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Re:Twitter thread – What was learnt from deplatforming ISIS by curiousgal on Sunday January 10, 2021 @05:14AM (#25713078)
People have no problem claiming Hamas, a democratically elected leading party, as a terrorist organization so...

Edit: I am only criticizing the juxtaposition of being elected and being compared to terrorists. The example itself is of no interest to me.

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Re:Twitter thread – What was learnt from deplatforming ISIS by yyyk on Sunday January 10, 2021 @05:19AM (#25713118)
Ignoring their terrorist record, 'democratically elected' in that case means 'one man, one vote, one time, and no elections ever since 2006'. We don't call people who win one elections and never allow another 'democrats'.
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Re:Twitter thread – What was learnt from deplatforming ISIS by crowf on Sunday January 10, 2021 @05:22AM (#25713138)
If Republicans start firing rockets directed at Mexican(?) civilians, then I guess that we can start claiming that they are terrorists
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Re:Twitter thread – What was learnt from deplatforming ISIS by dunkelsten on Sunday January 10, 2021 @05:27AM (#25713164)
If Mexicans shot back causing 23 times the casualties on the other hand, they clearly would not be terrorists though, as they just defended themselves.
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Re:Twitter thread – What was learnt from deplatforming ISIS by crowf on Sunday January 10, 2021 @05:42AM (#25713283)
No, if a group of Republicans decided to go on a lynch (maybe while dressed in white cloths) I would consider them a terrorist organization, even if they only targeted the race of people who attacked their race
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