Flock CEO calls Deflock a "terrorist organization" [video] (2025)

Re:Flock CEO calls Deflock a "terrorist organization" [video... by rustyhodge on Thursday February 05, 2026 @05:04PM (#46906034)

It's amazing at how terrorism has been re-defined. When I was a kid you had to blow up skyscrapers or planes (or both at the same time), set off bombs in a crowded area, or a specifically targeted mass shooter to be labelled a terrorist.

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Re:Flock CEO calls Deflock a "terrorist organization" [video... by disposition2 on Thursday February 05, 2026 @06:17PM (#46906818)

I’m not saying it is historically accurate, but I would encourage anyone who didn’t experience interactions with law enforcement pre-9/11 (in the US) to watch early seasons of Law & Order.

It is pretty informative, even in the dramatic context of the show, to see police interactions and the respect for / erosion of individual rights when you view the seasons before 9/11/2001 and after 9/11/2001.

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Re:Flock CEO calls Deflock a "terrorist organization" [video... by pstuart on Thursday February 05, 2026 @07:05PM (#46907265)

Yeah, after the initial shock and horror of seeing the Twin Towers go down was an overwhelming sense of dread in how that was going to justify an aggressive police state.

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Re:Flock CEO calls Deflock a "terrorist organization" [video... by mrguyorama on Friday February 06, 2026 @03:09PM (#46917524)

A Conservative Supreme Court Justice once pointed to the television show 24 as justification for why torture is okay.

The cast of 24 was brought to run a panel for the Heritage Foundation in one of their gatherings.

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Re:Flock CEO calls Deflock a "terrorist organization" [video... by tdeck on Thursday February 05, 2026 @06:02PM (#46906665)

Specifically you had to do those things and not be in the US military, or in a military geopolitically aligned with the US.

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Re:Flock CEO calls Deflock a "terrorist organization" [video... by golden-face on Thursday February 05, 2026 @05:44PM (#46906478)

Yeah really does show you how it's now (actually for some time) just a label, conveniently morphing over time for people/groups you don't like, losing any actual meaning because it's applied so liberally.

And it's ironic because there are clearly "real terrorists" (i.e. 9/11 guys).

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Re:Flock CEO calls Deflock a "terrorist organization" [video... by ahartmetz on Friday February 06, 2026 @08:38AM (#46912686)

Labeling everyone "terrorists" became fashionable very quickly specifically after 9/11. I think it has decreased by 80-90% or so since then. "Terrorists" used to be everywhere.

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Re:Flock CEO calls Deflock a "terrorist organization" [video... by davesque on Thursday February 05, 2026 @06:17PM (#46906812)

It hasn't been though. These clowns are just using the term disingenuously.

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Re:Flock CEO calls Deflock a "terrorist organization" [video... by PorterBHall on Friday February 06, 2026 @12:25AM (#46909442)

Terrorism is the unlawful use of violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims.

It was a different world when you were a kid. People weren’t as incendiary in their speech.

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Re:Flock CEO calls Deflock a "terrorist organization" [video... by direwolf20 on Friday February 06, 2026 @06:29AM (#46911607)

So this statement by the Flock CEO is terrorism — it's intended to intimidate.

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Re:Flock CEO calls Deflock a "terrorist organization" [video... by mlrtime on Friday February 06, 2026 @06:14AM (#46911498)

Kind of the same thing as being a Nazi, apparently.

Louis CK has a good bit on this https://youtu.be/VrpKQ0ISZl4?si=7IcugNOccB6m7LET&t=93

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