Ode to Timothy McVeigh

So we all know that killing mass amounts of people is bad. So is being a neo-nazi. But Tim McVeigh and his murderous actions have created some good.

• After the Oklahoma City bombings, the neo-nazi movement fractured, with moderate neo-nazis becoming disillusioned due to the killing of innocent civilians. Wait, what the hell is a "moderate neo-nazi"?
• Liberals have an easy punchline whenever a conservative says, "We must go after the terrorists and those who harbor them." In the words of Michael Franti, "Fight terrorists wherever they be found, but why you not bombing Tim McVeigh's hometown?"
• Tim McVeigh gives Arabs an easy counter-argument against racial profiling. Of course, so does the most rudimentary logic. If Mohamed Atta flies a plane into a building, that doesn't mean Casey Kasem is going to also!
• The Oklahoma City Bombing may have brought together militant Islamicists and American neo-nazis. Anything that brings together groups with seemingly nothing in common must be good.
• I got a post out of it.*

*Yeah, it might not be worth it. But what's done is done. Let's look at the bright side here.