We Can't Even Tell The Difference Between Terrorism and Normal Gang Violence
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This news article was heartbreaking but at the same time I
couldn’t help but laugh just for a brief moment. I laugh at how idiotic the
government is and how the commissioner is at labeling gang members as domestic
terrorists.
Gang members are not terrorists. I think when they start
creating bombs and anthrax and plan operations to blow up banks, federal
buildings, and train stations are when you should start labeling them as
terrorists. Gang members are just ordinary human beings that have been misled
to lead a life of violence because they believe that is the only way they can
earn lots of money. Or maybe some of them are just narcissists or sadists that
love to see others suffer. One thing I can say for certain is they are nothing
close to terrorists.
If the U.S. government labels these gang members as
terrorists, then they have obviously learned nothing of what true terror or
terrorism is despite what happened in 9/11. This is not terrorism but only
people who kill for no reason at all. These are spree killings that are gang
related; there is no intended target or specific type that they are after.
Whereas in terrorism, people go after a certain race, country, a designated
building, and kill a mass number of people than one.
Gang members are just people who never finished school or
have been badly influenced by others and in the type of neighborhoods they grew
up in and turned to gangs for protection, power, money, for whatever purpose.
And before they realize it they have to commit all sorts of crimes to survive.
I am not sympathizing gang members because I feel what they are doing is wrong.
But that doesn’t give us a right to just casually label them as terrorists when
we are tired of calling them gang members or whatever other name you can think
of.
I feel this is just a huge joke and shows how stupid the big
shots of Chicago really are. This isn’t going to solve anything with labeling
and name calling and imprisonment.
Imprisonment only works for so many years, labeling and name calling is
childish. There will be more and more violent acts if communities and police
don’t work together to put an end to gangs and their influence on younger
generations. Nothing is going to change even with community outreaches- maybe
we should just ban guns from black markets and the U.S. for good if that is the
only way to end gun violence.
Rid guns from the country from civilian’s hands unless they
are working in law enforcement. Pull up all the roots of the black markets and suppliers
underground and wipe every gun off the streets. But what the commissioner is
suggesting right now is pointless and has more strings attached and hoops to go
through than they think.
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