http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/22434/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/survivalists-paranoid-right-wingers-or-diverse-urbanites-new-york-times-cant-decide <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/clay-waters">Clay Waters</a> </div> </div> </div> <p>Survivalists: Paranoid right-wingers or a shrewd, far-thinking, and diverse urbanites? The <em>New York Times </em>can't decide.<img src="http://www.mrc.org/sites/default/files/images/Preppers.jpg.crop_display.jpg" style="float: right;" height="200" width="300" /></p><p>Editorial board member Lawrence Downes' Thursday morning post, "<a href="http://takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/31/jesus-freedom-and-guns/ ">Jesus, Freedom and Guns</a>," used a YouTube video from a left-winger to mock gun-rights supporters as Christian paranoids fearing government tyranny:</p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/survivalists-paranoid-right-wingers-or-diverse-urbanites-new-york-times-cant-decide" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles TimesWatch Alan Feuer Doomsday Preppers Double Standards Lawrence Downes Neil Genzlinger Preppers Survivalists Thu, 31 Jan 2013 19:06:02 +0000 clay.waters 42460 at http://archive2.mrc.org