of what we'd call "terrorism" in this country. It's time to get serious about them - they're not a lot less radical, or more concerned with human life and suffering, than Hamas.

By the way - check out the not-at-all subtle spin in the article I link above. Note how Fortuyn is catagorized; "Far-right" and "extremist" labels abound, while neo-socialist Wim Kok is considered mainstream. A more balanced look is available. Or as Andrew Sullivan put it (commenting about a very skewed NY Times article):

"Dutch political leaders decided today to go ahead with the general elections next week, even after the killing of Pim Fortuyn, a right-wing politician who had stood a chance to become the country's next prime minister. The police confirmed today that they were holding the assassination suspect, a 32-year-old Dutch environmental activist." Notice how a socially libertarian maverick is "right-wing" but an ideological assassin is just an "environmental activist." Even the Dutch police have described the murderer as an enviro-radical. But extremes, in the Time's p.c. world, only exist on the right. The subtle marginalization of Fortuyn continues, even in death. I would simply ask you to imagine: if this gay man were a liberal and had been killed by a fascist, do you think this story would be treated by the New York Times the same way?