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It's amazing at how terrorism has been re-defined. When I was a kid you had to blow up skyscrapers or planes (or both at the same time), set off bombs in a crow

It's amazing at how terrorism has been re-defined. When I was a kid you had to blow up skyscrapers or planes (or both at the same time), set off bombs in a crowded area, or a specifically targeted mass shooter to be labelled a terrorist.

golden-face 8mo ago
Yeah really does show you how it's now (actually for some time) just a label, conveniently morphing over time for people/groups you don't like, losing any actual meaning because it's applied so liberally. And it's ironic because there are clearly "real terrorists" (i.e. 9/11 guys).
- ahartmetz 8mo ago
  Labeling everyone "terrorists" became fashionable very quickly specifically after 9/11. I think it has decreased by 80-90% or so since then. "Terrorists" used to be everywhere.
tdeck 8mo ago
Specifically you had to do those things and not be in the US military, or in a military geopolitically aligned with the US.
davesque 8mo ago
It hasn't been though. These clowns are just using the term disingenuously.
disposition2 8mo ago
I’m not saying it is historically accurate, but I would encourage anyone who didn’t experience interactions with law enforcement pre-9/11 (in the US) to watch early seasons of Law & Order. It is pretty informative, even in the dramatic context of the show, to see police interactions and the respect for / erosion of individual rights when you view the seasons before 9/11/2001 and after 9/11/2001.
- pstuart 8mo ago
  Yeah, after the initial shock and horror of seeing the Twin Towers go down was an overwhelming sense of dread in how that was going to justify an aggressive police state.
- mrguyorama 8mo ago
  A Conservative Supreme Court Justice once pointed to the television show 24 as justification for why torture is okay. The cast of 24 was brought to run a panel for the Heritage Foundation in one of their gatherings.
PorterBHall 8mo ago
Terrorism is the unlawful use of violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims. It was a different world when you were a kid. People weren’t as incendiary in their speech.
- direwolf20 8mo ago
  So this statement by the Flock CEO is terrorism — it's intended to intimidate.
mlrtime 8mo ago
Kind of the same thing as being a Nazi, apparently. Louis CK has a good bit on this https://youtu.be/VrpKQ0ISZl4?si=7IcugNOccB6m7LET&t=93 https://youtu.be/VrpKQ0ISZl4?si=7IcugNOccB6m7LET&t=93

golden-face 8mo ago

Yeah really does show you how it's now (actually for some time) just a label, conveniently morphing over time for people/groups you don't like, losing any actual meaning because it's applied so liberally. And it's ironic because there are clearly "real terrorists" (i.e. 9/11 guys).

ahartmetz 8mo ago
Labeling everyone "terrorists" became fashionable very quickly specifically after 9/11. I think it has decreased by 80-90% or so since then. "Terrorists" used to be everywhere.

tdeck 8mo ago

Specifically you had to do those things and not be in the US military, or in a military geopolitically aligned with the US.

davesque 8mo ago

It hasn't been though. These clowns are just using the term disingenuously.

disposition2 8mo ago

I’m not saying it is historically accurate, but I would encourage anyone who didn’t experience interactions with law enforcement pre-9/11 (in the US) to watch early seasons of Law & Order. It is pretty informative, even in the dramatic context of the show, to see police interactions and the respect for / erosion of individual rights when you view the seasons before 9/11/2001 and after 9/11/2001.

pstuart 8mo ago
Yeah, after the initial shock and horror of seeing the Twin Towers go down was an overwhelming sense of dread in how that was going to justify an aggressive police state.
mrguyorama 8mo ago
A Conservative Supreme Court Justice once pointed to the television show 24 as justification for why torture is okay. The cast of 24 was brought to run a panel for the Heritage Foundation in one of their gatherings.

PorterBHall 8mo ago

Terrorism is the unlawful use of violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims. It was a different world when you were a kid. People weren’t as incendiary in their speech.

direwolf20 8mo ago
So this statement by the Flock CEO is terrorism — it's intended to intimidate.

mlrtime 8mo ago

Kind of the same thing as being a Nazi, apparently. Louis CK has a good bit on this https://youtu.be/VrpKQ0ISZl4?si=7IcugNOccB6m7LET&t=93 https://youtu.be/VrpKQ0ISZl4?si=7IcugNOccB6m7LET&t=93