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So a lot of people call out the lack of accurate "terrorism" semantics as racist, and yeah, that's *true*, but also;

I feel like our media has decided on which premade narrative to use. This isn't the Scary Outsiders Threatening Us narrative, it's the How Could Such A Nice Normal Person Do This narrative.

What's actually going on now doesn't count, 'cause they've decided to make it the trope someone decided sold best back in the 90s.

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