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> "Terrorism" is inherently a subjective, ideological label If the US started calling Iran "Satan" would you see that as an escalation of rhetoric, or business

by BobbyJo 6mo ago

> "Terrorism" is inherently a subjective, ideological label If the US started calling Iran "Satan" would you see that as an escalation of rhetoric, or business as usual?

vrganj 6mo ago
Business as usual. It's all just scary terms to dehumanize. No different from "Yellow Peril".
- BobbyJo 6mo ago
  Fair enough. If you think terrorist and satan have equal grounding in reality then we'll just have to chalk the disagreement up to a difference in priors.