How Come It's Not Terrorism When a White Guy from the South Does It?

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5. That point has been brought up numinous time here on DU, only to be argued about.

Was it or was it not terrorism? They were white American citizens, so it can't be terrorism. But, but, but the were Muslim, so suddenly it was...
Each and every one of those mass shooting in movie theaters and schools, were acts of terrorism. Abortion and Planed Parenthood fires and bombings are acts of terrorism. So are church bombings and fires. There was even disagreement about the pressure cooker bombings being terrorism by some. Yeah, it most certainly was also. It is the act, not by who did it.


This country is so screwed up. How can we deal with the bad things if we can't even agree on the correct labels, let alone a proper course of action. Terrorism is nothing more than vandalism gone insane, perpetrated by one or more people. The proper response to terrorism is law enforcement, a police response. Not war on some handy country or populace. Not using the act of terrorism as an excuse to deny even more Constitutionally guaranteed Rights to American citizens that had nothing to do with any involvement, either as victims or perpetrators.

Now tell me, what is this country is doing to people in other countries... Such as ambush by drones from miles away... How is that not high tech terrorism? On defenseless people, often in their homes in crowed neighborhoods. And why do we call them the terrorists, after we kill them? Why do we call them the terrorists when they figure out a way to respond back to the terrorism we inflict on them?