what? an EDL member stabbing someone isn't connected to political reasons? or "political change"? do you even know what the EDL are? what they want? of course fascist far-right organizations are political. they're not anti-islamic in a pure ideological or racial sense. they hate islam precisely for the reason that it is (supposedly) 'changing the shape of britain/europe'. it is completely political. they are a sister-organization (arguably the new ascendant power) of the british national party.Macbeth wrote:
So since the Boston bombers were not connected to any terrorist network their crimes were hate crimes? I think labeling this a terrorist attack is fair since the guy gave political reasons as to why he killed the victim. An EDL member stabbing someone because of they are a different race isn't the same as trying to force political change through violence.
I have heard this 'Why is X not terrorism' argument a bunch of times from American Muslims. While I sympathize with their situation, they have to at least admit that politically motivated attacks are just different than someone deciding to string up a nigger
it really confuses me how a muslim attack of any scale/severity is "terrorism", but then racially or politically aggravated crimes/abuse/violence from another angle is just the old-fashioned 'hate crime'. with all due respect, the boston bombing is of a whole other order of magnitude to some people crashing into a soldier and stabbing him to death.
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