To clarify, white people are actually slightly underrepresented in terrorism per capita; they simply constitute a significant majority of the population and therefore do most of the terrorism. Therefore, while this tweet is technically correct, it should not be taken to mean that white individuals are more likely to be terrorists—it’s an ironic reflection on the skewed, racially motivated reality presented to us by media and politicians.

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https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/fbi-releases-lone-offender-terrorism-report-111319
https://www.statista.com/chart/19968/the-race-ethnicity-of-lone-offender-terrorists/ https://www.theroot.com/are-white-men-americas-biggest-terror-threat-we-checke-1830175112 https://foreignpolicy.com/2017/08/14/fbi-and-dhs-warned-of-growing-threat-from-white-supremacists-months-ago/

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    3 days ago

    Re your subtext, you have to account for what actually gets labeled as terrorism. A brown, bearded, muslim looking person could pee on the side of the road and have it classified as terrorism

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      Obviously they were trying to destroy the Western civilastion as whole, it’s not like sometimes people end up pissing outsie because you can’t find free public toilets anyfuckingwhere!