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Lizzie Poppet

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3. For once, I agree with a use of the word "terrorism."
Thu Nov 26, 2015, 04:46 PM
Nov 2015

That word gets applied to so much that is not terrorism (usually simply because it's something that promotes fear), and that annoys me. It cheapens the legitimate uses of the term...like this one.

Although these assclowns in Texas haven't actually shot anyone, I have no problem including an overt, unmistakable threat of violence to people who have done nothing wrong in the definition of "terrorism." This is a threat of violence with a clear political motive.

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