The problem with calling armed protests ‘terrorism’

Why it’s dangerous to invoke a politically loaded word that has historically been used to criminalize dissent

Justin Ward

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Yesterday, rightwing protesters, many dressed in “tacticool” gear and armed with semi-automatic rifles, flooded into the Michigan State House to demand an end to the state’s shelter-in-place…

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Justin Ward

Journalist and activist. Founder and co-chair of DivestSPD. Bylines at SPLC, The Baffler, GEN, USA Today. Follow on Twitter: @justwardoctrine, @DivestSPD