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Alright, I was Just wondering
What's the difference between a rebel and a terrorist?

9/11 = Terrorism
Libya revolution = rebellion

Rebellion is usually from below, terrorism is from below and above. By that I mean that rebellion is usually done by civilians and from the same country the rebellion happens in. Terrorism can be done by the authority on civilians or by some radicalists. In other words, rebellion targets authority, terrorism doesn't or targets people based on other criteria.

The difference is the side you're on.

Can someone be both.. a terrorist and a rebel?

I believe that would be a guerilla.

I wouldn't consider guerillas terrorists, but I guess it depends on the case.

The terms are not mutually exclusive. The meanings for each is pretty straight forward. A terrorist is someone that cause terror, be it against a group of ppl, nastion, etc. A is rebel is some who rebels from authority. It's not hard to be labeled with either when you're killing ppl or car bombing..

Rebels target the authority/regime, terrorists attack innocents to scare the masses

Guerrillas is a military tactic, not sure what it has to do with terrorism/rebels other than the they use it a lot

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shunning opposition isn't even 101, is the title of the book.

Yeah, it's very much dependent on whom chooses the words.

America is protecting the world from terrorism.

America is murdering anyone that doesn't agree with its views.

This thread and especially this topic reminds me of those lame Truth cigarette commercials that distort fact(s) to fit their own agenda.

Like this:

Well that's exactly what it is; a manipulation and distorting of words. If you can find a way to change words into something nasty, people will react accordingly. Make something normal sound evil, people will see it as evil. Make something evil sound heroic, people will turn a blind eye to an evil act and see it as a necessary evil for the greater good.

It's the winning side that decides what you are.

The problem is not the one "who manipulates" but the one who "allows themselves" to be manipulated again and again.

That doesn't make the manipulator any less of a problem.

You are right. However.. the trick is to "recognize it" and when you recognize that you have been "manipulated"
distance yourself from the manipulator. Well, the "Manipulator" is the leader of a terrorist group.
Isn't that right?

This would be correct if it was just one on one. Unfortunately we live in a world where the manipulators already have the power over the majority. When you control all the information a person gets, it's not hard at all to manipulate them. NK for example(the whole 9 yards) , also the U.S. has manipulated it's ppl into believing that a two party systems is the only way, and democracy isn't majority rule...

Actually, i think terrorist is someone who just uses terrorism as a tactic, so a rebel can be a terrorist if he/she goes around blowing inoocent people up, but that doesnt mean that every rebel uses terrorism, and that every terrorist is a rebel

ti g checkit imma put it 2 ya strayt

taroism is an action, like plantin trees

revolution is attitude, like being an environmentalist (atheist/liberal/scum)

jus cuz u planting trees dun meen u a taroist, or just cuz u environmentalist dun meen u cant plant trees

^ Okay, that sounds a bit weird...

IRA FTW !

Welcome to place where I came from where both are indistinguishable, No.

Rebellion is kinda like a coup, where they try to overthrow a government or regime. This has an extensive population or uneducated military force with ample supply enough to break enemy resistance. This however is less bloody and more predictable than the later. (Less bloody? I know, yes, Syria, Libya, and the Egypt Rebellion was bloody... but it could be worse)

Terrorism is a different bunch of oranges, they're like Anonymous where they do things for the lulz and try to make creepy assfucked videos of kidnapping just to fund their arms race. Not to mention they're soo tiny in size that finding them would be a hustle. I might say the foundations of a Rebellion is from a Terrorist group which just happen to have convinced/brainwashed a large amount of population. Furthermore Terrorist are more bloodier and is even more spontaneous than a Rebellion group.

How about private armies? wouldn't you like ask what's the difference about it too?

Yeah sure, why not.. xD