Because People Pick And Choose What Gets More Attention

[spathiphyllum]

https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/3k9k8v/why-dont-we-ever-call-white-extremists-terrorists?utm_source=vicefbus&fbclid=IwAR0-ZFet3_kUVpO8lRaaHX5Rgyyz36DD-dw_v4uF32cl_m8Us64AuM9R-kE

USA but i think it correlates to the UK 100%.

[Baldric]

Spath, the breadth of your knowledge just continues to astound me.

[emmie]

has he planted bombs on trains, buses, killed people by running them over, so no, he is not a borderline terrorist, whatever that means.

[spathiphyllum]

Extremists and terrorists?

[cassa333]

Since when did the far right run people over on bridges or blow up tube stations or matchett attack policemen and soldiers? I must have missed the news on those days.

Terrorists I still terror by way of violence and violent acts. The far right just do a bit of screaming and shouting.

[spathiphyllum]

So that would make them terrorists, not extremists but wheyy the confusion is fun.

[spathiphyllum]

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/islamophobia-muslims-islam-uk-myths-economy-social-advantage-mps-government-a8653216.html?fbclid=IwAR3sDP6ajC98d0b0bExOOX6fCNxEx2KxMxwBtEKmhcCPzOwGYU3jRq-whIU

"The All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on British Muslims found that “prevalent” Islamophobia was driving division, hate crime and even terror attacks."

[emmie]

not in my book, some of those men of Asian/African descent have caused chaos on our streets, they are without a doubt bona fide terrorists. As is Anjem Choudary who advocates or has advocated violence on our streets, and those who listen to him take up the calling and do some serious damae to our way of life.
Notably the killing of Lee Rigby, a terrorist action, propagated by Choudary and his sickening cohorts.

[ichkeria]

People on the far right who commit or plan to commit terrorist acts ARE referred to as terrorists as far as I can see - National Action, for example.
The ravings of Donald Trump don’t even correspond to the views of much of the current US republican administration , it seems, never mind to the UK.

[naomi24]

Spath, you’ve now posted something about Islam but Muslim terrorists come in all shades so colour is irrelevant. What are you actually trying to say?

[spathiphyllum]

https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/islamophobia-definition-muslims-racism-antisemitism-labour-conservatives-uk-a8653701.html?fbclid=IwAR06j0q-vJJvDRyC6IfEPR7NnpkN8HeLhuhwAUVIe4iYOZfbemCspHEDK08

[naomi24]

You're not talking about colour then. You're talking about Islamic terrorists as opposed to non-Islamic terrorists. Is that right?

[ludwig]

// People on the far right who commit or plan to commit terrorist acts ARE referred to as terrorists as far as I can see - National Action, for example. //

True, and also people who get called Islamic extremists instead of terrorists, when they engage in thuggery and hate speech without actually taking the step of murdering random innocent civilians.

I don't know what the narrative is like in the states, so the article may have some validity over there, but I don't think it's applicable to the UK.

[emmie]

it isn't applicable here.

[naomi24]

I guess he's not sure what he's asking. Maybe he's thinking about it.

[spathiphyllum]

I'm not asking anything

[naomi24]

What sort of discussion did you want to generate then? You must have posted the OP for a reason.