If extreme misogyny is an ideology, shouldn’t we treat it as terror?
Aug 20, 2021
3 minutes
Joan Smith
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Nathalie Lees
he hours after a fatal attack on members of the public are harrowing. Confusion reigns, rumours swirl and anxious people try to contact loved ones to make sure they are safe. Last Thursday evening, as reports of gunfire and possible fatalities on a housing estate in Plymouth in England’s south-west began to circulate, the question of whether it was a terrorist incident was at the forefront of everyone’s minds. When Devon and Cornwall police announced it was not terrorism-related,
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