Discussion on answer by littleadv: Why is it considered terrorism to murder a CEO?

The semantics are pointless anyway. "Being a healcare CEO" is not a protected class. He didn't institute policies to deny as many claims as possible because his religion told him to, unless you want to claim money was his religion. He also wasn't born a CEO. He wasn't targeted because of anything he was, he was targeted because of what he did.

@jbentley Sorry, but that's unacceptable. By your definition, any act which instills fear and intimidation in any person is terrorism. Teacher makes you stand up and give a book report in front of the class? Terrorism. Squirrel drops an acorn on a police car? Terrorism. Nonsense.

@littleadv Your "literal definition" is not THE definition, it's only ONE definition, and a terrible one. It's way too broad, making it trivial to apply to any situation where any human feels frightened. "Have to prove intent in court" you say? Who cares? Once you slap the terrorism sticker on the file, you don't need to prove anything in court, because you've enabled the Bill of Rights cheat code for indefinite detention, "enhanced interrogation" and much more fun stuff. Even the extreme right-wing Cato institute warns against labeling ordinary crimes as terrorism.