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What exactly is "terrorist content?" Do calls to arms from the American Revolution against England count? What about other revolutions of the past?
by driverdan 8y ago
What exactly is "terrorist content?" Do calls to arms from the American Revolution against England count? What about other revolutions of the past?
- ilaksh 8y agoYes, I would say that anyone calling for armed revolution would be classified as a terrorist by the government they opposed. Governments tend not to take sides against other governments unless they want to go to war with them in some way. So you can imagine that in many cases most other governments would back the terrorist label. This points out one of the big issues with the use of the word "terrorist" in today's world. It is a label that dominant organizations use against any group that presents a serious threat, regardless of the activities of that group.
- int_19h 8y agoI think the question is, does it stop being terrorist if a revolution happened in the past, but the actions are still recognized as having being terrorism? Are Jacobine writings terrorist in nature, for example? How about a scan of Pravda circa 1918, with headlines like "Long live the Red Terror!"?