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Why do terrorist attack (Original Post) Proud liberal 80 May 2017 OP
Cities Tend to Be More Liberal Leith May 2017 #1
Those are places where culture, money and power are concentrated Jake Stern May 2017 #2
They go where the people are: urban centers. WinkyDink May 2017 #3
I know the reason why Proud liberal 80 May 2017 #4
Isn't it obvious? It's because right wing extremists hate liberals Snake Plissken May 2017 #5
Freedom is their enemy. We love life, they love death. grossproffit May 2017 #6
It does seem the terrorists support right wing political groups. rockfordfile May 2017 #7
Terrorists make no such distinction oberliner May 2017 #8
because more populated areas tend to be liberal JI7 May 2017 #9

Leith

(7,809 posts)
1. Cities Tend to Be More Liberal
Mon May 22, 2017, 07:15 PM
May 2017

The reichwing terrorists attack conservative places. Like Oklahoma City.

Cons have been conditioned to be scared. They don't realize the cognitive dissonance of who the actual victims are (like Muslim terrorists attack fellow Muslims a lot more than they do Westerners).

Jake Stern

(3,145 posts)
2. Those are places where culture, money and power are concentrated
Mon May 22, 2017, 08:42 PM
May 2017

They, like most large cities, also happen to be liberal bastions.

It wasn't some fluke that OBL targeted the World Trade Center and the Pentagon - one was was the a very visible symbol of American financial might and the other the beating heart of the most powerful military in the world. He knew that destroying them would send an unforgettable message.

Terrorists seem to target locations that will give them the greatest media coverage or inflict the biggest bruise - blowing up a Jason Aldean concert at Memorial Hall in Joplin, Missouri wouldn't have quite the media oomph that attacking a Bon Jovi concert at The Garden would.


Proud liberal 80

(4,167 posts)
4. I know the reason why
Mon May 22, 2017, 08:48 PM
May 2017

I was just being sarcastic with the fact that most people that are afraid of the terrorist are the ones that are probably the least likely to be attacked.

rockfordfile

(8,702 posts)
7. It does seem the terrorists support right wing political groups.
Mon May 22, 2017, 08:56 PM
May 2017

In France before the election there were terrorist acts. There's a election in the UK. When these terrorists do these attacks which political faction are they trying to benefit?

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