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NuclearDem

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9. What happened in Chapel Hill was horrendous.

Reply to unhappycamper (Original post)

Thu Feb 12, 2015, 11:38 AM

Feb 2015

But the term "terrorist" has a definition, and while there are plenty of instances of white men in this country who were terrorists (McVeigh, Rudolph, Frein, Roeder), most of the mass shootings carried out by white men don't fit the definition--not because they're white men, but because they lacked a motivation of intending to inspire fear.

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‘Lone Wolf,’ ‘Self-Radicalized': Islamophobic Buzzwords never applied to White Terrorists [View all] unhappycamper Feb 2015 OP

"the “new atheist” discourse of believers as oppressive and coercive per se is part of his problem" Warren Stupidity Feb 2015 #1

all done.......................... Ichingcarpenter Feb 2015 #2

While I see their point, Lone wolf has been applied to many white terrorists GreatGazoo Feb 2015 #3

Actually "lone wolf" is almost always the go to description for white men Warren Stupidity Feb 2015 #4

"Lone Wolf" LWolf Feb 2015 #5

And yet it is very common on DU to read that all white shooters are called 'lone wolves' Bluenorthwest Feb 2015 #6

OK. Fine. he was a self-radicalized militant atheist. Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2015 #7

The media is falling all over itself to make these murders out as unrelated to their own insipid fearmongering. Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #8

What happened in Chapel Hill was horrendous. NuclearDem Feb 2015 #9

"intending to inspire fear" is less critical than "politically motivated violence targeting" Warren Stupidity Feb 2015 #11

Yeah, worded that badly. NuclearDem Feb 2015 #12

Google, WaPo Unabomber, McVeigh "prototypical lone wolf was Timothy McVeigh" One_Life_To_Give Feb 2015 #10