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Right, because if some crazy asshole shoots people randomly it's a mass shooting but if he happens to be muslim it's terrorism. Sorry, keep forgetting about tha
by rogersmith 11y ago
Right, because if some crazy asshole shoots people randomly it's a mass shooting but if he happens to be muslim it's terrorism. Sorry, keep forgetting about that memo.
- aninhumer 11y agoWell the relevant difference is whether the shooters had external support to commit their crime. That it's possible for a determined group to acquire guns and attack people is one thing. It being possible for a single mentally unstable person to do so is quite another.
- rogersmith 11y agoFeel free to share your sources establishing the shooters of both the Paris Hebdo and Bataclan attacks received external support. What about Columbine (multiple shooters, conspired in advance to commit the attack), terrorism, mass shootings?
- aninhumer 11y agoI'm not saying anything about any particular shooting, I'm saying that's the relevant difference.
- gwright 11y agoActually I think the current practice is to label pretty much everything terrorism. Part of the perpetual crisis strategy used to justify the militarization of police forces.