Why BBC doesn't call Hamas militants 'terrorists' - John Simpson
bbc.co.uk
I guess not strictly news - but with all of the vitriol I have seen in discussions on the Israel situation, that have boiled down to arguments over wording, I feel that this take from the BBC is worthy of some discussion.
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A man's called a terrorist or liberator
A rich man's a thief or philanthropist
Is one a crusader or ruthless invader?
It's all in which label is able to persist
There are precious few at ease
With moral ambiguities
So we act as though they don't exist
It does sound wonderful.
So youd say hitler was a liberator?
Cause that's the fucking argument you have constructed now.
For most of german people at the time, yes
That is the argument I'm making. Which label was able to persist? To many conservatives they still see him as a liberator.