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wt1531

(424 posts)
Mon Nov 6, 2017, 10:13 AM Nov 2017

Trump refuses to use the word Domestic Terrorist

How can he address the problem if he can't even call it by name?? The media should also refer to this guy as a domestic terrorist that he is....those church goers in Texas were surely terrorized and mowed down. Trump calling this a mental issue without knowing anything about it shows his failure to call out a domestic terrorist by name because the NRA has bought him off. Very sad.

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Trump refuses to use the word Domestic Terrorist (Original Post) wt1531 Nov 2017 OP
Was this an act of terrorism? The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2017 #1
TX has an idiot for Gov Motley13 Nov 2017 #2

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,674 posts)
1. Was this an act of terrorism?
Mon Nov 6, 2017, 10:19 AM
Nov 2017

Terrorism has a specific definition: it is the unlawful use of violence and intimidation against civilians in the pursuit of ideological or political goals. If the shooter's motivation was personal (e.g., a grudge or mental disturbance) it isn't terrorism. And it's beside the point anyhow: The real problem isn't the person's motivation; it's that there are too damn many guns.

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