I heard you grease, it seems like the sole point we're debating. I'm not claiming terrorism is OK...but it's crazy to think we're arguing about terrorism when our country's revolution involved acts that would be labeled as terrorism today. A survey of several people you know (and who are not unlikely to think similarly) isn't particularly scientific. I don't doubt that a majority of people in the US would interpret such an image as terrorist simply due to the dress; however, as I've shown above, they'd be doing so with unreasonable assumptions (that everyone who dressed like that is a terrorist)....a majority can be wrong, and frequently is.
Another thing to consider which I brought up previously: that image's intended audience is unlikely to be Americans, but rather to be folks in the middle east. Propaganda isn't supposed to appeal to both sides of the conflict. In this particular case though, it's hard to call it propaganda, as the wording and the sentiment are ones that Americans (the self-declared enemy of the intended audience) are supposed to value (defense against tyranny and injustice).
Any chance we can agree that us terrorizing the middle east is bad, individuals killing innocent people is bad, and the best way to get people to stop killing us is to stop killing them and leave them alone?
Another thing to consider which I brought up previously: that image's intended audience is unlikely to be Americans, but rather to be folks in the middle east. Propaganda isn't supposed to appeal to both sides of the conflict. In this particular case though, it's hard to call it propaganda, as the wording and the sentiment are ones that Americans (the self-declared enemy of the intended audience) are supposed to value (defense against tyranny and injustice).
Any chance we can agree that us terrorizing the middle east is bad, individuals killing innocent people is bad, and the best way to get people to stop killing us is to stop killing them and leave them alone?