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It's weird watching how the media chooses words. Consider the situation of a bunch of people engaging in violence against third parties in order to advance thei
by yummyfajitas 11y ago
It's weird watching how the media chooses words. Consider the situation of a bunch of people engaging in violence against third parties in order to advance their political agenda.
If the people are Arabs doing it for Islam, it's called "terrorism". If the people are white and doing it for greed masquerading as left wing causes, it's called "protests".
Weird how that works.
- lfuller 11y agoI think the primary difference is the level of escalation. Protests typically involve destruction of property with violent interpersonal encounters as collateral, while terrorism usually involves torture or mass killings.