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#Refuse to be #Terrorized

The people #terrorists kill are not the targets; they are collateral damage. And blowing up planes, trains, markets or buses is not the #goal; those are just #tactics.

The real #targets of #terrorism are the rest of #us: the billions of us who are not killed but are terrorized because of the killing. The real point of terrorism is not the act itself, but #our #reaction to the act.

https://www.schneier.com/essays/archives/2006/08/refuse_to_be_terrori.html

Do YOU do exactly what the terrorists want?

Refuse to be Terrorized - Schneier on Security

On Aug. 16, two men were escorted off a plane headed for Manchester, England, because some passengers thought they looked either Asian or Middle Eastern, might have been talking Arabic, wore leather jackets, and looked at their watches—and the passengers refused to fly with them on board. The men were questioned for several hours and then released. On Aug. 15, an entire airport terminal was evacuated because someone’s cosmetics triggered a false positive for explosives. The same day, a Muslim man was removed from an airplane in Denver for reciting prayers. The Transportation Security Administration decided that the flight crew overreacted, but he still had to spend the night in Denver before flying home the next day...

Schneier on Security

#Russia has #terrorized the regions Putin wants control over for over a decade and has not been able to seize them. Now he wants #Ukraine to hand them over to stop terrorizing them people living there. It is outright extortion , and #Trump has been telling #Zelenskey to that since Friday.

I must say Ukrainians are very impressive in fighting back at the Russian aggressor, but they need support to do that.

https://www.euronews.com/2025/08/18/trump-says-big-day-ahead-as-zelenskyy-arrives-for-washington-meeting-live-updates

#Ukraine

Meeting between Trump, Zelenskyy and European leaders begins - live

The Ukrainian president and European allies are all in Washington for a meeting with Donald Trump, as the US pushes for a swift peace deal in Russia's all-out war in Ukraine.

euronews

Sunday, June 29, 2025

Russia revives obsolete T-62 tanks amid equipment shortages — Ukraine approves new ‘Murakha’ ground robot for combat use — Ukrainian drones strike missile, drone arsenal in Russia’s Bryansk Oblast — Russia has amassed 111,000 troops near Pokrovsk … and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/06/sunday-june-29-2025/

@dougiec3 The way they used massive force to surrounded him and encircle him by force with their bodies to prevent him from moving or speaking..."they" want every man woman child in America to be fearful, and to submit. Either we are a country where the #ruleoflaw prevails or we continue to lock step on an accelerated collision with #authoritarianism. #elected #democratic leaders - #assassination #shot #terrorized #arrested #assaulted #threatened #arrested no #warrants no valid #arrests

“This egregious act is in plain violation of the #FourthAmendment of the US #Constitution, which guarantees ‘the right of the people be secure in their persons, houses, papers, & effects, against unreasonable searches & seizures….’

#Newark will not stand by idly while people are being unlawfully #terrorized. I will be holding a press conference in alliance w/partners ready and willing to defend & protect civil & #HumanRights. Details to come.”

– NJ Mayor Baraka
#Trump #law #USpol #CivilRights

A small town's LGBTQ+ bar was terrorized by a shooting threat. What happened next is beautiful. - LGBTQ Nation

A man threatened "shooting up" the venue. But instead of giving in to fear, the community came togheter.

LGBTQ Nation

https://www.portlandmercury.com/news/2024/07/24/47318454/how-rene-gonzalez-found-common-ground-with-a-right-wing-provocateur

#ReneGonzalez’s recent nod to a #rightwing media personality and #provocateur seemed on brand, as his disdain for #antifascist protesters and #police critics sometimes echoes the rhetoric heard on #FoxNews.

#Portlandcitycommissioner and mayoral candidate:

“#Antifa/ #anarchists have #terrorized my family & my city. I appreciate you calling a spade a spade & recognize you have been terrorized for it…”

#pdxpol #portland #ORpol

How Rene Gonzalez Found Common Ground With a Right Wing Provocateur

For some voters, Rene Gonzalez’s recent nod to a right-wing media personality and provocateur seemed on brand, as his disdain for anti-fascist protesters and police critics sometimes echoes the rhetoric heard on Fox News. To others, the Portland city commissioner and mayoral candidate’s “appreciation” for a divisive figure who’s previously aligned himself with far-right militia groups, crossed a line. Gonzalez, who bills himself as a lifelong Democrat, took to social media Sunday, July 21 to...

Portland Mercury

OMFG

#SCOTUS says prosecutors improperly charged hundreds of #Jan6 #insurrectionists

Federal prosecutors improperly charged hundreds of #J6 defendants w/ #obstruction, the #SupremeCourt ruled on Fri, upending many cases against #insurgents who #invaded, #vandalized & #terrorized the Capitol to disrupt the certification of the 2020 presidential election.

#law #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #ExtremistCourt
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/06/28/supreme-court-obstruction-jan-6-trump/

Justices strike obstruction charge for Jan. 6 defendant, likely impacting others

Hundreds who attacked the U.S. Capitol have been charged with felony obstruction, among other counts, for disrupting the certification of the 2020 election.

The Washington Post
Fact-checking Megyn Kelly's claim that a Utah Middle school allows students to be ‘terrorized’ by ‘furries’ - Poynter

A district spokesperson said the school has seen no incidents of biting, licking, costumes or animal behavior

Poynter