EXACTLY.
Dylan Roof is a domestic terrorist.
Osama was an international terrorist.
Hamas and the IRA are terrorist organizations.
The shooter(s) in the Detroit situation identified in the opening post? Not terrorists. Criminals, plain and simple.
But CTB's response to the opening post indicates anyone carrying a gun is a terrorist, or potential terrorist.
The improper use of terminology on this board lately has been quite disturbing.
Where's the outrage?
Discussion in 'News & Current Events' started by matt wade, Jun 21, 2015.
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Crabtownboy Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
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InTheLight Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
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In my personal-be-it-ever-so-humble opinion, of course. -
The reaction of the victim doesn't cause the definition of "terrorist"; the motivation of the perpetrator does.
I believe you're thinking of "terrified" and "terrifying," not "terrorism." I also think you're too proud to admit this. -
righteousdude2 Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
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He killed for a socially-related agenda; but you're correct, not connected with any organization....
Loosely, he fits within the label of domestic terrorist. I disagree with the "hate crime" category on general principle, but this one comes with an admission....I could meet you at "mass murderer".... -
Re-posting for CTB's response:
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People have gotten hung up on the label "terrorist". The issue here is this whole comparing of who black people get killed by. There isn't the same outrage over the black-on-black killings as this latest incident, or the cop killings because these urban killings people like to throw up are either random (whether just an everyday robbing or whatever), or drug deals and other disputes gone bad. It's not one person trying to exterminate [or at least terrorize] another race (which would include the killer himself, of course).
The people are aware of the urban crime problem. Most of them grew up with it, and some still live with it. So there are people addressing it! [below]
(The next thing will likely be to put it on Sharpton and Jackson. Why aren't they out there more, like they are for white-on-black incidents? But who are they? Just media figures, basically! It's not even like most blacks "follow" them; they're just "there", from rising to fame in the past. You all yourselves [as conservatives] are the ones have said it countless times; they're just trying to stay "relevent". So why would you keep using them to scold "the black community" for "not addressing black problems"?)
Again, it's like people are addressing a single individual, rather than millions of individuals.
This whole issue is like a child saying "what about him?!" "So what someone killed your loved one because of your race; you all kill each other!" So a whole people are supposed to accept 'open season' on them because of what others in "the community" do?
Imagine, a person gets robbed by one of these "urban criminals" everyone talks about, and then walks onto the next block, and gets shot by a cop or by this kid, and you come along and tell him "That's GOOD for you, because of that criminal back on the other block you just got robbed by. You should have commanded him to reform himself, but since you didn't you're complicit in his crime, and deserve the same consequences he does"!
THAT is what you are essentially reasoning!
And let's not forget people similarly still throwing up black-on-white crime. Every "conservative news" site story on this I'm now seeing, is followed by commenters saying lynching should be brought back, with pictures of nooses, even! But of course, they're the victims of the true "racists", the "race hustlers" playing "the race card" on them; right?
In any case, here are a couple of articles addressing this "black on black crime" issue:
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