• kreskin@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Its wildly overused though isnt it. Anyone can say almost anything and claim its political. And in the case of your definition, governments leverage terrorism on many of us on a day to day basis. Every protest met with force is terrorism, by that definition you proffered. So do we have a right of self defense against politically motivated violence?

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      1 day ago

      It’s usually applied to a non state actor, not a government.

      The sinking of the Rainbow Warrior, for example, isn’t generally considered a terrorist attack.