The label of “terrorism” is a political tool whose meaning has been shaped by those with the power to wield it.

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    3 days ago

    Terrorism is pretty much a propaganda word since it’s virtually always applied to non-state actors rather than states, even when they take the exact same actions. And even among non-state actors it’s usually a political designation, with commentators long having described the arbitrary distinction between terrorists and freedom fighters.

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    It mean Israel is a state sponsor of terrorism and it also, do, terrorism, themselves

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    Israel a terrorist state. Calling it’s citizens terrorists is perfectly apt.

    I cannot think of anything more defeatist than simply accepting the status quo’s framing of language and surrendering it wholesale to the machinations of the liberal propaganda machine.