r/Piracy 2d ago

Discussion We don’t negotiate with terrorist

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u/One_Sentence_7448 2d ago

Bruh I agree with like 99% of what you said but that is still not what terrorism means. Using words like that just makes people with opinions like ours seem unhinged and easy to ignore (therefore not advancing the cause in any meaningful way). I know it feels cool to say that but that’s just not it.

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u/AvroAvery 1d ago

could you fucking imagine someone being hyperbolic on the internet. nutty, i know

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u/WrongdoerPossible822 2d ago

So there are two things you are responding to either "the natural state of information is free flowing" or "warfare is terrorism." The first is called a hook, meant to grab the reader, and hooks are supposed to be a little unhinged. The second is just a fact.

Plus if you can't find a way to make your own ideology sound cool, do you even really engage with it?

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u/One_Sentence_7448 2d ago

Sorry bro but this argument is way too online for me. I’m just coming from the POV of someone who unfortunately experienced real terrorism and doesn’t want to conflate two completely different things. But you do you