Well, no. You'd hope they are basing this on knowledge they have. The Met are pretty good. They don't say this for no reason.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Investigating it as terrorism is normal given recent events, but for it to be terrorism special conditions needed.https://he.palgrave.com/page/detail/Rethinking-Terrorism/?K=9780230573765 …
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Replying to @colwight
Not disagreeing with that. Someone suggesting no-one calls it terrorism when white ppl attack a targetted group but they did. Instantly.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Agree, what's interesting abt most terrorist attacks is that they don't target specific groups; they don't care who is in attacked group.
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Replying to @colwight
They might not take care to ensure there are no members of their own group in there but there is a target.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
2/ this looks to be targeted at Muslims so could be opportunistic hate crime. Apart from van not really equipped to kill loads.
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Replying to @colwight
Like the Lee Rigby murder? But I'm not interested in semantic differences between terrorism & hate crime. 1/2
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Lee Rigby wasn't terrorism. And I am. It's not just a semantic difference, it's a political one.
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Replying to @colwight
Yes but on the level of words. I don't want to discuss the meanings of words - 'semantics.' I'm addressing a false claim of imbalance.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
But that issue of imbalance is bound up with the meaning of the words. Re no, still not clear what your were negating.
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No, it wasn't. We've gone way off the point so I'll leave it here. They don't care (if they get ppl other than that target) No (they don't)
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