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originally posted in:Sapphire
3/2/2013 8:46:22 PM
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If Adam Lanza was Muslim, would people consider him a terrorist?
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Definitely.
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6 RepliesBetter example would be Breivik in Norway. He was a Christian extremist and no one labeled him a terrorist, at least in the U.S. White people can only be crazy, not evil, silly Dustin.
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The media would absolutely speculate about the idea. You know, how they do. Plant the idea in all of the idiots minds so they don't actually have to call him a terrorist to make people associate the two.
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I wouldn't. Terrorism is defined as acts of violence, usually on innocent people, in order to further a political goal. Lanza did not do what he did because of his political or philosophical beliefs.
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Depends on if they found evidence of radical muslim teachings on his computer or whatever.
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You don't have to be Muslim to be a terrorist..
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7 RepliesMuslim, Atheist, Christian... it makes no difference. A terrorist is anyone two insights terror into the public. That he did, regardless of faith.
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Just Google image'd Adam Lana - LOL! What a -blam!-ing gimp!
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9 RepliesAlmost certainly. But what is truly scary, as Harlow mentioned, is that people don't label the Norway shooting terrorism. It was a fundamentalist Christian with almost the same goals as Islamic terrorists, yet nobody (I'm looking at you Fox) called it terrorism. I don't know what's worse, the fact that any act of violence by a Muslim is terrorism, or the fact that violence cannot be terrorism unless perpetrated by a Muslim.
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More people in the media would certainly call him a terrorist.
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I consider him a terrorist regardless of religion
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If nothing else were different, no. If he attempted to use his attack to further a cause, then yes.
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I read that as Adam Lallana.
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No because terrorists by definition have an end goal and use terror as a weapon to reach that goal. The school shooting was just mindless violence with no cause.
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Yes. Almost certainly.
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Of course.
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If he did it because of his religion, most likely.
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Edited by GT Stryker: 3/2/2013 11:56:02 PMThere would certainly be a few people who'd say that.
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I am Islamophobic so yes. Sue me.
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Probably.
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Of course. Islamophobia and all'.
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If there weren't any after the Newtown shooting, there would be investigations into whether or not he had terrorist links. There would be speculation, then investigations. If I remember correctly, though, in any major shooting there are almost always investigations looking into if the suspect acted alone, or was a member of a cell. In all honesty, however, there would probably be instant speculation.
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Most likely, yes The "Newtown is a hoax" movement would be practically non-existent, replaced by the "liberals are terrorists for saying that Newtown wasn't a terrorist attack" movement
