Word: extremist
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...that abortion is murder and thus act to prevent abortion. Their activism is equally as noble as those who oppose the death penalty. The author’s personal disagreements with other people’s convictions does not entitle her to label that person an “extremist.” Perhaps after four years at Harvard she will realize that...
These acts are only part of a long list of violent, extremist actions taken by anti-abortion activists. According to the National Abortion Federation, opponents of choice have directed over 2,500 reported acts of violence against abortion providers since 1977 including bombings, arsons, death threats, kidnappings and assaults, as well as over 55,000 reported acts of disruption, including bomb threats and harassing calls...
...many households, the inevitable political conversation promises some surprises this year. Sisters Amanda and Shelley are the liberal Democrats; they lovingly describe Luke as "almost a right-wing extremist." And yet they find themselves changing seats, sharing views. "I've always been a pacifist, but I've shocked myself at how my views toward Bush have changed," says Amanda. "Before this, my heroes were my parents. But now I've come to appreciate leadership." Shelley, meanwhile, is bracing herself for the plane flight from San Francisco, but says, "A lot of people in the city, in their 20s, feel rootless...
Choudary and Yahya belong to the extremist Islamic group al-Muhajiroun, and though they speak for only a tiny fraction of Britain's 2 million Muslims, their views received grim publicity last week with the news that three British-born Muslims had been killed in Kabul--allegedly in a U.S. bombing raid on a Taliban compound--after volunteering for the jihad...
What's the difference between a militant extremist who sends anthrax in an envelope and a nitwit prankster who sends cornstarch? Both are terrorists, sowing fear and wreaking havoc. Their actions have malignant and far-reaching consequences. Hoaxers should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. ALEXANDER J. WERTH Farmville...