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.