1/10 When is an attack terrorism? @Max_Fisher and @amandataub walk us through the "simple" question that has divided the U.S.
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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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Actually it hasn't divided anyone. Humans know terrorism when they see it and the liberal species defends terrorists. Simple.
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I was confused why he did even though he chanted Allah Akbar when he drove over people. Really difficult to understand.
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MK Ultra slaves still at it.
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