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In reply to the discussion: The Charleston Shooter: Is He Or Isn't He? [View all]passiveporcupine
(8,175 posts)17. I don't think this is correct
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.
I believe it was an attempt to change our foreign policy and to terrorize our people into leaving Muslim countries alone. I think it was the absolute definition of a terrorist act.
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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