I think I'm being more cynical

What Person A calls terrorism, Person B might call simple mass-murder because it doesn't suit their (political) agenda to recognise it as terrorism.

And vice versa, what might just be a racially aggravated murder to some might be terrorism to others because they want to make political capital out of it (such as drawing parallels with the way other 'terrorist' incidents are dealt with).

Posted By: CWC on August 4th 2019 at 23:38:30

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Ten dead so far on Dayton mass shooting (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Aug 4, 22:27:07
- The price of freedom. God bless Uncle Sam. (General Chat) - Yurik Hunt, Aug 4, 23:05:38
  - More guns. Obvs. Oh and more thoughts and more prayers. Can’t think of (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Aug 4, 23:10:24
- Including the shooter. Amazingly he was apparently shot 60 seconds after he started. (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Aug 4, 22:37:34
- :'( Right wing twats don't seem to be getting really angry about this type of terrorism ?? (General Chat) - essexcanaryOTBC, Aug 4, 22:31:38
  - Not really known whether this one was motivated by any political or racial motive. Two of (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Aug 4, 22:39:21
    - El Paap one seems terrorist. This one seems more rampage at the moment (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Aug 4, 22:40:12
      - What's the difference between terrorism and a rampage? (n/m) (General Chat) - essexcanaryOTBC, Aug 4, 22:58:05
        
        Politics (n/m) (General Chat) - CWC, Aug 4, 23:01:16
        
        Or other cause. In the case of the El Paso shooting a racist cause. (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Aug 4, 23:11:47
        
        I dont mean the cause, I mean the reason for attaching the T label (General Chat) - CWC, Aug 4, 23:22:28
        
        Me too. It’s basically using violence not for the goal of killing but for the goal of (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Aug 4, 23:28:07
        
        I think I'm being more cynical (General Chat) - CWC, Aug 4, 23:38:30
        
        Exactly, it's subjective surely - as are people's views on terrorists. (General Chat) - Men without hats, Aug 7, 14:50:13
        
        More commonly, rather than not (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Aug 4, 23:28:34
      - El Paso (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Aug 4, 22:40:24

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