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WATCH LIVE: Trump Attempts to Fake Empathy for Victims of Las Vegas Mass Murder

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)10/02/2017 11:28:46 am PDT

re: #364 Blind Frog Belly White

Okay, is it just me, or are people overusing the term ‘terrorism’ as a reaction to the Right’s exclusive use of the word to describe acts by Muslims?

I mean, I always thought ‘terrorism’ denoted the threat or use of violence targeted at civilians for a political purpose. Hence, Dylan Roof was a terrorist, but Adam Lanza was not. If there was no political purpose to this shooting - and so far none has surfaced - then is it really terrorism?

I have to agree. It doesn’t make Lanza’s crimes less horrible but by definition Lanza isn’t a terrorist while Root was. I don’t know if Paddock was one or not yet.