Originally posted by Kam
You see all these people that are causing terrorism that are NOT Muslim yet they are not labeled as terrorists. It is not for just Muslims to be labeled as terrorists.
I think you're missing the issue regarding the political, ideological, and religious classification of terrorism. The KKK is deemed a terrorist organization -- including the almost nonexistent factions that remain today -- because of their forced coercion and intimidation to further a political agenda of white supremacy.
I've got a hypothetical example which would be rather easy for everyone to understand. Say Outsider decides to take the means of potato farming away from Merkii and other potato farmers. Merkii doesn't agree with this for a multitude of reasons. He decides to start a group called the Potato Farmers Association of NextGenUpdate. At first they're peaceful and a legitimate organization of men and women who farm potatoes in the NGU countryside. However, things aren't working out like they had originally intended. So they start using violence, coercion, and other intimidation tactics to further their political agenda. The PFANGU is now a terrorist organization.
ISIS just happens to be made up of Middle Eastern men who also happen to be Muslim. Whether they are actually Muslim or not, or whether the represent Islam or not are for another debate.
School shootings are not labelled terrorism because there is no political, ideological, or religious goals. Now if the federal government were to amend the definition of terrorism to include actions made by the mentally ill then school shootings would be considered terrorism.