Newsweek has this article on America's skewed definition of terrorism:
What is terrorism? According to the FBI, animal activists who stole two piglets from a farm were terrorists. As of now, Stephen Paddock, who killed 58 people at a country music concert in Las Vegas two weeks ago, has not been labeled a terrorist by the federal security organization.
In a viral story posted on The Intercept, journalist Glenn Greenwald details an account of federal agents investigating animal activists and scouring farm-animal sanctuaries to find two missing piglets that allegedly had been stolen from a farm. The FBI devoted such resources to finding these two piglets because their alleged theft and the capturing of undercover videos of the farm's conditions count as terrorism.
Why is the piglet theft classified as terrorism, but not the Las Vegas shooting? The distinction is rooted in the definition of the term. In spite of the emotions the word "terrorist" might elicit, the definition is not "mass killer" or "Muslim extremist" or "very bad person." The legal definition of terrorism is "the unlawful use of force or violence against persons or property in order to coerce or intimidate a government or the civilian population in furtherance of political or social objectives."
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 12 2017, @02:08PM
Exasperation. That's a state of mind bordering insanity, right? Like after trying everything that rationally should have worked, but failed again and again. So what one can do except trying the irrational?
No, I haven't discounted the exasperation, I just didn't have time and graphical space to write the analysis of causes for your craziness.
Causes which in fact are simple in principle (discarding the morbidly obese devil still able to hide comfortable into the details).
You are being played one against the other, like a whole nation of gladiators fighting in a continent large arena, for the amusement and wealth of a handful few. Since you are so equally matched - almost deliberately so - the amusement and profits will continue to flow for quite a while. Or so they hope.
You even have cheerleaders, to keep the festive atmosphere, the ones like CNN/CBS vs Breitbart/Fox.
What can you do? I have a hunch that stopping the infighting for a while and looking around would be a good first step.
While you can do this on your own.
The only way Trump or any other in his position can wipe out the division line between the two gladiator teams would be to put America under an external threat so great that you will forget the differences and focus on the commonality. Any other way will take longer than the 8 years.
Of course, anything achievable on a shorter terms means a global conflict - find a common enemy strong enough to be a menace, weak enough to lower the risk of getting out of hand.
I'm afraid I don't have another livable planet I can jump on until the things settle down.