DesideriScuri -> RE: White Nationalists turn violent in VA -- state of emergency called (8/13/2017 6:39:08 AM)
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ORIGINAL: tweakabelle It appears at this stage that the driver deliberately targetted the anti-fascist counter protesters. All the reports I have seen or read indicate that the driver was a 'white nationalist'. I am yet to come across any one describing this as a terrorist attack. Why has no one used the term terrorist incident to describe this attack? You can bet your bottom dollar that if the driver was a Muslim, the shouts of terrorist attack would be so loud you couldn't hear yourself think. This is the term used correctly to describe similar attacks using vehicles on peaceful crowds in Europe. Why doesn't it apply in this instance? And if you agree that it is a terrorist attack, why are people refraining from describing it as it is? It's a fine line, Tweaks. I don't believe the driver rammed into anti-fascist protesters to create a sense of fear or panic in a population. Certainly fear and panic was created in the protesters that were there, but not likely anywhere else. I believe a terrorist attack is more about the reaction and analysis to the act, than it is about the results of the attack. Al Qaeda wasn't aiming to kill 3000+ people in the 9/11 attacks. I doubt the number mattered all that much. It was more about attacking those two buildings because of what the buildings stood for. Certainly al Qaeda wanted there to be a lot of people in the building, but that was solely to heighten the response. It was planned well in advance, and the people who carried out the attack pretty much knew they weren't going to live through the attacks. The ramming of protesters probably wasn't planned. It was probably more a snap decision on the part of the driver. It was a Dodge Charger, right? That's not a cheap car. It might not be super expensive, either, but wouldn't you use some piece of shit jalopy or rental car to commit the crime, rather than your own decent to nice car? It's a fine line. I haven't seen or heard, but I do think the ramming of protesters would qualify as a hate crime, which might further muddy the differences.
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