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heili t1_je5wbf6 wrote

These calls that incite terror for a political reason are terrorism. They're not a protest.

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Kabloosh75 t1_je668ee wrote

It's one thing to block the road.

It's another to call the police and say the school is being shot up.

This isn't protesting. This is using fear to get people to break. Aka, terrorism.

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heili t1_je66njz wrote

Glad someone else sees this for what it is.

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SeptasLate t1_je7aony wrote

Agree with it or not, when people don't care about the other forms of protest, or actual school shootings, this protest seems to be gaining people's attention.

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WikiSummarizerBot t1_je8utc9 wrote

Terrorism

>Terrorism, in its broadest sense, is the use of intentional violence and fear to achieve political or ideological aims. The term is used in this regard primarily to refer to intentional violence during peacetime or in the context of war against non-combatants (mostly civilians and neutral military personnel). The terms "terrorist" and "terrorism" originated during the French Revolution of the late 18th century but became widely used internationally and gained worldwide attention in the 1970s during the Troubles in Northern Ireland, the Basque conflict, and the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.

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SeptasLate t1_je9uqgu wrote

Yup, people can apply that definition. But that does not negate the possibility of it being a form protest.

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split_oak t1_jeea86b wrote

Yes it does. There is no protest here. None. It's theft of services, it's public endangerment... but it's anonymous and has 0 message.

It simply isn't protest.

"I sent the fire department to a place where there's no fire.... to protest fires."

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SeptasLate t1_jeep28n wrote

It has a message if you look for it. It could be a message to the politically obstinate that it could happen in their community in an attempt to motivate people to take reforms seriously.

I don't know if wer even put forward new legislation after mass shootings anymore.

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paultimate14 t1_je5x21u wrote

If you say you're afraid of any sort of protest, all protesters now become terrorists! Quite convenient.

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heili t1_je5xtgd wrote

There are many, many ways to protest that do not literally terrorize children in their own schools.

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kozynook t1_je7uaw0 wrote

Like what? Nothing else seems to be working to stop any of this. So, unfortunately, some people are going to the extreme.

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Yen-sama t1_je965tj wrote

Traumatizing teachers and students further should never be an option on the table

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