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On redstate.com there is an article titled "The Deceitful Link: Anti-Gunners' Attempt to Connect Timothy McVeigh and 2nd Amendment Supporters" (https://redstate.com/jeffc/2023/05/...-mcveigh-and-2nd-amendment-supporters-n743283), however it is a members-only article. I went looking to see if I could find the same article elsewhere and could not, but I did see several links to articles promoting the alleged connection.
Apparently the impetus for this is a new book by Jeffrey Toobin titled "Homegrown: Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism" .
Articles jumping on the bandwagon include "American Terrorism: From Timothy McVeigh to January 6" (https://washingtonmonthly.com/2023/05/03/american-terrorism-from-timothy-mcveigh-to-january-6/), "Tracing the Angry Path From Timothy McVeigh to Trumpism" ( https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/03/books/review/homegrown-jeffrey-toobin.html), and "Timothy McVeigh’s Dreams Are Coming True" (Opinion | Timothy McVeigh’s Dreams Are Coming True - The New York Times (nytimes.com) (also reprinted at https://www.baltimoresun.com/opinio...0230509-6hnvx3jlkrfgrmy4mgbtjozlfu-story.html which is thankfully not behind a firewall), which starts with:
From there the author goes on to include every possible anti-gun trope.
The Washington Monthly review (also not behind a firewall) tars the entire Republican party with the McVeigh brush.
Anybody here an author who could write a review challenging Toobin's assertions and publish it somewhere that would get wide circulation?
Apparently the impetus for this is a new book by Jeffrey Toobin titled "Homegrown: Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism" .
Articles jumping on the bandwagon include "American Terrorism: From Timothy McVeigh to January 6" (https://washingtonmonthly.com/2023/05/03/american-terrorism-from-timothy-mcveigh-to-january-6/), "Tracing the Angry Path From Timothy McVeigh to Trumpism" ( https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/03/books/review/homegrown-jeffrey-toobin.html), and "Timothy McVeigh’s Dreams Are Coming True" (Opinion | Timothy McVeigh’s Dreams Are Coming True - The New York Times (nytimes.com) (also reprinted at https://www.baltimoresun.com/opinio...0230509-6hnvx3jlkrfgrmy4mgbtjozlfu-story.html which is thankfully not behind a firewall), which starts with:
Timothy McVeigh, the right-wing terrorist who killed 168 people in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, cared about one issue above all others: guns. To him, guns were synonymous with freedom, and any government attempt to regulate them meant incipient tyranny.
The Washington Monthly review (also not behind a firewall) tars the entire Republican party with the McVeigh brush.
Anybody here an author who could write a review challenging Toobin's assertions and publish it somewhere that would get wide circulation?