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by jeromegv 235 days ago
Was the US revolution against the British empire terrorism?
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Nowadays talking about independence would be considered "Terrorism" This word is a new "Catch all" for everything you don't like (immigrants, antifa, any protest...)
> antifa

To be fair, Antifa is objectively a terrorist organization, given that they employ violence on innocents to cause fear in the populace to achieve political goals. That's literally the definition of terrorism.

Yes, although the term hadn't yet been invented:)
Only if you redefine "terrorism" to include any armed resistance/revolution.
What word, terrorism? In my head the term was much older, but looking it up shows it's a late 18th century French word. TIL, lucky 10k I guess. Then I realized I was confusing it with assassin.