As we watch Certain People come for Kanye and Kyrie, to the silence of all those wealthy black activists who only recently had their fists in the air talking about "black lives matter" and how much black people are oppressed. Those who got streets painted with Black Lives Matter and had people kneeling in front of them are deadly silent when Certain People come calling and giving orders. As these events happen even people who were not disposed to believing "conspiracy theories" about those Certain People will not and cannot ignore the pattern that is clear as clean water.
In our latest example of the power held by Certain People we also have the phenomenon of definition creep. This time with "terrorism". Up until recently terrorism was something that involved either killing (or trying to kill) people and or the destruction of property for political ends. You then got the definition creep by adding "terroristic threats" in which one speaks of doing such things (whether one intended to carry out said threat or not). The latter used to be protected speech, at least in the US. Now we have "level three terrorist"
So this fellow has been banned from the entire EU block. Why?
"Icke had been set to feature at an event called Together for the Netherlands, but far-left activist groups complained to the government and demanded he be barred from entering the country.
The municipality of Amsterdam also asked the Dutch IND (Immigration and Naturalisation Service) “to investigate whether Icke can be refused entry to the country,” an appeal that was apparently successful.
The municipality complained that Icke had made “anti-Semitic statements in the past that are unacceptable and deeply hurtful,” although it didn’t cite any specific examples."
So. Because he allegedly made statements about or in reference to Certain People, and those People were "deeply hurt." this guy is a "terrorist."
If I were a member of this Certain People, I would be very concerned about such actions being taken "on my behalf". The reason is that generally speaking my group is outnumbered everywhere except for Certain People country. Vastly outnumbered. And one day the people whom are being dispossessed "for my wellbeing" may just decide to exact...ummm...retribution on a mass scale and in a manner that the police cannot help.
Not that I'm advocating for such activities. I'm just pointing out that there are historical precedents for such things that could perhaps be learned from.
But back to the point of the post. It is rather interesting to see how the terrorist label has moved from actual criminal and destructive behavior to just another means to smear dissidents.