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"Terrorist" is a subjective term...? If you're using threats, violence, & fear to push an ideology, you're a terrorist. Seems pretty cut & dry to me.
by quickslowdown 2y ago
"Terrorist" is a subjective term...? If you're using threats, violence, & fear to push an ideology, you're a terrorist. Seems pretty cut & dry to me.
- C6JEsQeQa5fCjE 2y agoYou just described every superpower, global and regional. Or do you have a very narrow internal definition of what "ideology" means? Maybe that's the subjective part.
- quickslowdown 2y agoOk fine, governments are terrorists
- C6JEsQeQa5fCjE 2y agoCheck out https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State-sponsored_terrorism#By_country https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State-sponsored_terrorism#By_c... You're going to have to come up with an incredibly convoluted definition of terrorism in order to have it include only people, groups or countries you dislike, but not include people, groups and countries that you do like. And if you do that, then it goes back to the comment by the person you replied to that said that "terrorist" is a subjective term. If you apply consistent rules and definitions, then most governments in the world will be found to be conducting terrorist activities, and mutual accusations of it lose any meaning.
- quickslowdown 2y agoI'm not really interested in selectively applying the definition, if you're using terrorism to further a goal or ideology, you're a terrorist, regardless of whose "side" you're promoting with your terrorism. I didn't realize this was something people split hairs over, but I do agree that most or all governments are either terrorists, or at least use terrorism as a tool.