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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIf he had driven a truck thru the front door and killed 24 people, would we call it "terrorism"?
What's the difference?
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)Ordinary gun massacres fall under the heading of:
THE PRICE OF FREEDOM and must be tolerated.
malaise
(269,257 posts)We have a winner
HipChick
(25,485 posts)Va Lefty
(6,252 posts)He didn't start this race shit but he sure has fanned the flames!
onecaliberal
(32,976 posts)Jim Beard
(2,535 posts)CatMor
(6,212 posts)i dont think you shoot 27 people by mistake.
maryellen99
(3,790 posts)uponit7771
(90,370 posts)Kirk Lover
(3,608 posts)All I know is this trashbag called the NYC killer an animal RIGHT AWAY. No matter what isn't this person an "animal"....clearly, he's much more upset when the person is Muslim because that shit sells.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)ecstatic
(32,781 posts)We have at least one mass shooting per week in this country, yet the GOP only wants me to worry about the rare attacks that are committed by Muslims. It's ridiculous!
ManiacJoe
(10,136 posts)At this point, no motives are known about this killing.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)Igel
(35,383 posts)And yet a mass killing doesn't mean terrorism.
Newtown. Not terrorism. And yet I'm fairly sure if somebody asked the killer in that case a list of questions that would help diagnose political leanings he'd have at least one.
Same for Columbine.
jaysunb
(11,856 posts)The folks in the line of fire are terrorized. Period.
ck4829
(35,096 posts)We have a POTUS who makes very different remarks based on the demographics of the perp and victims.
All writing is political... so why not all mass violence?
Thrill
(19,178 posts)Vinca
(50,323 posts)Definitely not terrorism.