News Media Nomenclature

A. I heard some discussion on the radio in which the term "anti-AIDS activists" was used. Of course, those who might be labeled as "anti-AIDS activists" do constitute a diverse spectrum, so one cannot really apply any blanket generalizations to them.

But it seems to me that a fair number of individuals who would apply such a label to themselves do in fact engage in homosexual activity; and the engagement of multiple serial sexual partners is known to be very common among those who regularly practice homosexual activity.

Accordingly, aren't at least some of the purported "anti-AIDS activists" effectively PRO-AIDS activists?



B. Again on the radio, I heard the term "alleged Islamic militants" in connection with the Mumbai massacre. This was AFTER the Indian police had interrogated the surviving terrorist, who admitted that he came to Mumbai to commit terror with his group, in the name of Islam.

Why do they use the word "alleged" when it has already been established?

And, for that matter, why does the news media use the word "militants?" Why are they so reticent to use the word "TERRORISTS?"

Muslim Attack in Mumbai

Of course, the Muslim terrorist attack in Mumbai is all over the Internet.

My comment:

The line used by the Muslims has been that they don't hate Jews per se, but that they object to Jews taking the land of Israel.

If such be the case, how does one explain the terrorists' specific targeting of the Chabad House in Mumbai, and specific singling out of Jewish people in Mumbai as hostages and murder victims?

And where is the CAIR denunciation of this terrorist attack?

It wasn't on the CAIR website when I looked just before posting this!