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Shooting a policeman is the "opposite of terrorists"? Nobody is going to agree with you on that, except Reddit-type people.

• mindslight 3mo ago
  You started off bemoaning "emotional-based framing" and "populism", but now you don't want to accept that a word has a specific meaning beyond its popular emotional usage? Perhaps try being consistent.
• vrganj 3mo ago
  Shooting a policeman in defence of innocent others said policeman was about to shoot. I thought the second amendment was all about stopping the bad guy with the gun?
  • Mickelby 3mo ago
    Again, I don't understand who you guys are trying to convince here? You're justifying the shooting of a policeman by a group being charged as a terrorist organization. Who on Hacker News is going to agree with you, except those on the extreme-left fring of politics? Hacker News is a rational fact-based website. There are lots of other populist websites where people react more emotionally to things. Surely you'd have more success posting this on Reddit or TikTok?
    • f33d5173 3mo ago
      >being charged as a terrorist oganization Such charges are outright nonsense, for one thing. And I think that's relevant since it's the only possible jutification for the utter forfeiture of rights.
      • Mickelby 3mo ago
        That's a valid complaint, and I'd understand if that was the thrust of the conversation. But the story is that someone was jailed for "moving zines", which is obvious nonsense. You can argue your other points while still being honest about the facts of the case. Otherwise you look like a populist trying to appeal to emotionally-vulnerable people.