?Episode 88 - YouTube Shooter: What’s Terrorism Got to Do with It?

Nasim Aghdam might not be a terrorist, but from the headscarf to the police not taking her in, to terrorists recruiting women… there are many intriguing angles to the story that relate to terrorism. Nasim Aghdam might not be a terrorist, but from the headscarf to the police not taking her in, to terrorists recruiting women… there are many intriguing angles to the story that relate to terrorism. Have you ever noticed that when shootings or vehicle rammings or other incidents occur, that have a similar pattern to past terror attacks, the so-called authorities are quick to point out that it is not terrorist-related before they could possibly have investigated? They are especially careful to not give out the name, if it sounds middle-Eastern, or show a photo of the perpetrator, if they look middle-Eastern. A few of the earliest reports of Nasim Aghdam mentioned that she was wearing a headscarf, but all future reports deleted it, for fear of being considered politically incorrect. The police, warned by Nasim’s family that she was missing and angrily heading to YouTube, found her asleep in a parking lot near its headquarters, but didn’t arrest her or take her to an emergency room for a psychiatric evaluation, though clearly her mental illness would have been obvious during their chat. Why? If it had been a Caucasian woman born in America, they likely would have taken custody of her - for her own protection, if not the protection of YouTube employees. But, the police, too afraid of being considered racist or Islamophobic, let her go free to commit an attack, wounding 3 people and killing herself. (Nasim was Persian, but not Muslim).