• federatingIsTooHard@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Terrorism is indeed when you kill civilians with no military aim in mind.

    why should the military aim matter? THAT’S PURELY POLITICAL. terrorism just means you don’t LIKE the politics of the person doing the killing.

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      1 year ago

      Terrorism is explicitly killing done without military targets in mind. It’s explicitly political, and targeted at civilians, to instill terror.

      I’m sorry you don’t like the definition of the word, but it is the definition of the word.

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        I’m sorry you don’t like the definition of the word, but it is the definition of the word.

        it’s loaded language. i know what the definition is, but using it only means you don’t like the politics of the killers.

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          1 year ago

          No it means they’re doing things that fit the definition.

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              Every member of Hamas is likely going to die like the terrorist scum they are, and the world will be a markedly better place for it

              Nothing you say will change that fact.

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                Every member of Hamas is likely going to die like the terrorist scum they are, and the world will be a markedly better place for it

                the phrasing makes me think you think this hurdtmy feelings. in truth it just shows your too small minded to understand why terrorist use a meaningless label