TheFamilyCat wrote:I don’t know who first said “one man’s freedom fighter is another man’s terrorist” but it is complete ********. But while people keep quoting and believing it, someone will use it to justify acts like this.
(I’m not accusing you of justifying it btw. You questioned where ISIS and this fits, which helps to prove that it’s a ******** of a phrase)
I don't think it's as simple as that tbh.
Point one: I don't condone violence of any kind in pursuit of an ideology or political aim, but it's easy to find examples where the edges are blurred.
No one would now suggest for example that the suffragette cause was not a just one, but were they terrorists? Yes they were under most people's definition.
Moving a bit more extreme: Mandela?
And you can continue down this route until you get to Osama Bin Laden etc. etc.
So I don't think you can just dismiss as nonsense the "link" between freedom fighter and terrorist.
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