"Radical Islamic Terror"...what happened to this term?

[BG-NY]

Even republicans are afraid to use it nowadays. Why is that?

[Hindsight was 2020]

Because beating up on gay and trans people over Muslims is the “in” thing now for the reactionary crowd

[OSR stands with Israel]

Because people like Tucker started to make excuses for the tailban instead of go after them .

[AtorBoltox]

Because Republican politics is a pump and dump scheme

[dead0man]

We haven't had a "big" Islamic terrorist attack in the US in a few years.  From wiki:

June 12, 2016 Orlando nightclub shooting, Orlando, Florida: Omar Mateen shoots and kills 49 people and injures 58 more at a gay bar, the largest mass shooting in U.S. history at the time.

November 28, 2016 – Ohio State University attack, Columbus, Ohio: A Somalian student, Abdul Artan, who came to the U.S. as a refugee, intentionally rammed a car into pedestrians on a busy campus sidewalk on Monday morning and then began slashing passers-by with a butcher knife, the authorities said, injuring 11 students and faculty and staff members.

October 31, 2017 – 2017 New York City truck attack, New York City: 29-year-old Sayfullo Habibullaevich Saipov rented a Home Depot pickup truck and intentionally drove it through a bicycle path. He crashed into a school bus and then exited the vehicle wielding look-a-like weapons. He was shot by NYPD. 8 people were killed and 12 were injured.

December 6, 2019 - Naval Air Station Pensacola shooting, Pensacola, Florida: A second lieutenant of the Saudi Royal Air Force training at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola opened fire in one of the classroom buildings killing 3 and wounding 8 others before being shot dead by responding police officers.

May 21, 2020 - Corpus Christi, Texas: At the Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, Adam Alsahi crashed through a northern perimeter gate at NAS Corpus Christi, activating vehicle barriers. The driver then got out and opened fire before being shot and killed. A Navy police officer was shot but was protected by a ballistic vest. Alsahi had expressed support for terrorist networks including ISIS. The FBI announced the incident as terrorism-related.[53]

August 29, 2021 - Plano, Texas: 32-year-old Imran Ali Rasheed fatally shoots a Lyft driver, steals her car and drives to Plano police headquarters. Once there, he shoots at a civilian employee and another person inside before being shot dead by responding officers. A note inside the stolen car suggests Rasheed was motivated by Islamic Terrorism.

they are consistent though.  Just one of those sh**tty things we have to live with, like Covid and people from the Northeast.

[Darthpi – Anti-Florida Activist]

Far-right bigotry is dominated by fads. Give it a few years, it'll come back.

[Green Line]

Because we figured out what was going on.

[Kahane's Grave Is A Gender-Neutral Bathroom]

Because we have so many mass shootings in this country that you can focus on any demographic and paint it as a mass problem.

[Inmate Trump]

Even republicans are afraid to use it nowadays. Why is that?

Because Republicans have become the terrorists.

Source: January 6.

[SnowLabrador]

Because the right has found a new boogeyman.

[Fuzzy Bear]

Why is this entire thread not locked for Excessive Hyperbole?

[Waldo]

Why is this entire thread not locked for Excessive Hyperbole?

Most people here confuse hyperbole with reality. The fact is that the high profile extreme Islamic terror attacks ended when Trump was elected. We also don't talk about measles. Should we? We haven't had much of a repeat of the Pulse Nightclub shooting. The last high profile mass shooting was a racist black man in the NYC subway, but don't talk to loudly about it. Red avatars are unpredictable when brought out of their alternate reality. They may get aggressive.

[Inmate Trump]

Why is this entire thread not locked for Excessive Hyperbole?

Most people here confuse hyperbole with reality. The fact is that the high profile extreme Islamic terror attacks ended when Trump was elected. We also don't talk about measles. Should we? We haven't had much of a repeat of the Pulse Nightclub shooting. The last high profile mass shooting was a racist black man in the NYC subway, but don't talk to loudly about it. Red avatars are unpredictable when brought out of their alternate reality. They may get aggressive.

Ah yes. Terrorism ended because of Trump. Truer words have never been spoken. Er...typed.

[GregTheGreat657]

Because the GOP is the party of "America First" nowadays, and they believe that Trump has "solved" Radical Islamic Terror,  and a lot of Democrats these days think it's Islamophobic to refer to Radical Islamic Terror

[Thank you for being a friend...]

Because beating up on gay and trans people over Muslims is the “in” thing now for the reactionary crowd

True, I barely hear a peep about the Muslim ban or "Sharia Law" or whatever nonsense they peddled before.

The Hate Wheel must have stopped landing on Muslim.

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

Because the GOP is the party of "America First" nowadays, and they believe that Trump has "solved" Radical Islamic Terror,  and a lot of Democrats these days think it's Islamophobic to refer to Radical Islamic Terror

I was never quiet clear on what made it "radical". Were the terrorists wearing cool shades? Riding skateboards?

Or is it that Republicans were afraid people might start saying "Radical Republican Terror"? Or even that talking about terrorism might remind people how many Americans die as a result of Republican gun policies?

[Xing]

The Wall solved it, apparently.

[Mr. Smith]

It's not a voting block the GOP want to lose in droves.

[All Along The Watchtower]

OP display name and profile checks out.

[DaleCooper]

Because no one cares about it anymore. There were quite a few muslim terrorist attacks leading up to the 2016 election so it was on everybody's minds, plus it overlapped with opposition to the left's political correctness. But now it's been a while so no one cares. As dead0man said, it'll happen again and I'm sure when it does this debate will come back as well.

[Inmate Trump]

How can you fight terrorism when you're busy trying to overthrow the government in a violent terrorist attack......wait...

[It’s so Joever]

Why is this entire thread not locked for Excessive Hyperbole?

Most people here confuse hyperbole with reality. The fact is that the high profile extreme Islamic terror attacks ended when Trump was elected. We also don't talk about measles. Should we? We haven't had much of a repeat of the Pulse Nightclub shooting. The last high profile mass shooting was a racist black man in the NYC subway, but don't talk to loudly about it. Red avatars are unpredictable when brought out of their alternate reality. They may get aggressive.

Wdym there was plenty of news coverage on it lol. What else do you want us to do, mention him in every conversation from here on out?

[BG-NY]

How can you fight terrorism when you're busy trying to overthrow the government in a violent terrorist attack......wait...

There were 21 terrorists on 9/11.

The only terrorist on 1/6 was the stormtrooper who killed Ashli Babbitt.

[Hindsight was 2020]

How can you fight terrorism when you're busy trying to overthrow the government in a violent terrorist attack......wait...

There were 21 terrorists on 9/11.

The only terrorist on 1/6 was the stormtrooper who killed Ashli Babbitt.

That is a gross and unfair comparison. He can actually hit his target 😬

[Inmate Trump]

How can you fight terrorism when you're busy trying to overthrow the government in a violent terrorist attack......wait...

There were 21 terrorists on 9/11.

The only terrorist on 1/6 was the stormtrooper who killed Ashli Babbitt.

What was the goal of the mob on 1/6? To overturn the 2020 election results.
Based on what? A false belief that it was rigged, despite having zero evidence.
What did they chant? To hang the Vice President. They even erected a gallows with which to do it.
Was the mob armed? Absolutely.
How many cops died as a result of the attack? 5
How many cops did the mob injure? I'm not sure, but several.
Did the mob break into the US Capitol building? Yes.
Was the mob looking for members of Congress to kill/kidnap/injure? Yes.



If this wasn't a domestic terror event, then I'm curious to know what else you might call it?