Just in case you thought I was being hyperbolicious with the whole "Dr. Tiller's murderer is a terrorist" thing, here's more about him from Talking Points Memo, via Dan Savage:
But Roeder's violent right-wing extremism seems to extend beyond the issue of abortion. In April 1996, amid anxiety over the anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing, Roeder was stopped by police after a motorist reported seeing a car with a license plate reading: "Sovereign -- Private Property -- Immunity Declared at Law --Non Commercial American."
("Sovereign citizens" claim to be unaccountable to the federal government, deriving certain rights under English common law. It's been a favored legal strategy of various violent right-wing extremists, including white supremacists.)
When police searched Roeder's car, they found the makings of a bomb: a blasting cap; two six-volt lantern batteries, one wired with a clothespin and a cigarette wrapper; and a 1-pound can of black gunpowder. In Roeder's home, police found instructions titled "Underground Cookbook: Clothes Pin Time-Delayed Switch."
So, if this ass-hat Roeder had been arrested 10 years ago after, say, murdering a federal agent, we would call him.... What's that word we have for people who commit violent crimes with the aim of achieving political goals? Oh, yeah... TERRORISTS.
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