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mackdaddy

(1,523 posts)
Mon Jan 11, 2021, 01:05 PM Jan 2021

Terrorism, Noun


merriam-webster.com: Definition of terrorism : the use of violent acts to frighten the people in an area as a way of trying to achieve a political goal

FBI: Domestic terrorism: Violent, criminal acts committed by individuals and/or groups to further ideological goals stemming from domestic influences, such as those of a political, religious, social, racial, or environmental nature.

United Nations (Wikipedia) :Criminal acts intended or calculated to provoke a state of terror in the general public, a group of persons or particular persons for political purposes are in any circumstance unjustifiable, whatever the considerations of a political, philosophical, ideological, racial, ethnic, religious or any other nature that may be invoked to justify them.

legaldictionary.net: Definition of Terrorism. Noun. The use of violence, threats, or intimidation to incite fear, or to coerce action, for political purposes. The use of violence as a means of achieving a goal.


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Terrorism, Noun (Original Post) mackdaddy Jan 2021 OP
Domestic-Imported... Claire Oh Nette Jan 2021 #1

Claire Oh Nette

(2,636 posts)
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Mon Jan 11, 2021, 02:15 PM
Jan 2021

It's not beer or wine.

Kind of like medical marijuana and recreational marijuana. It's marijuana.
No one has medicinal Shock Top. No one opts for the recreational vodka.

It's terrorism. We have laws on the books about terrorists. Use them.

Terrorism is terrorism. It may not always be treason, but it's terrorism.

We make this distinction at our own peril.


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