Right-wing's view on terrorism

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@Shuck

I wonder how that works. In many of these cases (e.g. Gilroy), the shooter kills himself when the cops show up, so that explains why they didn’t take him alive. Otherwise it could be a purely tactical consideration - when the cops show up, he might be in the midst of shooting, they might not have cover, and so they might be forced to shoot him and his white privilege gains him no protection.

Short thread/comments by David Neiwert:

David Neiwert

Basically, sometimes, these guys want to be martyred, so they’ll kill themselves or let the cops kill them, making them suicide terrorists. Sometimes, what they want is personal glory, so they surrender to the cops.