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themadstork

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16. Hardly any of that involves actual terror

Fri Dec 16, 2011, 04:01 PM

Dec 2011

Political discord, boycotts, or suggesting that the wealthy elites may be worried about the security of their financial position in the midst of economic discontent - has the integrity our public discourse degraded such that we actually associate such acts with real terrorism?

I was talking to a couple of conservatives once that thought DDoS attacks could be construed as acts of terror. It got to the point that I began to think they might construe me looking at them in the wrong way as an act of terror.

'Terrorism' is used in a way nowadays that the term is almost completely disconnected from the way a serious historian, political scientist, or sociologist might use it.

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DoD Training Manual: Protests are "Low-Level Terrorism" [View all] WilliamPitt Dec 2011 OP

Less need for conjecture ... Newest Reality Dec 2011 #1

+1 nilram Dec 2011 #30

Yes. Becoming more and more obvious. dixiegrrrrl Dec 2011 #34

Yes, but I am not feeling any safer because it is becoming transparent. In fact I feel more jwirr Dec 2011 #42

NO WAY! BeHereNow Dec 2011 #2

See Kent State for how that "force protection" from "terrorists" works. Tierra_y_Libertad Dec 2011 #3

+99 L0oniX Dec 2011 #23

LOL, Lunacee2012 Dec 2011 #44

Get ready. (nt) T S Justly Dec 2011 #4

The only terrorism I see is the Law Enforcement kind. Boston_Chemist Dec 2011 #5

"Low level terrorism?" Who thought that term up? Is it like being sort of pregnant? BeHereNow Dec 2011 #6

To be entirely fair quakerboy Dec 2011 #7

Interestingly at those Tea party gatherings TBF Dec 2011 #11

LOL- thanks for the laugh! n/t BeHereNow Dec 2011 #12

Hardly any of that involves actual terror themadstork Dec 2011 #16

All your verbal gymnastics demonstrate is that one person's terrorist is coalition_unwilling Dec 2011 #22

Back in the 1790s the Federalists called Democratic-Republican activists "Terrorists". Odin2005 Dec 2011 #47

Wow, I had no idea. Thanks. Actually, a thorough etymology of the word and its coalition_unwilling Dec 2011 #49

the key word they are using is "terrorism" dixiegrrrrl Dec 2011 #35

True quakerboy Dec 2011 #40

Clearly, the first three choices would be classified as terrorism, however, BeHereNow Dec 2011 #8

I wasn't born in the U.S. Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2011 #9

Divide and conquer, quite right. Fire Walk With Me Dec 2011 #15

Exactly! Meant to scare people into complying, conforming, and not uttering a peep. Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2011 #17

I am a low-level terrorist. Hell Hath No Fury Dec 2011 #10

Put this on it: dixiegrrrrl Dec 2011 #39

my name is mike_c and I am a terrorist.... mike_c Dec 2011 #13

Me too hifiguy Dec 2011 #21

the implications of t his are indeed chilling Douglas Carpenter Dec 2011 #14

You're either with us or a'gin' us: any one having the temerity to question any policy or indepat Dec 2011 #18

It's official: the USA are becoming their own worst enemy Betty Karlson Dec 2011 #19

Earth = America's Battlefield against whoever "they" say is a terrorist sad sally Dec 2011 #20

DoD IS a terrorist organization. L0oniX Dec 2011 #24

& the largest nt G_j Dec 2011 #27

I want to protest about that definition! muriel_volestrangler Dec 2011 #25

Peaceful protesting is not a crime meow2u3 Dec 2011 #26

Peaceful assembly Aerows Dec 2011 #28

I agree that when applied to peaceful protests in the US NavyDem Dec 2011 #29

Well, call me a low-level terrorist then. Blue_In_AK Dec 2011 #31

As we have seen, there is low-level terrorism....perpetrated by the police. n/t AntiFascist Dec 2011 #32

No, that is the regular kind. TheKentuckian Dec 2011 #37

Look at Syria mick063 Dec 2011 #33

Xe and the like will do as they are paid to as will the vast majority of law enforcement TheKentuckian Dec 2011 #38

When you only have a hammer the entire world looks like nails lunatica Dec 2011 #36

Yep... K & R !!! WillyT Dec 2011 #41

When iron curtain came down- DoD scrambled to find new threats to justify scentopine Dec 2011 #43

Protests shouldn't even be in the purview of the DoD Jim_Shorts Dec 2011 #45

Hey Agent Mike, kiss my pasty white Occupier ass! Odin2005 Dec 2011 #46

Guess who has been named "the number one domestic terrorist threat." MsPithy Dec 2011 #48

I wouldn't worry too much about internal government bureaucratic documents treestar Dec 2011 #50