"potential terrorist investigation." That's how it's done, talking point people.
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Replying to @emptywheel
@emptywheel Careful there. "Potential terrorist investigation" may be code for "first we have to determine whether Muslims did this."1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @ramonferrandis
@ramoncreager May be but I don't buy that. Technically, terrorism = motive. Until htey know that, they don't know. Appropriate caution.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @emptywheel
@emptywheel Just wondering if they're cautious for the right reason. The word "terrorism" has lately lost much of its original meaning.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @ramonferrandis
@ramoncreager Tell that to the guys serving life sentences for crimes that w/o terror enhancement would be 20 years or less.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @emptywheel
@emptywheel That's what I mean. The term is malleable and a convenient cudgel, used mostly against Muslims. Breivik was only an "extremist."1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @ramonferrandis
@ramoncreager Not here, he wouldn't have been.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @emptywheel
@emptywheel As I recall, that was our MSM's term for him. Government? dunno...1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @ramonferrandis
@ramoncreager MSM is not FBI. I was commending FBI guy for his careful statement.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @emptywheel
@emptywheel I hope you're right. This is the same FBI that sets up fake terrorist plots always implicating Muslims. Pardon my cynicism. :)2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@ramoncreager Absolutely right to be cynical. But there is crime called terrorism. And while it definitely appears this is it, not definite.
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