By Micah Halpern
I've Been Thinking:
Why is it so hard to call what happened in San Bernardino TERROR.
The answer depends on what you are hoping to accomplish and what your stance is on certain issues.
The Fort Hood terror attack is still called "workplace violence" even though the murderer was in direct email contact with Islamic radical leaders who call for mass murder and jihad against America.
The FBI says that because the perpetrator acted alone, because he was not part of a group, it is not terror.
They are afraid to call it terror - and they certainly refuse to call it Islamic terror. They refuse to see the simple reality.
Two Muslims planned and organized attacks on Americans. They were radicalized. The targets were clear and the attack precision perfect.
Many people are refusing to call it terror because that would mean that the murderers do not fit into a narrative. Instead, they put the perpetrators into a false narrative that calls them "crazy" and "unstable unwanted and troubled".
Others do not want to call it terror because people are afraid of what Islamic terror means in America.
Finally, people do not want to offend Muslims.
These terrorists were not unstable. They were cold and calculating. They were mass murderers. Repeat after me. It was an act of terror and the perpetrators of the act were terrorists. Say it again.
Micah@MicahHalpern.com
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