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How Much “Quiet Violence” Does It Take To Make A Quiet Riot?

Quiet Riots, aside from being an American heavy metal band, is also the theme of the AP’s coverage of Sen. Barack Obama’s speech to black ministers in Hampton, VA today.

“Obama warns of ‘quiet riot’ among blacks” is not the headline Obama might have expected from his speech. ~Marc Ambinder

Obama seems to like this theme of “quiet” problems.  It was part of his response to the Virginia Tech massacre, and it seems to keep cropping up in all the strangest places.

Incidentally, does Obama know when Hurricane Katrina actually happened?  He keeps talking about “19 months ago,” but Katrina made landfall in late August 2005, which was 21 months ago.

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Daniel Larison is a senior editor at TAC, where he also keeps a solo blog. He has been published in the New York Times Book Review, Dallas Morning News, World Politics Review, Politico Magazine, Orthodox Life, Front Porch Republic, The American Scene, and Culture11, and was a columnist for The Week. He holds a PhD in history from the University of Chicago, and resides in Lancaster, PA. Follow him on Twitter.

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