2/10 On the surface, this could be considered a straightforward question of motive.
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3/10 Terrorism is defined as an attack on civilians meant to frighten a larger community for political purposes.
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4/10 But the new generation of Islamist terrorism has blurred the distinctions between terrorist and disturbed loner.
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5/10 So have recent mass shooters who show signs of both mental illness and an attachment to vague ideological causes.
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6/10 As a result, terrorism is often in the eye of the beholder, determined as much by the attacker as by the community that is targeted.
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7/10 The Las Vegas attack, for some Americans, typically those on the left, represented the terrorism of unchecked gun laws.
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8/10 The Manhattan attack is seen by many on the right as stemming from the wider threat of uncontrolled Muslim immigration.
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9/10 Defining terrorism, then, has become another way of debating who belongs and whose concerns matter.
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10/10 Read more about this "simple" question that has divided the U.S.:http://nyti.ms/2gU0Wop
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Hi America..!! I am a Muslim.. and we are innocent of terrorism..

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Do not feel you need to explain or apologise to the ignorant people who inhabit Twitter my friend
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To someone on the right, the logic is simple: if the perpetrator is a Muslim, then it’s terrorism and if he is white just unhinged man!
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You need to stop generalising and start looking at the facts , maybe then .
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i believe legal definition is when it comes from a non-white person
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The honest truth is when is a Muslim. If is a White who killed more than 50 people and injured 600 is not
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We learned in Vegas that terrorists cant be white men.
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