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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIf the Aurora shooters name was Abdullah Holmes would we know his religion by now?
Would the attack had been described as possible terrorism? Would we have heard the words, "Weapons of mass destruction" by now?
What do you think?
Don
Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)maddezmom
(135,060 posts)A San Diego neighbor of alleged Colorado shooter James Holmes remembers him as a very shy, well-mannered young man who was heavily involved in their local Presbyterian church.
"He seemed to be a normal kid, I don't know what triggered it. This makes me very sad," said Tom Mai, a retired electrical engineer.
Mai said Holmes' entire family was involved in the Presbyterian Church.
NNN0LHI
(67,190 posts)Now Google "Muslim man arrested", and see what comes up in the results.
Don
SoutherDem
(2,307 posts)I wondered if it was PCUSA, the conservative denomination or PCUSA, the moderate denomination.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,321 posts)so I think that part of your argument doesn't hold water. I'm not convinced that 'WMD' would be used - by anyone to the left of Fox News, anyway. 'Terrorism' would, I'd agree, get used a lot more, though.
datasuspect
(26,591 posts)in neuroscience.
so i guess we'll have to label academics as possible terrorists now. or aren't they already doing that?
extra added bonus: academics are on most fascists "eradication" short lists anyway, so maybe the terra machine will get a doubleplus good twist out of this once corporate infotainment channels begin twisting it.
LARED
(11,735 posts)flame bait.
liberal N proud
(60,336 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)"OMG, he's probably related to the President!1!!"
SoutherDem
(2,307 posts)so it didn't take the name.
baldguy
(36,649 posts)Was the Ft. Hood shooting terrorism? No, it was not - in spite of what the corporate-owned RW MSM would have you believe.
2on2u
(1,843 posts)Nye Bevan
(25,406 posts)and perpetrating massacres, and teaching potential suicide bombers that they would be rewarded in paradise, then I think the fact that Holmes was a Presbyterian would have received more emphasis.
NNN0LHI
(67,190 posts)Just like there are many different sects of the Islamic religion.
Do you remember a Christian man by the name of Timothy McVeigh?
How about another Christian named Jim Jones? Or Joe Stack?
Ever read about The Crusades?
Don
Nye Bevan
(25,406 posts)It's not uncommon to find stuff on DU that you won't find anywhere else.