In Lone Wolf: Eric Rudolph and the Legacy of American Terror, Maryanne Vollers shows us that the age of terrorism began in American well before 9-11. We tend to forget this. Eric Rudolph led a campaign of violence against the Olympics, a gay nightclub, and abortion clinics. His far-right wing politics has become more mainstream in the Age of Trump (although his violence, thankfully, has not). He was well ahead of the curve on White Christian Paranoia.
Now state governments whittle away at Roe v Wade to make it harder for clinics that provide abortions to operate. Current tactics are subtler than pipe bombs. But we are moving closer to Eric Rudolph’s American. Mass violence, hatred of LGBT people, condemnation of women’s rights to control their bodies, antisemitism, and rage against globalism – all this was on the most recent Republican presidential ticket – and Rudolph’s hit list.
Now state governments whittle away at Roe v Wade to make it harder for clinics that provide abortions to operate. Current tactics are subtler than pipe bombs. But we are moving closer to Eric Rudolph’s American. Mass violence, hatred of LGBT people, condemnation of women’s rights to control their bodies, antisemitism, and rage against globalism – all this was on the most recent Republican presidential ticket – and Rudolph’s hit list.
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