A lot of heated rhetoric surrounding the Austin bomber--who thankfully won't be hurting anyone anymore--and whether or not he was a terrorist. I teach classes on terrorism, and here's a thread why it's unclear (based on what we know now) and why the classification matters. 1/x
Race and religion are often powerful political motivators. Many, especially extremists, define Us-Them along those lines. And violence deployed to elevate "Us" (as they define it) at the expense of "Them" is political.