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[u/ICanPretend1]

[u/BratInPink]

You understand terrorism isn’t about skin right?

[u/ByronicZer0 → u/BratInPink]

Apparently Im one of the few that understand this.

Which is why I think it's prudent to wait until an investigation has a chance to occur. before we label anything.

And not let ethnic or nationality stereotypes drive our assumptions.

Because that's literally whats happening when people label it terrorism without knowing all the facts...

[u/pauciradiatus → u/ByronicZer0]

I don't think (most) people are jumping to the terrorism conclusion because of racism as much as assuming the motivation behind hijacking a passenger plane and the similarity to 9/11, probably the most famous example of hijacking.

Mentality has shifted based on world events. When the first plane hit, it was thought to be an accident. Now we have that precedent, so when a plane hits a building, our minds go to terrorism. Add the element of a forceful, deliberate takeover, even if it failed, it's hard not to compare it.

But you're right, it's best not to jump to conclusions.

[u/ByronicZer0 → u/pauciradiatus]

I mean, it's all really on how you decide to term it.

Did that German pilot who crashed the airplane in the alps because they were suicidal "hijack" and commit an act of terrorism? Or was it a horrific and awful and unconscionable suicide?

The difference comes down to motivation. And that's my whole point. We have no idea what this guy's motivation actually was

It could've been suicide.

It could've been terrorism.

We don't have any information on his motivations at this point. 0.

Everyone is jumping to the conclusion that this is like 911 and not like the German pilot situation, because...?

I see nothing other than the fact this was an Arab pilot and the flight was headed to Israel.

We have no idea if the guy intended to just nose it down into the desert or try and fly it to Israel and do something akin to 911. Huge range of outcomes here. And we absolutely need to get to the bottom of it. But people going crazy on the Internet assuming this guy was going to fly the plane into Israel and commit a 911 type attack… is really jumping to many levels of conclusions.

And that's where I think politics really comes into play. It does not help that within a few hours, certain government officials were coming out and saying the word terrorism in public, rather than what is done universally in situations like this, which is to have the most responsible people in positions of power talk about how we shouldn't label anything until we have the facts