why aren't they calling the charleston massacre terrorism?
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why aren't they calling the charleston massacre terrorism?
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/19/us/charleston-shooting-terrorism-or-hate-crime.html?
and why haven't we heard a peep about this terrorist attack from the limp-wristed, the gun-slinger heroes, and the california realpolitik guy who worries constantly about islamic and LTTE terrorism?
and why haven't we heard a peep about this terrorist attack from the limp-wristed, the gun-slinger heroes, and the california realpolitik guy who worries constantly about islamic and LTTE terrorism?
MaxEntropy_Man- Posts : 14702
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Re: why aren't they calling the charleston massacre terrorism?
haha, nice game; let's play it some more. what letter does his name start with?MaxEntropy_Man wrote:http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/19/us/charleston-shooting-terrorism-or-hate-crime.html?
and why haven't we heard a peep about this terrorist attack from the limp-wristed, the gun-slinger heroes, and the california realpolitik guy who worries constantly about islamic and LTTE terrorism?
swapna- Posts : 1951
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Re: why aren't they calling the charleston massacre terrorism?
MaxEntropy_Man wrote:http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/19/us/charleston-shooting-terrorism-or-hate-crime.html?
and why haven't we heard a peep about this terrorist attack from the limp-wristed, the gun-slinger heroes, and the california realpolitik guy who worries constantly about islamic and LTTE terrorism?
Although the thread is directed at someone in a sarcastic manner, here is my serious answer.
The "accepted" definition is when a killer claims the act in the name of a religion, organization which have stated objectives and goals of a broad nature and to control certain regions or people.
If he had claimed he is a member of the KKK or some such organization, then it would be terrorism. OTOH, everytime a Jehadi gang kills in the name of Allah, the Allah followers immediately repeat their Sura "the killers are not true muslims" and iSlam does not kill, etc... No white people have come out and said "No..he is not a real white man...white people believe only in peace"
Of course, we all know that LTTE is a peaceful organization.
Marathadi-Saamiyaar- Posts : 17675
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Re: why aren't they calling the charleston massacre terrorism?
listen to major media outlets, and you won’t hear the word “terrorism” used in coverage of Wednesday’s shooting. You haven’t heard the white, male suspect, 21-year-old Dylann Roof, described as “a possible terrorist” by mainstream news organizations (though some, including The Washington Post, have covered the growing debate about this discrepancy). And if coverage of other recent shootings by white men is any indication, he never will be. Instead, the go-to explanation for his alleged actions will be mental illness. He will be humanized and called sick, a victim of mistreatment or inadequate mental health resources.
While white suspects are lone wolves — Charleston Mayor Joseph Riley has emphasized that this shooting was an act of just “one hateful person” — violence by black and Muslim people is systemic, demanding response and action from all who share their race or religion. Even black victims are vilified. Their lives are combed for any infraction or hint of justification for the murders or attacks that befall them: Trayvon Martin was wearing a hoodie, which was “as much responsible for [his] death as George Zimmerman,” Fox News’s Geraldo Rivera concluded. Michael Brown stole cigars, and Eric Garner sold loosie cigarettes — “epically bad decisions” that New York Post columnist Bob McManus, and many others, used to somehow justify their deaths. And when Dajerria Becton, a black teenager who committed no crime, was tackled and held down by a police officer at a pool party in McKinney, Tex., Fox News host Megyn Kelly described her as “no saint either."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2015/06/18/call-the-charleston-church-shooting-what-it-is-terrorism/?tid=pm_opinions_pop_bIn public discussions, black children often morph into potentially menacing adults after they’ve been victimized, while white mass shooters are portrayed as children, even if they’re well into their 20s. Media reports and police statements repeatedly referred to Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old boy shot by police in Cleveland while playing with a toy gun last year, as a “young man.” But James Holmes, who was 25 when he shot dozens at an Aurora, Colo., movie theater, was frequently defined by his youth in media profiles, which described him as “a normal kid,” a “typical American kid” and “a smart kid.”
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