Yes, Islam “inspires” its followers, but they were not actually acting in concert with a web of co-conspirators who are probably conspiring for other things and could be tracked down and stopped. 1 man is already stopped. There is no-one waiting to pick up his gun.
It is an important distinction.
And I don’t like dumbing down ANY terminology or any process. I don’t care who is perpetrating what, the definitions should be held to. Otherwise, all mass murders and serial murders are “terrorism”, but that is a separate category! (Yes, I know, since 9/11 we’ve been dumbing down this term already, as well as other things, but I’m still complaining.)
If you want to point out the motive, fine. More than willing to say he did it because of Islam. But technically, unless he had a web of conspirators connected to some major organization, it’s not terrorism.
And to me that is exactly what this government and media want you to believe. It is why they so vehemently condemn otherwise when they confront it. It is why they blame it on anything BUT terrorism.
“But technically, unless he had a web of conspirators connected to some major organization, it’s not terrorism.”
And Obama’s DOJ agrees with you wholeheartedly, and is working overtime to try to aid and abet said conspirators and suppress information which might uncover same.
SMH.