There’s even more to the major media’s blind eye. Ten days ago a story popped up in the press about a terror plot planned for Hallowe’en. The story focused on suspected plotters in Michigan, later connected to other states, who were allegedly inspired by ISIS.
Again, the media almost immediately acted like this was a “Trumped-up” story. The potshots started against FBI director Kash Patel. The FBI did not immediately elaborate on its investigation, with media voices suggesting the Bureau was backing away from its charges.
Now the news is coming out that this wasn’t just a couple of “gamers” on the Internet. At least six young people have been arrested in multiple states. The FBI had not been talking because it has been seeking more evidence before it evaporates.
The suspects, it turns out, include several young men from well-to-do families. There is talk of interstate travel for meetings, encrypted messages, gun ranges and rapid reloading practice. Potential terror targets included an LGBTQ+ neighborhood in Ferndale, Michigan, and the Cedar Point amusement park in northwest Ohio – both targets that would normally draw massive media interest.
This may turn out to be a story the media can’t bury, despite its best efforts. But if the likes of MSNBC and CNN aren’t interested in history, rest assured history is interested in them. Violence against orderly implementation of our laws – and our election results – is rising. So too is antisemitism, the history-repeating viciousness that has inspired many of the worst actors of the past century.
We can try to look the other way, as millions of Europeans and Americans did in the 1930s. But history has a way of grabbing us by the throat and forcing us to see what’s in front of us – in Chicago and other major cities across the nation. We will answer for our silence.
