Wudi@feddit.uk to Crazy Fucking Videos@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoTerrorist attack in Montrealcdn.imgchest.comvideomessage-square54linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareRothe@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month ago“Active shooter” is just an US euphimism for terrorist attack, invented in an attempt to obfuscate how often they occur in that country.
minus-squareDupaCycki@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoThat’s not true. Active shooters appear all over the world, though in vastly smaller numbers outside the US. They have different motives and objectives from terrorists, so lumping the two together washes away important information.
minus-squareSocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoSomeone who shoots during a bank robbery is an “active shooter” too but they aren’t terrorists.
“Active shooter” is just an US euphimism for terrorist attack, invented in an attempt to obfuscate how often they occur in that country.
That’s not true. Active shooters appear all over the world, though in vastly smaller numbers outside the US. They have different motives and objectives from terrorists, so lumping the two together washes away important information.
Someone who shoots during a bank robbery is an “active shooter” too but they aren’t terrorists.