Edit- Getting a pretty negative response here, and not really sure why. I support Luigi and what he did, but we don’t need to rewrite the dictionary. If oligarchs decide to oppress, they will (and should) get terrorists.
It was terrorism. That doesn’t mean it wasn’t necessary. Squeeze people the way insurance companies do, and eventually they’ll start to bite back. If oligarchs don’t want people to resort to terrorism, they can loosen their grip any second. Keep fucking people over, and we’ll get more terrorism… it’s a pretty predictable cycle that boils down to ‘fuck around, find out’.
It can be - depends on the motive. The word ‘terrorism’ stirs up some pretty extreme imagery, but it doesn’t actually take much to meet the description.
If I stick a knife into a bag of potato chips on the shelf of a Walmart just for shits and giggles, I’ve just committed vandalism.
If I stick a knife into a bag of potato chips on the shelf of a Walmart because I don’t like that Walmart drives local shops out of business, I’ve just committed terrorism.
Luigi committed terrorism. Don’t conflate that with ‘Luigi is bad’ - he’s a fucking hero, and we desperately need more people like him.
Edit- Getting a pretty negative response here, and not really sure why. I support Luigi and what he did, but we don’t need to rewrite the dictionary. If oligarchs decide to oppress, they will (and should) get terrorists.
It was terrorism. That doesn’t mean it wasn’t necessary. Squeeze people the way insurance companies do, and eventually they’ll start to bite back. If oligarchs don’t want people to resort to terrorism, they can loosen their grip any second. Keep fucking people over, and we’ll get more terrorism… it’s a pretty predictable cycle that boils down to ‘fuck around, find out’.
Every murder can be called terrorism if this is.
It can be - depends on the motive. The word ‘terrorism’ stirs up some pretty extreme imagery, but it doesn’t actually take much to meet the description.
If I stick a knife into a bag of potato chips on the shelf of a Walmart just for shits and giggles, I’ve just committed vandalism.
If I stick a knife into a bag of potato chips on the shelf of a Walmart because I don’t like that Walmart drives local shops out of business, I’ve just committed terrorism.
Luigi committed terrorism. Don’t conflate that with ‘Luigi is bad’ - he’s a fucking hero, and we desperately need more people like him.