What is your definition of a terrorist?
terrorism: the use of violence and intimidation for political aims.
terror: the use of fear to intimidate people; especially for political reasons
The use of this word as a strawman to discredit anyone that opposes the current political climate of war is disturbing.
The McCarthy era was filled with terror. if you were labeled a communist. Your career was over.
Victims of this convenient meme are Joe Wilson, Dan Rather, Israel, Republicans.
Is anyone that disagrees with or resists the immenent war in the Middle East soon to be labeled a terrorist sympathizer.
We are fighting a fundamentalism. If you look this up in the dictionary it is described as a strict and literal translation and maintance of a moral code prescribed in ancient law, notably Islam and Protestant Christians.
As a liberal and a progressive how do you suggest we fight this broad brush to stifle dissent.
We have seen over and over the right wing media paint critics of the administration as terrorist sympathizers. We see the Swift Boat Veterans wage a campaign that all liberals and democrats are equal to terrorists.
I hope we can defeat this dangerous meme, and I look for suggestions in the comments if anyone has any.