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Chris Matthews on Glenn Beck and Frank Gaffney

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Obdicut (Now with 2% less brain)2/03/2011 6:50:29 pm PST

re: #288 researchok

Again: A lot of jihadis, terrorists, etc. do not come from a background where they were inside indoctrination to the same extent as their peers. They were abroad for part of the time, had access to media others didn’t, has space outside the indoctrination. The indoctrination is certainly important for keeping populations subdued; it is much less easily linked to the complexities of overt terrorism, given that the entire populace is indoctrinated, but a relatively small percentage of them— and often those who had the least exposure to the indoctrination (perhaps making them feel more alienated)— cross the line into violent terrorism.