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One man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter, and vice versa.
Terrorism is violence in order to spread fear. The poor CEOs are shitting themselves right now.
Problem is, generally it’s defined as violence against civilians. I’m not sure billionaires fit that category.
Well not really. Terrorism is violence + politics. The only issue here is that Republicans (all major corporate leaders) have "politicized every single issue ever, especially human rights. Therefore this is terrorism.
Well, yeah, there are political or ideological aims, which are believed to be achievable through fear. The violence itself is not meant to achieve much directly, but it spreads fear in the population that works towards some goal or another.
Violence + politics is just war.
Terrorism is absolutely a socially constructed idea. The current idea of the charge is based on the moral concept that violence in pursuit of religious or political goals is unacceptable. (You don’t have to accept that but we absolutely teach it in American school so most people just reflexively believe it)
Terrorism as it’s original idea was violence against civilians to terrify them into acting in a certain way. Like the KKK burning a cross in someone’s yard to warn them or a lynching where the entire town attends and takes pictures.
That said a single assassination where the shooter disappears afterwards, leaves no calling cards, makes no announcement, no demands, doesn’t really fit the profile of actual terrorism. They’re charging terrorism because it fits the letter of the law and it’s automatically discrediting to many Americans. Not because it’s actually Terrorism.
Calling him a terrorist is supposed to make people afraid to support him otherwise they might be stripped of their rights and tortured in gitmo.
It’s like a terrorism reverse uno card. Use the charge of terrorism to cause terror and prevent people from organizing against the greedy, insatiable monsters that run this country by greasing each other’s hands.
Excellently explained, the OP screenshots are the insane babblings of a mad woman
I think you read my comment wrong. I agree with her.
Oh okay, that’s unfortunate. At least you made a good point at the end.
What is she wrong about?
If you read that and agree with every point, I’m not going to bother explaining.
Goodbye
America where people do only one thing and one thing only, bitch and moan online. We will never learn from the French, will we?
You know who had a family and killed less people than the CEO?
Bin Laden.
“Terrorism” actually means someone is doing a crime to make a group of people afraid to do something. You know, instill terror.
I hear a lot of Americans are afraid to call an ambulance cus it might ruin them financially
That makes this man a counterterrorist.
Rush B.
