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this post was submitted on 05 Jan 2025
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IANAL, this is not legal advice
"Terrorism" has a wide meaning, as in any action that may instill fear in some target.
Texting your ex that "I'm at your address with a knife with your name on it", is condidered terrorism. Shooting your neighbor's dog as a "message" to your neighbor, is considered terrorism. Murdering a CEO with a message to other CEOs and anyone working in an entire industry, is considered terrorism.
If BLM people played their cards right, they probably could sue many instances of racial profiling for terrorism.
For more information, and some other educational situations (both direct and indirect) about the day-to-day of US judiciary, check Judge Fleischer TV
I don't think it is in any sane country. IANAL though so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
IANAL either, in recent streams from Judge Fleischer (Houston, Texas, USA) there have been some cases (yes, plural) where repeatedly texting a victim with life threats, or even texting a victim's friend to pass on a threat to the victim, have been considered a "terrorist threat".
As for the "sane country" part... 🤷... but from a strictly technical point of view, I think it makes sense.
I once knew a guy who was married to a friend, and he had a dog. He'd hit his own dog to make her feel threatened. Years went by, nobody did anything, she'd come to me crying, had multiple miscarriages... until he punched her, kicked out of the car, and left stranded on the road after a hiking trip. They divorced, went their separate ways, she found another guy, got married again, and nine months later they had twins.
So... would it've been sane to call what the guy did, "terrorism"? I'd vote yes.