Posted on Apr 28, 2015
Why do we not count rioters as domestic terrorists?
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With the state of the country as it is, and the civil unrest that we are facing. Why do we put up with being walked over as a country? This is a free country, if you don't like it leave. If you are comiting acts of terror then you need to start to put them down! Or am I off point?
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Not to split hairs, but generally terrorism is defined as organized violence against innocents/non-combatants to affect political change. I think the missing elements in most riots is the lack of organization towards a political objective - it's essentially pure lawlessness for the sake of either perverse pleasure in destruction or personal gain in looting. I do think we need to resist applying "terrorist" to violent activities to those situations where it applies or it loses it's descriptive value - much like "war on poverty" or "war on drugs."
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Sgt Aaron Kennedy, MS
Exactly so. This is like the Treason debates. People don't understand the specific definition, which means that this instance is "removed." It feels like terrorism, but technically is not because it doesn't meet the actual requirements by definition.
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The impetus for the riots can be anything to include a sports team winning a national championship.
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