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Terrorism is bull shit. They are criminal acts. Terrorism was a trojan horse for criminalizing ideas.
Go blow up a building because you are mad at a person. That is just a crime.
Blow up a building because you are mad at the government, or believe in a Caliphate, and it is terrorism.
It is the definition of Orwellian babble speak. It's the same damn crime.
You're preaching to the converted. I've been calling terrorism crime (not war) since 9/11 and criticizing the military response. That said, inciting political change through violence is different in intent than some guy snuffing out a cheating spouse. There's nothing wrong with having a word that differentiates.