John Brown was viewed as a terrorist.
The KKK of Reconstruction were viewed as terrorists.
So too, were the Weather Underground, and the Symbionese Liberation Army.
And the British viewed the Continental Army as terrorists.

If you look objectively at terrorism, it is the strategy of the oppressed. It's not the act that makes it terrorism but the target. If you target those who are already oppressed you can't be a terrorist, right?

I HAVE heard of them being referred to as terrorists in the past! They ARE terrorists simply because they use terrorist tactics! Those idiots that carried the torches in Charlotte (the torch company did not advocate the use of their torches in that fashion) and shouted some nonsense about not being replaced by Jews - peaceful protests don't involve fire sticks! Fire has always been a tool of intimidation used by the Klan and other white supremacist organizations. Sure, none of that activity is supposed to intimidate you (sarcasm). Driving a car into the crowd was just a friendly way of saying hello! (more sarcasm) Yup, I definitely smell terrorism!

Because by definition we’d have to lock up all of the politicians, corporate executives, lobbyists, and local branches of law enforcement

A lot of us do call white extremists terrorists. Unfortunately, few Republicans do. The Republican party has become the party of ethno-centrists and the greedy.

Same reason I was denied buying fried chicken and watermelon at Walmart, racism, when will it end?

Because they would have to be dealt with as such, and powerful people don't want that.

What type of terrorism are you talking about, exactly?

Timothy McVeigh was a terrorist (blew up the Federal Building in Oklahoma City). People like Dylan Rooff are not.

I think the authors of the article (and the ADL) draw a false equivalency between hate crimes and terrorism. Terrorists have a political objective. While some may be attracted to the politics of terrorist groups, they're not acting to further those objectives; they're using them as an excuse to act out their own hateful power fantasies.

Some of us DO!

I do. A terrorist doesn't have a color. They're just a murdering asshole.

Many of us do! Any color extremist that kills other people.

Who are the "we" referred to in the title of the article?

I do.

Because they're white. And whites are in power.

Same reason we don't call Native Americans terrorists.