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Suspect sought after car rammed into FBI gate in possible ‘act of terror’ (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 1 month ago by PhilipTheBucket@piefed.social to c/usnews@beehaw.org

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[–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

How low the bar has fallen. If you run into a gate, it's an act of terror?

What, are people going to stay away from that gate in the future because they're scared of future gate attacks?

Now, if you run into the gate with your car full of explosives and detonate them as your last act, we might have a starting point. But the concept of terrorism has gotten so increasingly muddied since 9/11 that people will believe anything is terrorism if told.

Well, except mass shootings. Those are just Second Amendment things. Nothing to see here.

[–] TehPers@beehaw.org 6 points 1 month ago

This was my thought exactly. Everything is an act of terror except actual terrorism, like ya know, mass shootings. Those are just homicides.