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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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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so that's why Stephen Paddock wasn't a terrorist? I'm not buying.
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And if that information is inconclusive,,,,, maybe the Vegas shooting was politically motivated..... doubt if anyone knows
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Look up “terror” in
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When u are attacking those arabs in their countries,u don't think of the consquencies? ?
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Are extremist religious beliefs political?
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Oh... like when the US bombs hospitals.
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So if ideology is the basis for defining terrorism then technically Stephen Haddock was no terrorist. But IMHO, a guy shooting 600 folks...
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...in 10 mins from the safety of a hotel room is much more terrifying than an actual terrorist with a cooker bomb or a rented truck.
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& Islamic terrorism is defined as any terrorist act committed by groups or individuals who profess Islamic or Islamist motivations or goals
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