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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Nighed@sffa.community to c/world@lemmy.world

I guess not strictly news - but with all of the vitriol I have seen in discussions on the Israel situation, that have boiled down to arguments over wording, I feel that this take from the BBC is worthy of some discussion.

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[-] CookieJarObserver@ani.social 1 points 1 year ago

They have the right to call them whatever they want, that doesn't make it correct.

[-] gregorum@lemm.ee 20 points 1 year ago
[-] CookieJarObserver@ani.social 1 points 1 year ago
[-] gregorum@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

Lmao, you’re seriously linking to a deleted comment to try to make your case?

Laws are, by definition, a legal opinion— which can be overturned, by the way, by another legal opinion. The only fact here is that it is, is some jurisdiction, a law.

[-] angrymouse@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

That just is not the point. I mean, if you are involved in the conflict you can totally believe in anything, but the point is in the moment you call them terrorist and call it a day you lost any possibility to analyze the situation and understand WTF is happening and why.

BBC is not saying they are NOT terrorists, but it does not matter in this context.

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