What if James Holmes' Name Was Muhammed El Ali?

[Yavin4]

The reaction would be entirely different. We would demand that our government act.

Since 9/11, we've had the Beltway shooter, the VA Tech massacre, the Tuscon massacre, and now the Aurora shootings. Yet, as a nation, we don't demand government action. We just accept mass killings as a fact of life.

Why?

[LynneSin]

1. What if he was black?

Just saying

[Yavin4]

5. The Beltway Shooters Were Black

My point is: "why doesn't the media label these attacks as terrorism"?

[Rabid_Rabbit]

2. I think it would be different

in so far as every media outlet telling us that 'not all muslims are bad'. Do you think ABC would have posted the information of the killers mosque like they did about some guy named James Holmes that was on a Tea Party web site?

[TouchOfGray]

3. Why is it that Maj. Hasan Nidal is rarely mentioned

standing on a table screaming "Allahu Akbar" while gunning down 42 of his fellow soldiers at Ft. Hood when discussing mass shootings?

[Yavin4]

7. And That Act Was Investigated As A Terrorist Act

It was labeled and treated as such.

[4th law of robotics]

9. Shouting allahu akbar had something to do with that.

If he'd gone in their shouting 'death to capitalism' or some such slogan it would likely have been labeled terrorism as well.

[Kalidurga]

4. The beltway shooter was a black muslim...

the VA tech shooter was Asian, the Tuscon massacre shooter was white (but still other), the Aurora shooter was the only one that might be considered the All American Boy.

I don't think most people care about the race, religion, economic status, or even the mental state of someone that kills a loved one. I wouldn't. I would want justice, but mostly I would want what I can't have, my life before some murderer took away my loved one. This case to me isn't about justice. It is about a broken system that produces people like this of all walks of life. Until we get to the root cause and have better gun laws, this will continue. What I want most is for this to be extremely rare.

[Yavin4]

6. If a person of the Islamic Faith Commits These Massacres, It's Immediately Labeled As Terrorism

However, when these acts are committed by non-muslims, they're not labeled as such.

[Kalidurga]

8. I remember before he got caught..

people were saying it is an act of terrorism. I agreed even before he was caught that it was terrorism. I really don't care about race, creed, gender, orientation, income bracket, age, or even why a shooter does what they do. It tears people, families, and communities apart. We need to deal with that. Restrict guns a bit more close the loop holes and make sure that people are sane before they get to purchase.