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Liberal writer argues the word terrorism is a 'slur' that should be 'retired' as Hamas attacks Israel
MSN ^ | 10/9/2023 | Story by Joseph Wulfsohn

Posted on 10/09/2023 4:34:41 PM PDT by Lazamataz

A liberal journalist is arguing that the term "terrorism" should be retired as the terrorist organization Hamas launched horrific attacks in Israel, leading to the murder of at least 1,000 Israelis, Americans among them.

Substack writer Hamilton Nolan wrote that for journalists to elevate the knowledge of media consumers, "one small thing" he and others can do is to no longer use the words "terrorism," "terrorist" and "terror" in their reporting.

"Decades of evidence show that the more the media pushes this concept, the more warped the public understanding of global events becomes. I am making this not as a political argument, but as a journalistic one. We, the media, are making people dumber. We should stop," Nolan wrote Monday.

He said the media "to its eternal shame" adopted the language of "The War on Terror," something he called a "stupid, jingoistic, un-illuminating phrase" that is "so obviously dripping with seething fanatical nationalistic blood lust" its use is "incredibly embarrassing."

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TOPICS: Israel; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: domesticterrorist; hamasboy; hamaswar; hamiltonnolan; israel; leftvermin; libiotmoron; substack; terroristsympathizer; waronterror
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To: Lazamataz

I vote we call them dead.

L


41 posted on 10/09/2023 6:00:34 PM PDT by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is. )
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To: kiryandil

Then I guess Spain, Portugal, Luxembourg, Italy and Ireland will happily welcome all the Palestinean “refugees.”


42 posted on 10/09/2023 6:00:43 PM PDT by Schatze (It's better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt.)
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To: Schatze

Yes - let’s see how they like the “ooga-boogas”...


43 posted on 10/09/2023 6:01:51 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: Lazamataz

I vote we call them dead.

L


44 posted on 10/09/2023 6:02:14 PM PDT by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is. )
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To: Lazamataz
Can't fix the problem so let's change the language.

45 posted on 10/09/2023 6:02:27 PM PDT by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty)
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To: kiryandil

“...while other countries did so behind the scenes”

Thanks, didn’t read it carefully.


46 posted on 10/09/2023 6:02:56 PM PDT by BobL (Trump gets my vote, even if I have to write him in; Millions of others will do the same)
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To: Lazamataz

And yet I’d be willing to bet that that is the exact word this journalist uses for the January 6th protest participants.


47 posted on 10/09/2023 6:05:26 PM PDT by BlueLancer (Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times, it's enemy action.)
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To: Lazamataz

Road trip?


48 posted on 10/09/2023 6:06:34 PM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: logi_cal869

Hmmmm


49 posted on 10/09/2023 7:13:46 PM PDT by Lazamataz (The firearms I own today, are the firearms I will die with. How I die will be up to them.)
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To: Lazamataz
the word terrorism is a 'slur' that should be 'retired'

Should it be renamed 'Mostly Peaceful Attacks'? 🤓

50 posted on 10/09/2023 7:55:24 PM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (Guns don't kill people, LIBERALS DO!! Support the Second Amendment...)
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To: BobL

Apparently it is perfectly fine to rape people, Israelis, while also typing #MeToo. It is obviously perfectly fine to strip people naked, place feet on them (ask an Arab how they would react to someone even touching them with a shoe), spit on them, and parade them around after brutally torturing them - cannot possibly call people committing such acts actual terrorists - oh no.

No, clearly these are noble freedom fighters!

(/s tag for the willfully ignorant.)


51 posted on 10/09/2023 8:01:27 PM PDT by mbj
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To: Lazamataz

sure- how’s about “Filthy Terrorists” instead?


52 posted on 10/09/2023 8:11:14 PM PDT by Bob434
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To: Lazamataz

Would that include not referring to concerned parents at a school board meeting as “terrorists”, or would they still be fair game? How about the J6-ers?


53 posted on 10/09/2023 8:58:10 PM PDT by Ignatz (Winner of a prestigious 1960 Y-chromosome award!)
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To: Lazamataz
Liberal writer argues the word terrorism is a 'slur'

Yet he most likely wantonly uses the "homophobic" slur.

54 posted on 10/10/2023 11:07:15 AM PDT by daniel1212 (Turn 2 the Lord Jesus who saves damned+destitute sinners on His acct, believe, b baptized+follow HIM)
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