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The word terrorism should not be useful
It is descriptive. We can define terrorism as “The deliberate commission of an act of violence to create an emotional response through the suffering of the victims in the furtherance of a political or social agenda.” The textbook definition doesn’t say anything about Islam. [bctt tweet=”‘If we are to speak of terrorism as a useful…
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When is something redefined?
When something is constantly evolving throughout history, when do we claim it is “redefined”? Do we say it every time? Of course we think of it in the big moments. When we think of marriage, we think of the current marriage equality movement, and an earlier generation’s movement toward the legal acceptance of interracial…