[rustyhodge]

It's amazing at how terrorism has been re-defined. When I was a kid you had to blow up skyscrapers or planes (or both at the same time), set off bombs in a crowded area, or a specifically targeted mass shooter to be labelled a terrorist.

[disposition2]

I’m not saying it is historically accurate, but I would encourage anyone who didn’t experience interactions with law enforcement pre-9/11 (in the US) to watch early seasons of Law & Order.

It is pretty informative, even in the dramatic context of the show, to see police interactions and the respect for / erosion of individual rights when you view the seasons before 9/11/2001 and after 9/11/2001.

[pstuart]

Yeah, after the initial shock and horror of seeing the Twin Towers go down was an overwhelming sense of dread in how that was going to justify an aggressive police state.

[mrguyorama]

A Conservative Supreme Court Justice once pointed to the television show 24 as justification for why torture is okay.

The cast of 24 was brought to run a panel for the Heritage Foundation in one of their gatherings.

[golden-face]

Yeah really does show you how it's now (actually for some time) just a label, conveniently morphing over time for people/groups you don't like, losing any actual meaning because it's applied so liberally.

And it's ironic because there are clearly "real terrorists" (i.e. 9/11 guys).

[ahartmetz]

Labeling everyone "terrorists" became fashionable very quickly specifically after 9/11. I think it has decreased by 80-90% or so since then. "Terrorists" used to be everywhere.

[tdeck]

Specifically you had to do those things and not be in the US military, or in a military geopolitically aligned with the US.

[davesque]

It hasn't been though. These clowns are just using the term disingenuously.

[mlrtime]

Kind of the same thing as being a Nazi, apparently.

Louis CK has a good bit on this https://youtu.be/VrpKQ0ISZl4?si=7IcugNOccB6m7LET&t=93

[PorterBHall]

Terrorism is the unlawful use of violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims.

It was a different world when you were a kid. People weren’t as incendiary in their speech.

[direwolf20]

So this statement by the Flock CEO is terrorism — it's intended to intimidate.