Are right wing vigilantes terrorists?
Do we have to call them something else because conservatives benefit from their terror?
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BlueVeins · 22-25
Eh, the term 'terrorist' might work given its strictest definition, but it carries a lot of connotations that just don't really apply to people like the Capitol rioters or those weirdos who stopped the Biden Bus. Like usually when you think of terrorists, you think of people who go around killing random civilians. IDK though, call it whatever you want.
Burnley123 · 41-45, M
@BlueVeins There is a famous saying that one man's freedom fighter is another man's terrorist. In the 80s, the Thatcher govt regarded the ANC as terrorists. That was until international opinion woke up to the fact that, you know, appartied was terrible.
The saintificatoon of Nelson Mandela involved a collective forgetting of all the activist struggles - inside and outside SA - which changed the game.
There is a picture of a young Jeremy Corbyn being arrested by the police, whilst campaigning for what was then unpopular and controversial cause.
The ANC did use violence. In this case it was necessary and justified.
The saintificatoon of Nelson Mandela involved a collective forgetting of all the activist struggles - inside and outside SA - which changed the game.
There is a picture of a young Jeremy Corbyn being arrested by the police, whilst campaigning for what was then unpopular and controversial cause.
The ANC did use violence. In this case it was necessary and justified.
