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Terrorism (midwest.social)

submitted 2 days ago by Ascrod@midwest.social to c/memes@midwest.social

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[-] IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 53 points 2 days ago

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@lemmy.world 39 points 2 days ago

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

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

[-] IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 2 days ago

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

[-] doingthestuff@lemy.lol 6 points 2 days ago

Always has been.

[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

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

[-] DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 day ago

Right, HTS in Syria were terrorists until they won.

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