MacN'Cheezus to Lemmy ShitpostEnglish • 13 hours agoWell, I guess that settles itlemmy.todayimagemessage-square108fedilinkarrow-up1694arrow-down123
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minus-squareDragon Rider (drag)linkfedilinkEnglish46•6 hours agoGeorge Washington used violence to advance his political agenda of a sovereign USA. Was George a terrorist?
minus-square@DeadWorldWalkinglink10•3 hours agoBecause we often only phrase things as terrorism when it’s “bad”
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink10•edit-22 hours agoExactly. The baddies are called ‘terrorists’. The term the media uses to describe good terrorists is ‘rebels’ and sometimes ‘freedom fighters’.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•3 hours agoGod damn put that exchange on a t-shirt
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish11•6 hours agoYes, he was a good terrorist. He wasn’t captured by the enemy. Luigi was pretty dumb wearing that creepy outfit at a McD. He was captured. Regardless of how you feel about him, being captured was a major failure.
minus-squareDragon Rider (drag)linkfedilinkEnglish9•5 hours agoYeah, Luigi fucked up so bad that he wasn’t even the shooter and he still got caught /irony
minus-squareℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝linkfedilinkEnglish4•6 hours agoIf he used violence against noncombatants. Hiroshima and Nagasaki were terror attacks though.
minus-squareDragon Rider (drag)linkfedilinkEnglish5•6 hours 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.
George Washington used violence to advance his political agenda of a sovereign USA. Was George a terrorist?
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’.
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, he was a good terrorist. He wasn’t captured by the enemy.
Luigi was pretty dumb wearing that creepy outfit at a McD. He was captured. Regardless of how you feel about him, being captured was a major failure.
Yeah, Luigi fucked up so bad that he wasn’t even the shooter and he still got caught /irony
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.