Critical Analysis Of Mr Cantwell

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The article really portrays and shows that the theme is terrorism. In the article it says, or explains how a terrorists or white nationalist turns himself into the authorities, or police because he drove into a crowd of people and killed a 32 year old female. The article says that the felon is being charged with two felony counts of illegal use of tear gas, and one felony count of malicious bodily injury by means of caustic substance. In the articles it says how Mr. Cantwell was a self described white nationalist, that was emerged as a high profile activist for the so called alt-right after being featured in a Vice News Documentary.

The article’s main theme is fear. In the article, it says how Thomas Jefferson wanted to abolish slavery in

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