Why Not Hate All Types of Terrorism?

What intrigues me are things that are placed in our society, which reek of psychotic hypocriticism (it doesn’t even matter if thats a word at this point). There are straightforward examples of how people are blind to so many things. One such word, which has come to dominate our very existence here in the US, is the word terrorism.

Terrorism. Most people associate the word with a bearded man, with a turban who is a part of or works in conjunction with Al-Qaeda. Most people also associate Islam to that generalization, along with other generic keywords: Middle Eastern, A-rab, Al-Jazeera. While information involving these keywords is available in every median of our lives from TV to casual conversations, no such definitions exist. Mostly because no one is quite sure of what they mean. We have Fox news, CNN, MSNBC, and the likes to thank for that. Meaningless propaganda with glittery candy-like words and "meanings," just to gain attention. Mind you, they sound like informative stories that sound great, but they fail to realize the repercussions of the divestment.

Other types of Terrorism is glorified though. I see it all the time. In fact in most cases it is promoted by the responsible entities as being "cool" and the "in" thing. Hollywood and the Gaming industry are great examples, in this, then. Movies about the glorification of Triads, Italian Mafia (by far the most popular one: An example being Sopranos), Japanese crime lords, Street racing law evading deviants (Fast and the Furious), Colombian/South American drug traffickers, Caribbean cannabis smoking culture, Rappers promoting constant violence (50 cent in Get Rich or Die Trying), Russian Mafia, 1920’s thugs and gangsters (idolized in virtually every movie or advertisement they are in) and the increasingly Violent street gangs (Grand Theft Auto, all parts!).

Ask any random American individual about the above mentioned terrorist organizations and more likely then not, you will get an answer that revolves around the words AWESOME, COOL, AMAZING and even INSPIRING unless of course, the question is regarding Terrorism (what we define it as nowadays at least) and the answer would be filled with hate (along with a frownie face), along with other generic words (but is not limited to) like freedom, nuclear, eye-ran, a-rab, middleastern, etc.

In essence it is in fashion for us to denounce terrorism (and rightfully so) but only a certain kind of it. Ethnic mobs, racists, drug traffickers, and illiterate celebrities are great in the sheeples’ minds. Sure Al-Qaeda killed three thousand innocent people on the 11th of September (certainly a terrible act, no matter how you look at it), but what about these other terrorist organizations that are amongst us? Even considered "cool" at times. They too are involved in constant destruction of our society, akin to terrorists, and probably just as insidious as Al-Qaeda. These organizations and people are contributing to drug trafficking, rapes, murder, theft, robbery, arson, and in turn the moral fabric of society is deteriorating because of them. There is no doubt that three thousand people were lost in one strike that horrible day, but many times more die due to mob violence, gang related activity and the likes in the US, according to the Pew research institute. Just to cite an example - over 40,000 die annually in something like car accidents - so why not a war against that too!

Why is religious terrorism the only evil thing while other types of larger (yes, believe it or not) evils are ignored, glorified and allowed to exist? Why not hate them too? Wouldnt that be a more consistent doctrine?