I would just mention that your summary of the poster's comment omits the central issue, whether their conduct includes criminal terrorist acts. They aren't bei

I would just mention that your summary of the poster's comment omits the central issue, whether their conduct includes criminal terrorist acts. They aren't being designated as a terrorist group because of the cause or the solely from the actions of a random protestor. They are being designated as a terrorist group because their leaders promoted and encouraged and planned criminally violent behavior. Whether the the majority of actual street level protestors are the same and easily switch from cause to cause isn't really relevant to this analysis. I would suggest that the OP is suggesting that because the terrorist organization supports palestine and engages in these activities, the label is more controversial than other organizations such as irish unification, communist revolution, drug cartels, white supremacy or neo-nazism organizations that are also labeled as terrorist groups without much controversy.