Attack on Capitol: "Was not terrorist attack"

[live love laugh]

Fucking liars.

[RandySF]

1. Translation: Attacker was white.

[Drunken Irishman]

2. Attacker appears to be a younger black man.

[Hoyt]

5. Yep, a lot of jumping to conclusions here.

[live love laugh]

4. Actually no matter his race the act is a terrorist act. nt

[NutmegYankee]

24. No.

If this is a suicide by cop then there is no ideological goal.


FBI definitions:
International terrorism: Violent, criminal acts committed by individuals and/or groups who are inspired by, or associated with, designated foreign terrorist organizations or nations (state-sponsored).

Domestic terrorism: Violent, criminal acts committed by individuals and/or groups to further ideological goals stemming from domestic influences, such as those of a political, religious, social, racial, or environmental nature.

[fescuerescue]

8. That didn't age well

But jumping to conclusions is fun and if right, makes us look smart.

[Treefrog]

13. Dupe delete.

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[Treefrog]

14. That does not appear to be the case.

[Rustyeye77]

3. Why are they liars ?

Just because he was Islamic doesn’t automatically mean he’s a ....forget it.

[Sympthsical]

6. There are pictures of him. He was a young black man.

Lord. Why does DU so badly want it to be a white guy whenever something bad happens? And once it's not, everyone goes real, real quiet. Weird little sub-racism going on there.

People of all colors are sometimes screwed up. From the initial reports, sounds like the guy was in a pretty dark, depressive place. I wish he'd have gotten help instead of taking someone with him.

[Rustyeye77]

7. I think you responded to the wrong person

but I agree with you.

[Sympthsical]

11. Apologies! n/t

[fescuerescue]

9. It's a form of virtue signaling.

[PoliticAverse]

10. Indeed. n/t

[Treefrog]

15. You just nailed it.

[USALiberal]

12. Proof? Link? nt

[Rustyeye77]

20. Just to be complete

Green’s Nation of Islam beliefs emerged through a review of his now-deleted Facebook page by Heavy, although police have not specified a motive. On Facebook, as recently as March 2021, the suspect expressed admiration for Elijah Muhammad, the now deceased Nation of Islam leader who was a mentor to Malcolm X. Green referred to himself as “Noah X.”


Cool name... Noah X

[MarcA]

21. Interesting choice as Malcolm X separated from NOI

and was seeking reconciliation between the races at the time of his
death supposedly at the hands of NOI members. Another case where
those who try to bring together rather than tear apart end up killed.

[Tndem615]

16. Right wing extremists

Come in all shapes and sizes.

[live love laugh]

17. +1

[Treefrog]

18. The police say this was not linked to terrorism or political action.

Do you have knowledge they don’t have?

[Rustyeye77]

19. Actually...

pretty much everyone comes in all shapes and sizes.

[sarisataka]

22. Sometimes do they come in the shape

Of a young Nation of Islam follower?

[frazzled]

23. Except when they're mentally ill Farrakhan followers

Although one might find some right-wing ideology there, such as anti-Semitism. However, this individual seems to have been simply suffering multiple paranoid delusions (CIA, mind control, etc.).

[Tndem615]

26. Exactly

Right winger, Drumpsters are desperately trying to resurrect their ideology into the mainstream. I fear they are targeting the most marginalized, and perhaps mentally susceptible to being swayed into enacting these criminal acts , resulting in their deaths as well as those tasked with protecting our legislators.

[frazzled]

27. Pretty much missed my point

This demented man is not representative of anything but his own tortured mind. Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.

[stillcool]

25. our whole country is an on-going terrorist attack...