TIL BBC's Editorial Guidelines say to avoid using the word “terrorist” because "There is no agreed consensus on what constitutes a terrorist or terrorist act. The use of the word will frequently involve a value judgement"

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[–]Hematomato 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Yeah, it's a good call. I wish more outlets could be that principled.

I've seen so many Twitter arguments over whether Peyton Gendron, Jared Loughner, Peter Cvjetanovic, etc., were terrorists that it's just: okay, so this is what we're gonna do? We're gonna get hung up on semantics and scream at each other because we don't like each other's internal definitions? Yeah, that seems... that seems productive

[–]IkeConn 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Damn. Are you stupid or what?

[–]Hematomato 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Funny, that's what your mom said when I tried to stick it up her nose.

[–]IkeConn 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Spineless pussies. They can ignore it but it is not going away.

[–]weavilsatemyface 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Anyone old enough to remember the Cold War remembers how our brave freedom fighters were their cowardly terrorists, and vice versa.

[–]RR_2023 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Unless they start calling Israel a terror state, which is provably is, then so be it.