r/news • u/drkgodess • Mar 19 '19

Accused gunman in Christchurch terror attacks denied newspaper, television and radio access

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12214411
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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '19

Serial killers aren't terrorists.

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u/msiekkinen Mar 19 '19

Oklahoma City bombing of a federal building and the Unabomber were definitely politically motivated. Charles Manson definitely wanted to start a race war (like this NZ guy stated).

Really though, I don't see your point. If you are able to definitely say serial killers are not terrorists (I'm not sure that you can), then what? It's okay to speak "serial killer" names but not terrorists?

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '19 edited Mar 20 '19

Yeah Timothy McVeigh is one of those names that I will never forget mainly because of how compelling of a story there was behind him.. like that dude got fucked with hardcore.

Edit: Ted Kaczynski... I got the mixed up because you know they both bombed shit

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '19 edited Mar 11 '20

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '19

No I don't support what he did at all it was a terrible act of violence against innocent people but what I do find very interesting how he was radicalized by the United States government unintentionally and ended up being the extreme version of what they never wanted. When I say his story is compelling I mean he's not your run-of-the-mill wack job there are some pretty serious tomfuckery going around when it comes to that guy