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Terrorism (midwest.social)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 48 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm terrified of the government.

Government = Terrorist?

I mean, that is literally what terrorism means. And the government is terrorizing people.

Government = Terrorist Confirmed!

[–] A_Union_of_Kobolds 39 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Terrorism just boils down to "political violence against non-combatants".

And by that definition yes the US government is 100% a terrorist organization

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Oh... it's not just the US, it's practically every government.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

Always has been.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Functionally the definition is "political violence by non-state actors" i.e. it's not terrorism when the government does it

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Right, HTS in Syria were terrorists until they won.