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You can say a lot of things about the Jan 6 rioters. But you can't call them terrorists. They didn't go after civilians. They went straight at the government
by fallingknife 5y ago
You can say a lot of things about the Jan 6 rioters. But you can't call them terrorists. They didn't go after civilians. They went straight at the government.
- jmondi 5y agoTerrorist - an advocate or practitioner of terrorism as a means of coercion Terrorism - the systematic use of terror especially as a means of coercion They were exactly terrorists. Also, insurrectionists...
- fallingknife 5y agoAny attack involves fear. The soldiers at Pearl harbor were probably terrified. Doesn't make it a terrorist attack.
- orang2tang 5y ago
- space_fountain 5y agoThe government having a monopoly on legitimate violence is politics 101. I agree that arguing by definition is bad form, but like beating someone up because they aren't letting you into the capital building so you can disrupt the counting of the votes for your political opponents is an extreme violent way of going about things. Encouraging such violence destabilized politics and encourages your opponents to start using violence too leading to an escalating cycle. You don't want to call that terrorism fine, but it is a very bad thing.
- tamaharbor 5y agoI guess they weren’t insurrectionists either, as no one has been charged with that crime.
- beeboop 5y ago
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