Submitted by Bmartin_ t3_125pzzj in Pennsylvania
heili t1_je5wbf6 wrote
Reply to comment by kozynook in Police swarm multiple local schools after reports of shootings, believed to be hoax by Bmartin_
These calls that incite terror for a political reason are terrorism. They're not a protest.
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.
heili t1_je66njz wrote
Glad someone else sees this for what it is.
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.
gslavik t1_je8urtj wrote
WikiSummarizerBot t1_je8utc9 wrote
>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.
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."
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.
paultimate14 t1_je5x21u wrote
If you say you're afraid of any sort of protest, all protesters now become terrorists! Quite convenient.
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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