Let's be clear on this, the automobile attack in the security disaster at Charlottesville, VA was poorly reported at the beginning, for the car that ran into people after it was stopped by a mob that was shouting and screaming at people.  There were many conflicting videos on this, including a video I saw of someone hitting the automobile before it struck members of the crowd.  People forget this.  There was no doubt to me that Charlottesville was a terrorist attack as well, but it was a very fuzzy and totally different situation, with people literally attacking and beating people at a protest.  Here in the NYC attack we have a person with a calculated terrorist attack on random public, proud of an attack on children and people minding their own business, bragging about it, with letters praising ISIS, etc., and openly praising terrorism.