[Politics] The AZ Shootings, the IRS Plane Crash - NOT TERRORISM

[rustycoon]

Saturday, January 8th, a 22-year old man wlked into an event being hosted by an elected member of the United States government, shot said elected official in the head, and then proceed to shoot as many other people as he could before being subdued by individuals present at the event. He is now in federal custody

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[etesla]

This is part of why I'm discomfited by the blanket use of 'terrorist' to describe enemy combatants in Iraq and Afghanistan. Don't get me wrong - there are those who specifically and explicitly use terror to push their agenda - but a lot of the folks fighting are appropriately covered by 'enemy combatant' or some variation on that. They are fighting against us, and not much more can be said.

So I suppose I agree with the sentiment about the terrorist label often being applied in a racist way - it is - but my remedy moves in the other direction: I don't think we should be labeling more white dudes as terrorists, but fewer non-whites. The term just needs to be used less, period.