Well, frankly, I don't really think ANY of them were really "domestic terrorists".
Come on now, let's not go over this again. If we all stick to the same definition of 'terrorist' which according to the Cambridge dictionary is the following: "someone who uses violent action, or threats of violent action, for political purposes" then that's EXACTLY what the capitol mob did.
This is not a case of viewpoint, or not wanting to call it that. They're terrorists, they're all from the US, hence 'domestic terrorists'. Call things what they are.
We could use this modern term of Terrorists to describe the past, and see that the Lands of America were claimed by Terrorists.
Yes. Yes, they were.
My country's success (and I would think a lot of countries') in the world was originally built on oppression of other people. Europeans are no saints either.
The question is; why would you want to do that? Naming people in the past 'terrorists' just to give them a label, doesn't really do anything, other than assigning a value judgement (which might be exactly what you want to do).
Exactly, you can label people anything. Once you label someone, and if you are good manipulator of people, you can get people to shun the other based on that label. You can manipulate the mob to consider them guilty, without evidence that person is what you are calling them. That is what people are doing right now. Labelling them Domestic Terrorists without actually being convicted of being the domestic terrorist. It's relative to the salem witch Trials, when people hung women because they were labelled as being a witch. And hanging my native peoples, for being pagan, or doing heresy, and there are people out there whom still think this of our people and other people.
I can imagine, Benjamin (you especially!), that this is a touchy subject and I don't mean to be rude in any way, but the thing is, that past has happened and there's nothing we can do about it now, except be aware of the consequences of those action, so that we can prevent similar things from happening in the future. I am not proud that my country's history contains slavery as well, but it's also not something I can actively do something about, nor can I (personally) be held accountable for the things my ancestors did.
The past is the past, but that doesn't mean they are not doing what they did in the past today. It's just more veiled, changed, updated, and evolved, into the present day terms. They are still doing these atrocities, and are treating us like we don't exist at all. Just look at our education system, and being from New Mexico, it's amazing how many Americans think we are a part of Mexico, even at that, It's an entire culture shock to tourists from the big cities, you can see it in there eyes and the way they present themselves, almost like how I see people's body motions and reactions when they're at a museum or zoo.
Trump did it by blasting a tribes gravesite for his wall. You still got oil companies, wanting to drill for oil, or in the terms of the past, Mine for Oil. Mining is a big factor in how we were treated and the rise of everything in the world. That alone is fascinating, just how much came from the Americas.
But what you are saying about the past being the past, is exactly how and why I am upset with my own people for crying victim and blaming the other, yet while doing nothing to be whom we once were, and just accepting the assimilation. What upsets me, is they are just talking about one aspect of our cause of Identity Struggles, Colonializm and Slavery, and not the Mining that was the cause of this Slavery. To me, and what I see, is this Mining is still going on today. That's what I mean by they're still the same just evolved and has the face and look of the present day, modern era.
With that said, I think it is very important to call things happening NOW as they are. That's why I keep bringing up the fact that this capitol mob were (largely, not all of them) terrorists. The reason I make this distinction between the past and present, is because past events (however horrible they might have been) can not be changed. The present can, and should in case of terrible things happening, be changed based on the lessons we can take from the past.
So what is the lesson here? and who are the ones that should be learning from this lesson? The people or the Politicians? I say both. The politicians need to start listening to the people and let their voices be heard, or else you get what just happened. The people also need to start being more self-reliant, and less reliant on the government, that alone puts stress on the government system as it has to work harder to accommodate the amount of people relying on the government, especially if they are not doing their part to help.
The politicians shouldn't be going around labelling people something just because they don't agree with them, or don't want to bother listening to their concerns. They have always been this way.
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