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[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I guess its because freedom fighter has some sort of positive connotation to many. They may be fighting for freedom, but they're also just terrorists

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Fighting for the freedom to subjugate people to their will instead of someone else's.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, not really a group of "freedom fighters" you'd expect people in the West to rally behind... yet here we are. Holding terrorists' flags in NYC lol

[–] [email protected] -1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

TIL: A bunch of flags at a rally is just as good as military support from western allies!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I guess I was more pointing toward the dark irony of waving terrorist flags in NYC

[–] [email protected] -3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

8.26 million people and you're surprised, why? Do you not understand mathematics? Do you always just make baseless assumptions based on racism?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

Well no, the irony is that it’s the location of the largest terrorist attack… ever? Was that lost on you?