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Designating Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization

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147 points Kye | 2 comments | 22 Sep 25 23:16 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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lostlogin ◴[22 Sep 25 23:44 UTC] No.45341040[source]▶
> Antifa as a Terrorist Threat. Antifa is a militarist, anarchist enterprise that explicitly calls for the overthrow of the United States Government, law enforcement authorities, and our system of law.

Does it? Or does it call for the Trump administration to be overthrown?

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bluefirebrand ◴[22 Sep 25 23:46 UTC] No.45341066[source]▶
Do you think that talking about overthrowing the legitimately elected government should not qualify as "terrorist threat"?
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1. ternaryoperator ◴[22 Sep 25 23:59 UTC] No.45341180[source]▶
Terrorism generally has specific elements; violence done against civilians for political or religious ends. So the Oklahoma City bombing would be terrorism, but the mass shooting in Las Vegas would not be. Unless calling for the overthrow of the govt includes a call to violence against civilians, it would not fit the traditional definition of terrorism.
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2. lostlogin ◴[23 Sep 25 09:43 UTC] No.45344820[source]▶
Is violent language terrorism? Most definitions seem to include physical violence. But not all.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Definition_of_terrorism