• gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    “I highlight this for several reasons: Michigan has a significant Arab and Muslim community. Michigan is a critical state this November,” he continued in another post. “I am the highest ranking Arab and Muslim state elected in Michigan, and the lack of outreach only suggests there isn’t a legitimate concern or respect for our communities here in Michigan (and broadly across the US).”

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      9 months ago

      “I am the highest ranking Arab and Muslim in Michigan” is definitely more funny than they probably intended it to be.

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      9 months ago

      I’m normally pretty meh about Biden but I kind of appreciate that he did the bare minimum and wasn’t a racist here.

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      9 months ago

      So he is making a political threat. Isn’t that by definition terrorism?

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        9 months ago

        Terrorism includes violence or threat of violence directed at civilians

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            There’s not just a single definition of the word, and not just a single correct one. Why don’t you give us your definition that not many people seem to agree with?

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              Didn’t you read any of my other replies? Specifically the one where I mentioned the Patriot Act or would you rather I look it up for you?

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                Sure why don’t you? I can’t keep track of everything going on in your world, only reliably just the specific context where we are engaging.

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            Okay. So where do you read this guy has threatened to use violence to create fear?

            the calculated use of violence to create a general climate of fear in a population and thereby to bring about a particular political objective. Source

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              I think you misread. i didn’t say anything about violence.

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                You imply violence by saying terrorism. That’s why people are saying that it isn’t terrorism.