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by cisstrd 3641 days ago
I remember Reuters for years refused to use the term "terrorist(s)" because "one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter" (that's how I remember it), current guidelines see [1]

The same applies here, is a violent political organization fighting an authoritarian regime by means of terrorist attacks an "extremist organization" worth blocking, or people fighting for freedom? A good recent example for how hard it can be to distinguish is what happened in Egypt with the Muslim brotherhood [2]

This will just reinforce the sense of people with unpopular opinions and populist movements that they are being discriminated against because of political correctness [3]

[1] http://handbook.reuters.com/?title=T#terrorism.2C_terrorist

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim_Brotherhood#2011_revolu...

(try to tell me who is the bad guy and who is the good guy at any given point in that period? It isn't that simple)

[3] http://europe.newsweek.com/college-campus-free-speech-though...

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I think you can make a moral argument in many cases.
But morality is just as subjective.