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minus-squareSybil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·1 year ago Terrorism is indeed when you kill civilians with no military aim in mind. why should the military aim matter? THAT’S PURELY POLITICAL. terrorism just means you don’t LIKE the politics of the person doing the killing.
minus-squareSCB@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·1 year agoTerrorism is explicitly killing done without military targets in mind. It’s explicitly political, and targeted at civilians, to instill terror. I’m sorry you don’t like the definition of the word, but it is the definition of the word.
minus-squareSybil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·1 year ago It’s explicitly political, and targeted at civilians, to instill terror. like police shooting black men
minus-squareSCB@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down4·1 year agoNo that’s just good old fashioned racism combined with stupidly poor recruiting and training practices.
minus-squareSybil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agomake any excuse you want: it fits the definition you gave
minus-squareSybil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·1 year ago I’m sorry you don’t like the definition of the word, but it is the definition of the word. it’s loaded language. i know what the definition is, but using it only means you don’t like the politics of the killers.
minus-squareSCB@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·1 year agoNo it means they’re doing things that fit the definition.
minus-squareSybil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agobeing loaded language, using it actually means what I said.
minus-squareSybil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·1 year ago Terrorism is explicitly killing done without military targets in mind. like police shooting black men
why should the military aim matter? THAT’S PURELY POLITICAL. terrorism just means you don’t LIKE the politics of the person doing the killing.
Terrorism is explicitly killing done without military targets in mind. It’s explicitly political, and targeted at civilians, to instill terror.
I’m sorry you don’t like the definition of the word, but it is the definition of the word.
like police shooting black men
No that’s just good old fashioned racism combined with stupidly poor recruiting and training practices.
make any excuse you want: it fits the definition you gave
it’s loaded language. i know what the definition is, but using it only means you don’t like the politics of the killers.
No it means they’re doing things that fit the definition.
being loaded language, using it actually means what I said.
like police shooting black men