Terrorist is a politicized, meaningless term, and always has been. Its only use is propaganda. The fact that the word snuck into legislation is incredibly frightening. In the UK, you cannot support a terrorist group. What defines a terrorist group? Whatever the fuck the home security office wants.
Reminder that terrorist started being used as a replacement for “freedom fighter”, when public opinion on the Mujahideen, APLA, IRA etc. started to change and flip.
when public opinion on the Mujahideen, APLA, IRA etc. started to change and flip
Seems like a reversal of cause and effect. I think the usage of the term “terrorist” for these groups was a deliberate choice of the consent factory to flip public opinion.
That’s what I mean, they started calling them terrorists because people started seeing “freedom fighter” as a positive thing. “Freedom fighters” were scary anarchists that blew things up in Europe in the 1800s.
Terrorist is a politicized, meaningless term, and always has been. Its only use is propaganda. The fact that the word snuck into legislation is incredibly frightening. In the UK, you cannot support a terrorist group. What defines a terrorist group? Whatever the fuck the home security office wants.
Reminder that terrorist started being used as a replacement for “freedom fighter”, when public opinion on the Mujahideen, APLA, IRA etc. started to change and flip.
Seems like a reversal of cause and effect. I think the usage of the term “terrorist” for these groups was a deliberate choice of the consent factory to flip public opinion.
That’s what I mean, they started calling them terrorists because people started seeing “freedom fighter” as a positive thing. “Freedom fighters” were scary anarchists that blew things up in Europe in the 1800s.
Protesting genocide, apparently.