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In reply to the discussion: The Charleston Shooter: Is He Or Isn't He? [View all]starroute
(12,977 posts)13. By that definition, you couldn't call 9/11 terrorism either
It wasn't attached to any list of demands. It didn't attempt to change any specific US policy. It didn't coerce the American people into doing or not doing anything in particular. It wasn't like Palestinian terrorism against Israel or IRA terrorism against Britain, both of which carried a clear message.
You could certainly call it a hate crime -- even Bush did that when he said, "They hate us for our freedom." But how would it qualify as terrorism? Just because it was aimed at white people?
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I agree that his actions qualified as domestic terrorism, but I suspect his initial motivation
Stardust
Jun 2015
#6
He's a terrorist. No doubt. I think his goal went further than "domestic" though.
MADem
Jun 2015
#10
Unnecessary to meet the legal test; assassination of a political figure is a disjunctive in the definition.
Fred Sanders
Jun 2015
#22
Methinks both Faux Noize and these Republidiots may just be in the making of their own undoing with
nightscanner59
Jun 2015
#28
9/4 UPDATE: Prosecutors calling for death penalty (but not for domestic terrorism)
rocktivity
Sep 2015
#59