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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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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If the disturbed loaner is doing it for political reasons, it’s terrorism. If they are insane (legal definition), then it is not terrorism.
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This disturbed loner was an ISIS sympathizer, therefore a terrorist, nothing blurry here, perhaps your glasses need a cleaning?
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No it hasn't. It literally hasn't changed the meaning of the word. Although if you continue to misuse it enough, it might.
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Right bc the guy has no ties to ISIS it’s just his excuse to act out violence
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So radical jihadis can't be disturbed loners?
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Um no the definition is pretty clear. The IRA did the same sorts of things and GB had no problem calling it terrorism. No more of your
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Stop linking islam with terrorism, if so than las vegas was a christian terrorism ? Using your logic?!
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.Don't forget/discount that this is also an issue of race. If a Non-white
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