If Warner Were a Muslim Cleric, We Wouldn't See This Intricate Discussion About Who's a Terrorist

[kpete]

A terrorist act took place on Christmas Day in Nashville.

By Charles P. Pierce
Dec 28, 2020

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And yes, I firmly believe that, had Warner been a Black Lives Matter activist or a Muslim cleric, we would not be having these angels-on-the-head-of-a-pin discussions about who is or isn't a terrorist. If, as all the evidence indicates, Warner set off a huge incendiary device on a downtown street in a major American city, then he committed a terrorist act and is, therefore, a dead terrorist. The idea that one cannot be a terrorist unless the person leaves behind a 100-page manifesto is dangerous in this age of accelerated communication. Random bits of violence are swirling in the very air around us, and all throughout our politics and our national dialogue. Occasionally, they coalesce, as they did on Christmas Day on Second Street in Nashville, where a terrorist act took place.

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[Lunabell]

1. Home grown terrorist.

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[onecaliberal]

2. There can be no question and we damn sure need to start calling it out publicly.

[kurtcagle]

3. I've always hated the term "terrorist"

After 9/11, it was used almost exclusively in the media when referring to Muslims (and, by proxy, with black Americans), and almost never used to refer to conservative white males. I had been involved fairly heavily at the time writing search and analysis systems for the government and dealt with several proposals for anomaly detection systems that the contractor clearly wanted to be aimed solely at Muslims when looking for terrorists, even though the bulk of such activities since then have been due to US right-wing males.