Beck said Southers equated Christian Identity terrorism to Islamic terrorism

Beck: Southers said Christian Identity terrorism is “equally as dangerous” as radical Islamic terrorism. During the January 13 edition of his radio show, Beck aired comments Southers made discussing counterterrorism strategy and the threat posed by transnational and domestic terrorist groups. Discussing Southers, Beck stated, "[L]et's make sure we don't mention anything that goes on in Virginia, at the radical mosques in Virginia." Beck subsequently expounded on “the problem” with Southers: "[W]hen he says, 'It's equally as dangerous" -- no, it's not." Beck and contributing editor Pat Gray criticized Southers for not mentioning “anything that goes on in Virginia, at the radical mosques in Virginia,” or “what happened at Fort Hood.”

Southers did not equate the threat from Christian Identity groups and radical Islamic terrorism

Southers did not equate the danger of Al Qaeda and other radical Islamic terrorism to the danger of Christian Identity group. Beck aired comments Southers made -- and which have been posted on VideoJug.com -- addressing counterterrorism and the threat posed by transnational and domestic terrorist groups. While Southers discussed the threat posed by Christian Identity groups, at no point did he say that threat was “equally as dangerous” as the threat posed by radical Islamic terrorism.

Beck omitted Southers' discussion of threat posed by Al Qaeda. In echoing Erick Erickson's attack on Southers, Beck ignored Southers' comments discussing the dangers of Al Qaeda and other radical Islamic terrorist groups, stating in part: “What they're able to do now is have individuals who've radicalized, self-appointed as holy warriors, carry out acts around the world, and they can claim success whenever that happens. So you, by the very nature of believing in Al Qaeda's philosophy and going and blowing yourself up in a building and then being able to go on Al Jazeera and claim success although you've never met them in your life, means that they have an organization which, in my opinion, is very efficient, very effective, very, very good in a way of being able to carry out further attacks and, most importantly, interest other people in what they're doing.” Later, Southers answered questions about groups operating within the United States. Southers was asked: “Which home-grown terrorist groups pose the greatest danger to the U.S.?” Southers responded:

Most of the domestic groups that we have to pay attention to here are white supremacist groups. They're anti-government, in most cases anti-abortion. They are usually survivalist type in nature, Identity oriented. If you recall, Buford Furrow came to Los Angeles in -- I believe it was 1999 when he went to three different Jewish institutions, museums, and then wound up shooting people at a children's community center, then shooting a Filipino postal worker later on. Matthew Hale, who's the Pontifex Maximus of the World Church of the Creator out of Illinois, and Ben Smith, who went on a shooting spree in three different cities where he killed a number of African-Americans and Jews and Asians that day. Those groups are groups that claim to be extremely anti-government and Christian Identity-oriented.