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In reply to the discussion: Greenwald: Why is Boston 'terrorism' but not Aurora, Sandy Hook, Tucson and Columbine? [View all]geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)62. Well, to the extent he always fails to consider facts that
contradict his opinions, in a way he always guarantees that he's right, so long as you confine yourself to the factual universe he edits into place.
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Greenwald: Why is Boston 'terrorism' but not Aurora, Sandy Hook, Tucson and Columbine? [View all]
xocet
Apr 2013
OP
They should all be treated as hateperps and known as murderers forever after.
graham4anything
Apr 2013
#1
The motive is known. It is radical Islam that influenced them, that may not be the
still_one
Apr 2013
#2
The last two years of their activities, there is no suspect about it. The older one was thrown out
still_one
Apr 2013
#16
"Terrorism is a violent means of coercion perpetrated for a religious political or ideological goal"
Douglas Carpenter
Apr 2013
#103
It was either self-motivated recruit, or in their 6 months of travel previously got
still_one
Apr 2013
#70
Tamerlane posted banned videos on his Russian social media page. If I cared to argue with stupid-
KittyWampus
Apr 2013
#77
The difference is that these guys expressed political/religious/social consciousness
geek tragedy
Apr 2013
#3
Especially when they targetted a high profile event--their bombs were designed to draw attention
geek tragedy
Apr 2013
#22
They attacked the Boston Marathon. It doesn't take a spectacularly high IQ
geek tragedy
Apr 2013
#34
pretty elementary. Just another rather obvious thing that this author doesn't get.
grantcart
Apr 2013
#46
i think it's motive, but in the end they are all horrible events, Sandy Hook is not "less bad"
JI7
Apr 2013
#12
There is evidence that the men committed a crime but there is no known evidence that they crime
Luminous Animal
Apr 2013
#35
The key phrase, of course, is "in furtherance of political or social objectives"
TwilightZone
Apr 2013
#41
I agree that there is a possibility but I agree with Greenwald that applying a terrorrist
Luminous Animal
Apr 2013
#52
Why would Oklahoma City have been terrorism but Boston marathon bombing not terrorism?
geek tragedy
Apr 2013
#23
I tend to agree, but that poster was claiming that describing this as terrorism is racist. nt
geek tragedy
Apr 2013
#29
A lot of people called it terrorism assuming it was white supremacists or not knowing at all who did
geek tragedy
Apr 2013
#40
Well, you can pretend there is zero information from which to infer a motive.
geek tragedy
Apr 2013
#56
Didn't you know? Only brown people that kill white people are terrorists! n/t
backscatter712
Apr 2013
#30
They had funny foreign sounding names, and were Muslim. For the redneck right, close enough. n/t
backscatter712
Apr 2013
#36
Harris & Klebold tried to use bombs at Columbine. James Holmes made bombs in Aurora.
backscatter712
Apr 2013
#37
The targets of their violence were people against whom they had a personal grudge. nt
geek tragedy
Apr 2013
#63
I was pretty young when it happened but I always remember that one of them asked a girl
DeadEyeDyck
Apr 2013
#101
What gets me is when the gun nuts act like they will shoot any cop coming for their guns.
Spitfire of ATJ
Apr 2013
#49
"Federal authorities charged Tsarnaev with using a weapon of mass destruction"
ProSense
Apr 2013
#51
Oh. I understand. It would be terror if the definition is expanded some day
Jeremy Almond
Apr 2013
#65
I don't think we need to expand the definition of terror. Holmes and Lanza are mass murderers
Luminous Animal
Apr 2013
#76
I am sure that those exposed to their actions felt terror but that does not mean
Luminous Animal
Apr 2013
#87
Then, it would seem that you're confusing terrorism with the legal charge of use of a WMD.
TwilightZone
Apr 2013
#98
They have to have a special category for Muslims so they don't have to treat them fairly
harun
Apr 2013
#83
what was the stated or implied political motive in the Boston Marathon bombing?
Douglas Carpenter
Apr 2013
#108