• FundMECFS@anarchist.nexus
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    In lib logic:

    Terrorism is when non-UN recognised states do it

    Otherwise it’s “war”.

    Fuck States. Fuck Israel.

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      Doesn’t even the un define this as genocide? I thought it was not controversial anymore calling it that…

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        There was a while where it obviously met and exceeded the definition in the UN Genocide Convention, but a lot of people refused to acknowledge it might be a genocide because the UN had not yet declared it to be one. The UN is notoriously slow at that kind of thing, though, especially when a powerful country wants them to be slow.

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          Wait, what do you mean by “there was a while”? The goals of the blue people is still to genocide, isn’t it?

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        western libs are smarter than global consensus, bear in mind. really, what it is, is they’ll say anything so long as the money keeps moving.

        the reality is of course that terrorism is any act that is intended to modify public behavior through widespread fear. here’s some examples of terror states:

        • America
        • Russa
        • Israel
        • India
        • Iran

        i’m POSITIVE there’s more, and i’d even be willing to hear arguments that every nation today is either a terror state or subservient to a terror state.

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    For a long time the claim was that it’s only terrorism when non-state actors do it. If a state does it, it’s not terrorism by definition.

    Then the loyal dogs in the EU declared in January that an official branch of Iran’s own military is a terrorist organization, so I guess the old definition is defunct. It basically just means “outlaw” or “designated bad guy” rather than having a real definition.

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      As far as I can tell ‘When brown people fight back’ is a fairly consistent definition for terrorism as its applied by the US.

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      The etymology of the word starts with describing state actions. The French government invented terrorism as a policy; Indiscriminate, politically motivated violence.

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    The first is a single attack that is better defined as “blowback”.

    The second is what occurs by the Imperialist and Imperialist aligned powers that cause the blowback in the first place.

    Bush didn’t “do 9/11”. Decades of American Imperialism “did” 9/11. It was the inevitable result of its crimes.

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    This is exactly what racist white people want.
    “Nuke 'em from orbit” isn’t an uncommon phrase.

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    America. America is a nation of terrorists who points the finger at other nations and wants to police everyone, while they continue to wreck the world.

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    Israel pardoned self proclaimed terrorists and put them straight into their government. It’s a country by terrorist, for terrorists.

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      I don’t fucking get why no one catches the hyperbolic pun thievery of the word. Fear is like Money. It’s not real. Terra is more real even if you fucking kill everything alive on the crust. They’ll be brought back faster than you’ll remember that you had a soul.