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I notice that you only chose to cite attacks on civilians committed by Muslims.
What words might someone use to describe the perpetrators? Here's a list - pick which ever ones you like best depending on your point of view:
First the nouns:
Bombers, (hostage-takers), militants, extremists, freedom-fighters, martyrs, terrorists, criminals, Muslims, Arabs, Sand Niggers, Towel Heads, murderers, victims, heroes, losers, etc…
Then the adjectives:
pitiable, worthless, dangerous, fanatical, Muslim, glorious, brave, questionable, vile, despicable, filthy, desperate, principled, murderous, unprincipled, organised, disorganised, etc…
If this is purely a semantic exercise, what's it doing in Politics? Do you have a theory you'd like to expound for us? What's your point?
Which word would I use? It would of course depend on the context. I'd probably avoid the racist nouns myself, and I'd pick my adjectives depending on what it was I was trying to say about them.
I suppose what I'm trying to say is that I'd like to think I had more than a one-word vocabulary.
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