if I’m going to nitpick, just because Robert Card had no connections to organized terrorist groups doesn’t mean he therefore couldn’t have had a terrorist *motive
they always mean capital T Terrorism, y’know…the brown people kind
A very, very few media outlets are reporting that he has a history of domestic violence arrests, and that an ex-wife got a restraining order against him. Pretty sure she would say he terrorized her.
"the police looked into it and they said he just seemed like a normal everyday guy, followed the same people on twitter that they did etc"
it's weird cause if they change the word "terrorism" to "terrorists" it's no longer a problem and also highlights how fucked this strain of attack is.
Terrorism is when you're a mass murderer with *friends*.
must plug athena's phenomal essay on this brighteyedessays.substack.com/p/the-war-is...
The American Right's Armalite and Ballot Box Strategy
Its not terrorism if you’re white, its just sparkling lone wolf mass shootings
I hate how news reporting just parrots police reports with no independent verification of their own. It’s so fucking lazy.
Wasn’t it also determined he was a known schizophrenic? I’m not familiar enough with how the disease works but I do know people suffering from it probably shouldn’t have firearms.
For the record, I don’t think that’s a nitpick. I think that’s probably the most critical thing. Lack of “connections” or “organized terrorist group” doesn’t mean that we don’t have a politically motivation here.