Terrorism

[geedubhayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

What does King Koopa have to do with any of this?

[monkdervierte@lemmy.ml]

is accused of saying "Delay, deny, depose, you people are next

Which is.... illegal now?

Free speech for me but not for thee, huh?

[greenknight23@lemmy.world]

just watch this.

[finitebanjo@lemmy.world]

No, its not. Brian Thompson wasn't a legislator. He was a civillian who made money off of others hardships.

[goodeye8@lemm.ee]

Do you think killing someone is political only if the targets are politicians?

[saledovil@sh.itjust.works]

Technically, he is a terrorist, since he targeted a civilian for political or ideological reasons. Doesn't change the fact that his victim was absolute scum.

[cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

they also charged martin luther king jr, nelson mandela, and gandhi with terrorism too so he's in good company.

[revan343@lemmy.ca]

Well no shit, state-sanctioned terrorism is always legal according to the state that sanctions the terrorism

[finitebanjo@lemmy.world]

If the intent of the killing is to change the system or have political outcomes, then it is political.

We have no indications that Luigi wanted anything other than one or maybe a handful more dead CEOs. That does not have political outcomes. Nothing has changed.

[katana314@lemmy.world]

I've had this issue in a story I'm writing, because one faction in this story is fighting for a cause that's essentially good, but they've become extremely jaded by lack of change and have resorted to extremely violent measures. So it's obvious the government they're fighting would call them terrorists, but a hundred years later, history should view them with reserved optimism. It's hard to categorize how the narrator and heroes should view them though, since the heroes don't necessarily directly cooperate.

[prex@aussie.zone]

[goodeye8@lemm.ee]

We have no indications that Luigi wanted anything other than one or maybe a handful more dead CEOs.

But why did he want one or more CEOs dead?