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LA Terrorist Kill New Zealand Tourist

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Was it terrorism?
Per the FBI:

International terrorism: Violent, criminal acts committed by individuals and/or groups who are inspired by, or associated with, designated foreign terrorist organizations or nations (state-sponsored).

Domestic terrorism: Violent, criminal acts committed by individuals and/or groups to further ideological goals stemming from domestic influences, such as those of a political, religious, social, racial, or environmental nature.
 
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There is a point where evil acts against humanity need to be called out as terrorism. And this is one of them.
Terrorism requires a “goal” to be achieved by the “terrorist(s)”, that is political in nature and far beyond “getting these people’s money, jewelry and phones”.
 
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The devastation of this woman's husband is equal to the
devastation of the 9/11 familes.
Yes, the victim‘s surviving family still grieve. This is true. But the nature of the violence that killed them is exponentially different.
 
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The devastation of this woman's husband is equal to the
devastation of the 9/11 familes.
Ok and that’s understandable but the crime itself is nowhere near the level of devastation caused by the 9/11 high jackers. Nor does this crime seem to have any political motivation which is the standard requirement to call something terrorism. Words have meaning. If this is terrorism, then 9/11 was just some disgruntled airline passengers.
 
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The devastation of this woman's husband is equal to the
devastation of the 9/11 familes.
Yes, truly sad for her loved ones, but no more so than if she had passed in a car accident on the way to this mall. The pain is there no matter how she dies.
 
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I feel this thread is a nothing burger. Idealogues here have filters on their eyes (left and right) which translates the meaning of news articles to a deeper belief in their worldview.

Here is my guess: Since California is a liberal/ sanctuary state crime in that state is out of control. After all, liberals wanted to defund the police and this is a result of that.

But crime is happening all across America so why is this one so important?
 
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I feel this thread is a nothing burger. Idealogues here have filters on their eyes (left and right) which translates the meaning of news articles to a deeper belief in their worldview.

Here is my guess: Since California is a liberal/ sanctuary state crime in that state is out of control. After all, liberals wanted to defund the police and this is a result of that.

But crime is happening all across America so why is this one so important?
Translated... Crime is everywhere so who cares?
 
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Translated... Crime is everywhere so who cares?
Why do you care so much about this specific crime? Why should any of us care more than what crimes may have happened in our own various cities at the same time as this crime?
 
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Translated... Crime is everywhere so who cares?
We can have a discussion on how to solve crime in America. For your information, I CARE. What would you like to hear about these criminals?
 
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Translated... Crime is everywhere so who cares?
Seeing as you’re rejecting others answers and inserting your own, you could have saved yourself a great deal of time by having this conversation alone.
 
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Translated... Crime is everywhere so who cares?
Your filters need changing. You are doing a terrible job of translating. The problem with America, we love complaining without offering solutions. Unless you are just trolling?
 
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The American attitude towards terrorists... They are people too! A little babying... A little pampering... And everything will be alright!
I guess you are just here to up your post count with nonsense.
 
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The American attitude towards terrorists... They are people too! A little babying... A little pampering... And everything will be alright!
Charming.
 
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Look, nobody is defending what happened, or think the perps don't deserve whatever punishment is coming to them. But this is a simple street crime, not an act of terrorism, and us trying to get you to see that is that we want to pamper terrorists?
 
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