They were told to leave their homes. They did. They were still bombed

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They were told to leave their homes. They did. They were still bombed
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Terrorism is indeed when you kill civilians with no military aim in mind. Invading a country specifically to murder their families in their homes is absolutely terrorism.

Invading a country specifically to murder their families in their homes is absolutely terrorism.

by this definition every colonizer is a terrorist, which means that the israelis are terrorists. maybe we just shouldn't use the term, and instead condemn bad actions and bad actors on the merits of the actions without the political label.

Maybe you shouldn't use the term "colonizer" since that's a dumb fuck term.

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Terrorism is indeed when you kill civilians with no military aim in mind.

why should the military aim matter? THAT'S PURELY POLITICAL. terrorism just means you don't LIKE the politics of the person doing the killing.

Terrorism is explicitly killing done without military targets in mind. It's explicitly political, and targeted at civilians, to instill terror.

I'm sorry you don't like the definition of the word, but it is the definition of the word.

It’s explicitly political, and targeted at civilians, to instill terror.

like police shooting black men

No that's just good old fashioned racism combined with stupidly poor recruiting and training practices.

make any excuse you want: it fits the definition you gave

It really doesn't, but you'll never care about reason anyway. You're just another edgelord.

call me any names you want,: you're the one whose definition of terrorist includes cops

Yes I am aware that I am correct.

you're flip flopping

No I'm not. I don't even have context because I don't care, but I don't change opinions easily because I'm almost always right

Terrorism is explicitly killing done without military targets in mind.

like police shooting black men

I’m sorry you don’t like the definition of the word, but it is the definition of the word.

it's loaded language. i know what the definition is, but using it only means you don't like the politics of the killers.

No it means they're doing things that fit the definition.

being loaded language, using it actually means what I said.

Every member of Hamas is likely going to die like the terrorist scum they are, and the world will be a markedly better place for it

Nothing you say will change that fact.

Every member of Hamas is likely going to die like the terrorist scum they are, and the world will be a markedly better place for it

the phrasing makes me think you think this hurdtmy feelings. in truth it just shows your too small minded to understand why terrorist use a meaningless label

I don't care about your feelings. I care about dead terrorists.

again: terrorist isn't a meaningful epithet.

but you do seem obsessed with my feelings

No I don't even know who you are. I've never read your screen name. You could be the initial person I responded to or just some other idiot terrorist sympathizer.

no one is sympathising with terrorists for any objective application of the label, because objective application of that label is impossible.

No it's pretty easy. When you force your way into a place specifically to murder civilians with no other goal other than to spread terror, you're a terrorist.

You agreeing with terrorists makes you a bad person, it doesn't make them "not terrorists."

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