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   :blobcatflower: (methyltheobromine@netzsphaere.xyz)'s status on Wednesday, 15-Jan-2025 05:30:34 JST :blobcatflower:
   gul dukat did nothing wrong
   • kaia and snacks like this.
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     iced depresso (icedquinn@blob.cat)'s status on Wednesday, 15-Jan-2025 05:32:54 JST iced depresso

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     @lucy the awkward moment when that series openly glorified terrorism lmao
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     iced depresso (icedquinn@blob.cat)'s status on Wednesday, 15-Jan-2025 05:38:36 JST iced depresso

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     @lucy :ablobcatreach: [gestures wildly at the entirety of bajor]
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     @icedquinn which incident are you refering to?
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     ⚡Lord of Misrule⚡ (toiletpaper@shitposter.world)'s status on Wednesday, 15-Jan-2025 05:49:32 JST ⚡Lord of Misrule⚡

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     @icedquinn @lucy
     
     What mainstream politicians will never admit explicitly, but always do implicitly, is that for better or worse terrorism is often effective. Arguably it's the only really effective method when faced with tyranny, even while it can also be a vehicle of tyranny. Examples would be Israel (Haganah, Irgun, Lehi, Stern, et al), Rojava (PKK), Ireland (IRA), Syria (HTS), Afganistan (Taliban), Mexico (EZLN), etc. The difference between "terrorist" and "freedom fighter" is ultimately just a matter of propaganda, and whatever power dynamics are dominant at the international level.
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     iced depresso (icedquinn@blob.cat)'s status on Wednesday, 15-Jan-2025 05:49:32 JST iced depresso

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     @toiletpaper @lucy as a product of the 90s, the use of violence to delete oppressors was not only politically acceptable but the opinion was commonplace (ex greenpeace)
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     ⚡Lord of Misrule⚡ (toiletpaper@shitposter.world)'s status on Wednesday, 15-Jan-2025 05:49:33 JST ⚡Lord of Misrule⚡

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     @icedquinn @lucy
     
     Also the Maquis.
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     ⚡Lord of Misrule⚡ (toiletpaper@shitposter.world)'s status on Wednesday, 15-Jan-2025 05:51:24 JST ⚡Lord of Misrule⚡

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     End of the day "terrorist" just means people who threaten the dominant hegemony. It has no moral value beyond that whatsoever.
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     iced depresso (icedquinn@blob.cat)'s status on Wednesday, 15-Jan-2025 05:51:24 JST iced depresso

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     @toiletpaper @lucy terrorism has been defined since sun tzu: war without the intent to conquer
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     iced depresso (icedquinn@blob.cat)'s status on Wednesday, 15-Jan-2025 05:52:26 JST iced depresso

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     @toiletpaper @lucy essentially terrorism is when government exists (ex. SWAT teams to shoot your dog because they thought you were a drug dealer)
     
     many of the foreign institutions are not terrorists because they did intend to remove the USA from their sphere of influence
     
     it's only terrorism when you are doing war-things without actually intending to take the place.
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     ⚡Lord of Misrule⚡ (toiletpaper@shitposter.world)'s status on Wednesday, 15-Jan-2025 05:56:05 JST ⚡Lord of Misrule⚡

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     I'm not don't think that most "terrorists" lack the will to conquer when you look at the trajectory historically. But that said it's just as often used by native populations to overthrow an occupational force as much as it is by foreign invaders.
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     iced depresso (icedquinn@blob.cat)'s status on Wednesday, 15-Jan-2025 05:56:05 JST iced depresso

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     @toiletpaper @lucy i just mean there is a historical definition of terrorism.
     
     its just that the CIA et all are the primary causes of it :blobcatgooglybadumtss:
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     iced depresso (icedquinn@blob.cat)'s status on Wednesday, 15-Jan-2025 05:58:44 JST iced depresso

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     @toiletpaper @lucy modern terms yeah it's just handwaving to refer to belligerants they don't want to recognize as an actual faction
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     ⚡Lord of Misrule⚡ (toiletpaper@shitposter.world)'s status on Wednesday, 15-Jan-2025 05:58:45 JST ⚡Lord of Misrule⚡

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     @icedquinn @lucy
     
     Really I think the distinguishing feature in terms of how "terrorist" is used as a political label, is that it's a means for states with superior capacity for violence to vilify smaller groups of people who use guerrilla warfare tactics in order to make up for the asymmetry of military power.