| ▲ | bluefirebrand 15 hours ago | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Do you think that talking about overthrowing the legitimately elected government should not qualify as "terrorist threat"? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | whoamii 15 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
As long as we consider the Jan 6 rioters terrorists as well, I’m good. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ▲ | ternaryoperator 15 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Terrorism generally has specific elements; violence done against civilians for political or religious ends. So the Oklahoma City bombing would be terrorism, but the mass shooting in Las Vegas would not be. Unless calling for the overthrow of the govt includes a call to violence against civilians, it would not fit the traditional definition of terrorism. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ▲ | lostlogin 15 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
So how would that compare with Trumps crowd storming the capitol? That was apparently fine, but antifa calling for it (if that even happened) is terrorism? Politicians call for governments to resign/quit etc on a regular basis. Happened here in New Zealand last week. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||