ISIS carries out systematic terrorism in Muslim countries. Soccer stadiums in Iraq, tourist areas in Turkey. USA so far: "loon" lone wolves.
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Not downplaying mass political violence. It's destroying the Middle East. But US has different problem; troubled people with access to guns.
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Meanwhile. https://twitter.com/joelgrus/status/741997226298245121 … (My FB trending topics just started showing Orlando, sixth place).
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The horror of
#Pulse in light of this: More Americans killed by guns since 1968 then all our wars combined. https://twitter.com/Bill_Owen/status/741997443773005824 …zeynep tufekci added,
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Antonio French
An ongoing American tragedy that we mostly only pay attention to when it kinda fits one narrative.https://twitter.com/AntonioFrench/status/741647472603189248 …
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Yamiche Alcindor
Same weapon in Newtown, Aurora, Umpqua, San Bernardino. What allows one person—one awful troubled person—to kill 50.https://twitter.com/Yamiche/status/742002745130012672 …
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@jeffjarvis@Yamiche how many people were killed on 9/11? What weapon was used there? The weapon of choice is not important.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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How do you *know* this is a "lone loon" and not someone motivated by ideology, or even outside handlers? Discrediting yourself.
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Far more evidence that he was extremist ideologue and not a "loon" (nice derogatory mental health term btw). http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/06/12/omar-mateen-id-d-as-orlando-killer.html?via=desktop&source=twitter …
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So were the San Bernardino shooters. People go unhinged in culturally salient ways. US mass-shooter phenomenon is bigger.
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But why insistence that they are "unhinged?" In ideological context these actions are rational. Crazy angle reads as misdirection.
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