This is not just a bland semantic argument. Too broad a definition of terrorism facilitates the persecution of political enemies. For instance, the Chinese government labels Uighur Muslims terrorists in order to justify its crackdown.

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Punk rock philosopher. Liberalist contrarian. Grumpy old bastard. I grew up in a generational-Labor-voting family. I kept the faith long after the political left had abandoned it. In the last decade...