re: #398 Talking Point Detective

but I would say it is highly likely that there is a connection to fear of being “soft,” and that there is a gender-identity component.

Sorry, I think that’s a huge pop-psychology stretch. When there’s an easy, accessible explanation— people think of terrorists as ‘bad’ and want ‘bad’ things to happen to them, bringing in some complex gender-identity explanation seems to complicate things unnecessarily.