Ascrod@midwest.social to Memes@midwest.socialEnglish · 1 month agoTerrorismmidwest.socialimagemessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up1546arrow-down18cross-posted to: memes@lemmy.world
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minus-squareA_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up39arrow-down1·1 month agoTerrorism just boils down to “political violence against non-combatants”. And by that definition yes the US government is 100% a terrorist organization
minus-squareERROR: Earth.exe has crashed@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·1 month agoOh… it’s not just the US, it’s practically every government.
minus-squarequeermunist she/her@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-21 month agoFunctionally the definition is “political violence by non-state actors” i.e. it’s not terrorism when the government does it
minus-squareddh@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoRight, HTS in Syria were terrorists until they won.
Terrorism just boils down to “political violence against non-combatants”.
And by that definition yes the US government is 100% a terrorist organization
Oh… it’s not just the US, it’s practically every government.
Always has been.
Functionally the definition is “political violence by non-state actors” i.e. it’s not terrorism when the government does it
Right, HTS in Syria were terrorists until they won.