Terrorism’s Definition Creep
▻http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2014/02/19/terrorisms-definition-creep
Using terrorism as an ever expanding catch-all to justify action is quickly becoming an international phenomenon since the United States decided to create the precedent that rules don’t really apply once you invoke the “T” word.
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If you start creating special rights-violating exceptions for “terrorists,” it won’t be long before people in power figure out a way to frame everything as terrorism.