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That is not the definition of terrorism.

Violent, criminal acts committed by individuals and/or groups to further ideological goals stemming from domestic influences, such as those of a political, religious, social, racial, or environmental nature

Source: https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/terrorism

[-] Alaskaball@hexbear.net 118 points 1 day ago

By that definition the entire federal government are terrorists lol

[-] MF_COOM@hexbear.net 84 points 1 day ago
[-] Alaskaball@hexbear.net 51 points 1 day ago

Park rangers are terrorists for telling me not to share my picnic baskets with the bears

[-] corgiwithalaptop@hexbear.net 29 points 1 day ago

Arguing in court the legal distinction between a picnic basket and a pic-ee-nic basket

[-] Evilphd666@hexbear.net 6 points 1 day ago

Fred was never the same after Yogi's ravishing rampage.

[-] JustSo@hexbear.net 31 points 1 day ago

Yeah to be accurate the definition should probably spell out that this violent action comes from agents operating outside of a majority-backed monopoly on violence. Terrorist vs freedom fighter n all that.

[-] Mindfury@hexbear.net 21 points 1 day ago

Unfortunately implied by the "criminal" part of the definition

Violent, criminal acts

As the violence enacted by the state is supposedly supported by the laws they legislate, they get to skirt out of terrorism designation by being definitionally unable to commit "criminal" acts when they commit violent ones

[-] JustSo@hexbear.net 8 points 1 day ago

Oh yeah good point.

Damn, if only we had some sort of international body that could bring charges against states for their terroristic crimes.

[-] CthulhusIntern@hexbear.net 12 points 1 day ago

They made sure to make sure that it doesn't apply to state actors. After 9/11, they felt they needed to come up with a definition of terrorism. They had a VERY hard time coming up with a definition that didn't apply to themselves.

[-] Bureaucrat@hexbear.net 3 points 23 hours ago

It gets worse, since it happened in the state of New York and this is its definition.

He OR SHE

Enbies stay winning

[-] somename@hexbear.net 65 points 1 day ago

A very wide, very vague, very useful definition for a prosecutor.

[-] polpotkin@hexbear.net 38 points 1 day ago

I am a jaywalker, and this is my manifesto. We will not obey the little green man. The red hand will not contain us.

Every step we take is a middle finger to your order, a crack in your illusion of control. We disrupt your flow, we shatter your calm, and we dare your machines to stop us. Your brakes screech, your tempers flare, and your systems falter—all because we walked.

You call it unsafe. We call it liberation. You call it reckless. We call it revolution.

We are the chaos in your commute, the stress in your steering wheel, and the violence in your precious order.

We are jaywalkers. Your streets will never be safe again.

[-] miz@hexbear.net 38 points 1 day ago

so when cops murder black people that's terrorism?

[-] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 31 points 1 day ago

Lol so if you punch a klansman that's terrorism?

[-] lambalicious@lemmy.sdf.org 17 points 1 day ago

Curious, that describes health insurance companies. As well as various parties decrying the killing of the CEO.

[-] Bureaucrat@hexbear.net 1 points 23 hours ago

If we're being incredibly pedantic (not saying you are) then that also isn't the definition in the state of New York

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