In the last 5 days alone,
One doctor caught with RDX.
One doctor caught with ricin.
Two doctor caught with AK-47s.
One IT engineer caught with IED manuals.
Three of these within the last 24 hours.
Anybody tells you it’s because they’re poor or uneducated is misdirecting.
Terrorism doesn’t come from poverty or illiteracy.
It comes from religion.
One particular religion.
The more you pussyfoot the glaringly evident, the more you let them let them repackage a doctrinal problem as a social problem, the more you empower the bad elements around you.
These bad elements need not come from Bangladesh and Pakistan. They could be right there next to you. They need not look like some towel-headed al-Baghdadi, in fact, they rarely do.
No, they look like the full-stack developer who never raised his voice and once took you to the hospital.
They look like the pediatrician who once treated your child at 10 in the night.
They look like the technician who complimented his skills with an affable smile and refused a tip.
They look like humans.
Are all, or even most, of them terrorists and psychopaths? Of course not, but…
How do you tell?