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CableZL posted...

It was so blatantly turned into a dog whistle for racism against Muslims

Because people were using it as if it applied to all Muslims.

And again, this is not "an attempt to label the actions of white people as terrorism." It's labeling people who committed terroristic acts as terrorists.
* Jorge Riley is a Native American man who participated in the capitol riot. He's a terrorist.
* Emanuel Jackson is an African American man who participated in the capitol riot. He's a terrorist.

Trying to act like this is some zealous attempt to label white people as terrorists is, plainly, idiotic.

Ok initially you made the correct take

There was a big sensitivity to the word terrorist because it has been used for a long time as a dog whistle against Muslims so people have been hesitant to use the term.

We can agree on that right?

This isn't all just about this single incident as the attempt to reframe terrorism as a thing "white people do" has been happening for a few years.

A couple of anecdotes of minorities who stormed the white house doesn't really counter that narrative when the vast majority of the capitol stormers were white.

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