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minus-squareDragon Rider (drag)@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up57·1 month agoGeorge Washington used violence to advance his political agenda of a sovereign USA. Was George a terrorist?
minus-squareSomething Burger 🍔@jlai.lulinkfedilinkarrow-up35·1 month agoIt’s not terrorism if you win.
minus-squarebabybus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down1·1 month agoHistory is written by the victors.
minus-squareTriflingToad@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoGod damn put that exchange on a t-shirt
minus-squareILikeBoobies@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up20arrow-down1·1 month agoYes, why would you think he wasn’t?
minus-squareDeadWorldWalking@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·1 month agoBecause we often only phrase things as terrorism when it’s “bad”
minus-squareyannic@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up11·edit-21 month agoExactly. The baddies are called ‘terrorists’. The term the media uses to describe good terrorists is ‘rebels’ and sometimes ‘freedom fighters’.
minus-squareℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoIf he used violence against noncombatants. Hiroshima and Nagasaki were terror attacks though.
minus-squareDragon Rider (drag)@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down3·1 month agoOh, well then Muad’dib isn’t a terrorist because he only killed a mass murderer. Military brass are considered combatants, and Brian ordered thousands to their deaths.
minus-squareℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoThe US generally holds that only foreign individuals and organisations can be terrorists. So if Luigi can be charged with terrorism, so can the KKK.
minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month ago4th of July is a national celebration of terrorism.
George Washington used violence to advance his political agenda of a sovereign USA. Was George a terrorist?
It’s not terrorism if you win.
History is written by the victors.
Then we’ll just have to win.
God damn put that exchange on a t-shirt
Yes, why would you think he wasn’t?
Because we often only phrase things as terrorism when it’s “bad”
Exactly. The baddies are called ‘terrorists’. The term the media uses to describe good terrorists is ‘rebels’ and sometimes ‘freedom fighters’.
If he used violence against noncombatants.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki were terror attacks though.
Oh, well then Muad’dib isn’t a terrorist because he only killed a mass murderer. Military brass are considered combatants, and Brian ordered thousands to their deaths.
The US generally holds that only foreign individuals and organisations can be terrorists. So if Luigi can be charged with terrorism, so can the KKK.
4th of July is a national celebration of terrorism.