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[–] novibe@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Reminder that terrorist started being used as a replacement for “freedom fighter”, when public opinion on the Mujahideen, APLA, IRA etc. started to change and flip.

[–] wpb@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

when public opinion on the Mujahideen, APLA, IRA etc. started to change and flip

Seems like a reversal of cause and effect. I think the usage of the term "terrorist" for these groups was a deliberate choice of the consent factory to flip public opinion.

[–] novibe@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 day ago

That’s what I mean, they started calling them terrorists because people started seeing “freedom fighter” as a positive thing. “Freedom fighters” were scary anarchists that blew things up in Europe in the 1800s.