Well, I guess that settles it - eviltoast
  • Tgo_up@lemm.ee
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    21 hours ago

    How tf can killing a single person with a handgun be classified as terrorism?

    • dumbass@leminal.space
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      3 hours ago

      As long as the action terrorised a large enough group of people it’s terrorism, it’s just this time, the terrorised people are the rich cunts hiding in their mansions like the traitorous cowards they are.

    • Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee
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      20 hours ago

      Because they don’t like him.

      I mean Dylan fucking Roof shot dead 9 black people and they didn’t consider it terrorism.

      • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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        9 hours ago

        Dylan Roof did get charged with hate crimes and was convicted on all 33 counts, leading to a death sentence. Stacking terrorism charges on top of that would have been pointless.

        Mangione, by contrast, is getting charged in a state without capital punishment. You need the terror charge to make this a First Degree Murder case. Otherwise he’s looking at parole after 15 years.

        • sean@lemmy.wtf
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          11 minutes ago

          This sounds like a legal playbook for would-be assassins. Kill at the cost of 15 years with parole max

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      21 hours ago

      “They’re making us CEO’s afraid, terrified even, so he’s clearly a terrorist. The implication that the working class could actually fight back against the systemic oppression we inflict on them? That’s horrifying. We can’t allow them to believe they could ever fight back. Make an example of this person.”

      The rich assholes or something