Why aren't the people that commit hate crimes terrorists?
I'm so tired of every other action by an environmental group being referred to as ecoterrorism, yet when some skinheads or other prejudiced assholes throw bricks through synagogue windows and spray swastikas on the homes of Jewish people it takes the cops two or three days to even classify it as a hate crime. One action is simply meant to raise awareness. The other is clearly intended to terrorize, yet it's the enviro folks labeled by the media as terrorists and the hard core hate criminals who get passed off as regular criminals with maybe the added consequence of a hate crime thrown in on top.Maybe.
are the only liberal "terrorists." Most of the others are far from progressive in any issue. The "terrorist" label applied to enviromentalist groups that have resorted to violence is probably because it is seen as a political movement. Skinheads painting swastikas on Jewish homes and synagogues are usually targeting just that one target.
That is why I kept putting "eco-terrorists" in quotes. I was not validating that it was proper that they are classified that way, only stating my opinion on why I believe they are placed in that particular group.
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