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Re:Released from a gag order regarding a federal investigati... by CamperBob2 on Friday July 23, 2021 @07:19PM (#27936769)
Did he not say exactly what he was going to do, then do it?

Yes. The point being, he wrote a manifesto, not a vaguely-ominous sounding tweet.

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Re:Released from a gag order regarding a federal investigati... by mulmen on Friday July 23, 2021 @07:25PM (#27936823)
Well he did both as far as I know. He had a history of posting racist messages including threats of violence. Ultimately he posted a manifesto and then took action on his words. The video itself was a warning because it started before the shooting. A timely enough warning based on that alone could have prevented this tragedy.
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Re:Released from a gag order regarding a federal investigati... by markdown on Saturday July 24, 2021 @07:09PM (#27945141)
> He had a history of posting racist messages including threats of violence. Ultimately he posted a manifesto and then took action on his words. The video itself was a warning because it started before the shooting.

Seems you know this background and motivation well. Since it perfectly fits the definition of terrorism, why won't you call him a terrorist? Is it because he isn't brown?

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