For example, Charleston church shooting was terrorism. As seen in videos the killer posted online, he believes white people are under siege and targeted a historically black church hoping to get others to "wake up" and join him in a race war. He was trying to send a message. 3/x
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By contrast, the Parkland school shooting wasn't terrorism. The killer's motivation wasn't political. This political/not political distinction matters because it helps us understand what happened and develop strategies to prevent it. 4/x
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Based on what we know, the Austin bomber could've been a terrorist like the Unabomber (who wrote a manifesto about societal dependence on technology) or a serial killer like Ted Bundy or the Zodiac killer (who didn't have political motivations) albeit one who preferred bombs. 5/x
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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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Replying to @NGrossman81
I respectfully disagree, there's is more to the guy that's not revealed yet. Austin residents & her vicinity were 'terrified' meaning he's a terrorist & yes,
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Many things are terrifying that aren't terrorism. War, earthquakes, cancer, angry mobs, secret police, etc. Lumping all those in together makes it harder to understand any of them.
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I think corp media & politicians are playing games shying away from recognizing it as domestic terrorism because the constitution will force their hands to act on it as required by the law
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