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When I say "calling out" I'm referring to labelling acts as terrorist acts. I probably could have used better wording. But this argument is all about trying to
by benwad 3y ago
When I say "calling out" I'm referring to labelling acts as terrorist acts. I probably could have used better wording.
But this argument is all about trying to provide an objective description of the facts. I agree with the BBC here - calling a group a "terrorist group" is an editorial choice, even if we do have government list of terrorist groups. I'd say that the attacks on the music festival and villages near the fence easily qualify for the term "terrorism", but so does Israel's retaliatory bombing of civilian targets. We're still quibbling over definitions (which is IMO inevitable), but at least we're talking about actions, rather than entire groups.
- bryanlarsen 3y agoThe BBC labels those acts as atrocities. To me, that's a more forceful and loaded word than "terroristic acts"
- benwad 3y agoYeah I think that's a better term. It's something that can be applied to both state and non state actors, and doesn't make implicit judgments about the legitimacy of either.