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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe police calls it terrorism. The NRA refuses to call it terrorism... Guess why.
https://www.mediamatters.org/blog/2017/06/19/nratv-calls-london-attack-muslims-maybe-attack/216959Hours after police called an attack on pedestrians outside a Finsbury Park mosque in north London an act of terrorism, the National Rifle Associations news outlet, NRATV, attempted to cast doubt on that determination. During the 10 am edition of his June 19 show, host Grant Stinchfield claimed that something just seems odd about the attack and referred to the violent incident as a maybe attack. London Metropolitan Police declared that the attack was an act of terrorism eight minutes after a 48 year-old-man drove a van into a crowd of people outside a mosque, killing one and injuring ten. Despite this, Stinchfield said that he would like to get more information about what really happened there.
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You see, when a white guy drives a van into a group of Muslims, that's a "maybe attack".
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The police calls it terrorism. The NRA refuses to call it terrorism... Guess why. (Original Post)
DetlefK
Jun 2017
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luvMIdog
(2,533 posts)1. yes. It's always been that way. They only like to connect the word 'terrorism' with the words
'Muslim' or 'Islam' . When people from these crazy over the edge Christian groups do it their religion is never mentioned and it is never called terrorism.
mwooldri
(10,303 posts)2. Heck, Theresa effin' May, UK PM... Called it a terrorist attack.
The guy is being charged with attempted murder and other terrorist related charges.
While I want to see Mrs. May resign and the rest of her government with her, UK conservatives are generally a far better bunch than any US Republican. NRA either approach or occupy the extreme right Theresa May denounced today.
duncang
(1,907 posts)3. Remember when you had to say the magic words to stop it?
Well donnie where is the statement on right wing terrorism?
SoCalMusicLover
(3,194 posts)4. Where Are They With One Of Their Favorite Arguments?
You know, the "Let's Ban Cars" meme, because clearly cars cause deaths, so if we ban guns, we must ban cars, knives, swimming pools, etc.