Top 10 Differences Between White and Non-White Terrorists
Posted by Breshvic on August 13, 2012


University of Michigan history professor Juan Cole sums up for his blog, Informed Comment, and found via AlterNet:

1. White terrorists are called “gunmen.” What does that even mean? A person with a gun? Wouldn’t that be, like, everyone in the US? Other terrorists are called, like, “terrorists.”
2. White terrorists are “troubled loners.” Other terrorists are always suspected of being part of a global plot, even when they are obviously troubled loners.
3. Doing a study on the danger of white terrorists at the Department of Homeland Security will get you sidelined by angry white Congressmen. Doing studies on other kinds of terrorists is a guaranteed promotion.
4. The family of a white terrorist is interviewed, weeping as they wonder where he went wrong. The families of other terrorists are almost never interviewed.
5. White terrorists are part of a “fringe.” Other terrorists are apparently mainstream.
6. White terrorists are random events, like tornadoes. Other terrorists are long-running conspiracies.
7. White terrorists are never called “white.” But other terrorists are given ethnic affiliations.
8. Nobody thinks white terrorists are typical of white people. But other terrorists are considered paragons of their societies.
9. White terrorists are alcoholics, addicts or mentally ill. Other terrorists are apparently clean-living and perfectly sane.
10. There is nothing you can do about white terrorists. Gun control won’t stop them. No policy you could make, no government program, could possibly have an impact on them. But hundreds of billions of dollars must be spent on police and on the Department of Defense, and on TSA, which must virtually strip search 60 million people a year, to deal with other terrorists.





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When the terrorist is black they call them Activists!

BLACK PANTHERS COUGH COUGH WHEEZE!

BTW, if there were no bad guys we would not need police? Would we?

No, they call him Barack Obama.

people use the term terrorist loosely

as in one mans freedom fighter is another mans terrorist

but there is a definition that correlates to government usage of the word 'terrorist'

Terrorism is defined in the Code of Federal Regulations as “the unlawful use of force and violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political or social objectives” (28 C.F.R. Section 0.85).


so, there are violent people who can be called 'terrorist', but the difference legally is in the INTENT of the violence

terrorisms intent being to intimidate or coerce a government

I think we label americans domestic terrorists IF They seem to have a political / social agenda

and I notice that its USUALLY violence carried out against an official or at an OFFICIAL government type place of business

movie theaters and schools dont fall under that picture,,,

when they just seem crazy, with no clear reason or motive ,,,we just call them insane or 'gunmen'

Terrorists usually have a motive or a cause, no matter how disturbing that cause or motive may be.

Gunmen or mass murderers, are usually just disturbed individuals seeking attention or suicide by cop.