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> Online terrorist" is too strong, but something closer to that term seems more appropriate.

Activist? Activism is often thought of as "soft" but has a long history of crossing legal boundaries to varying degrees so it seems to fit.

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Regan called Al Queda "freedom fighters". Bush called them "terrorists". Activists are people the speaker agrees with, bullies are people he disagrees with. I would rather have a discussion about the issues without needing to get into semantic debates and call out rhetorical non-arguments.

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