That being said, I share the criticisms many have against Trump and his spokespeople who insist the Austin bombings have no connection to terrorism. We've seen them jump to that conclusion with nonwhite killers (especially Muslims), and they likely would've done so here. 6/x
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The evidence is clear: America has a problem with white nationalist terrorism. As
@peterwsinger has pointed out, more Americans were killed in the last decade by white nationalist terrorism than Islamic terrorism. Past time we took it seriously as a national security problem. 7/x3 replies 91 retweets 177 likesShow this thread -
Trump has directed national counterterrorism resources away from white nationalism and focused them entirely on jihadism. He has downplayed or ignored the former while playing up the latter. But both threaten Americans, and both deserve counterterrorism attention. 8/x
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The Austin bomber was a young white man and the two people he killed were both black, suggesting it may have been racially-motivated terrorism. Perhaps he was part of the white nationalist movement. But we do not have sufficient evidence yet to reach that conclusion. 9/x
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Just because other people misuse the word terrorist to fearmonger with the worst form of identity politics doesn't mean you should too. Even (especially) if the person misusing the word is the president of the United States. (END)
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UPDATE: Police say the Austin bomber left a 25-minute video confession on his cell phone. Describes bombs' construction in detail, but they still don't know his motive. That indicates it's probably not terrorism. If he was trying to make a political point, he'd do it there. u1/x
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Charleston church shooter described hoping to ignite race war in online videos. San Bernardino attackers pledged allegiance to ISIS on Facebook. Bin Laden formally declared war. McVeigh wrote letters. Because their attack is political, terrorists want people to know why. u2/x
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You ignored the political indications of the Parkland shooter.
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Which are you referring to? I've heard about him telling people he was going to become a school shooter, but I'm not aware of any explicitly political motivation. Possible I missed something, of course. Alternative example of mass murder with no political motivation: Sandy Hook.
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He carved swastikas on his magazines he used during the shooting.https://www.google.com/amp/www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/parkland/florida-school-shooting/fl-florida-school-shooting-nikolas-cruz-left-180-rounds-20180302-story,amp.html …
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Thank you. It's less clear than some other cases because he hadn't made public political statements like some of the ones I mentioned. But the swastikas clearly connect it to the larger white nationalist movement.
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