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There are no instances of fatal ecoterrorism – The only fatal terrorist attacks associated with the environmental movement are the Unabomber's activities which were anti-technological (www.cambridge.org)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

But corporations are people and money is corporation blood ipso facto the 10,000 people who have called in death threats to government officials aren't terrorists and the people who the cops shot in the back 8 times while their hands were raised are.