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title: "Why would J. Edgar Hoover describe student activism as \"revolutionary terrorism\"?"  
description: "Why would J. Edgar Hoover describe student activism as \"revolutionary terrorism\"?"  
author: "Ward ryan"  
published: 2018-10-23  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51056/why-would-j-edgar-hoover-describe-student-activism-as-revolutionary-terrorism  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Why would J. Edgar Hoover describe student activism as "revolutionary terrorism"?

Why would J. [Edgar Hoover](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/42446/what-role-did-j-edgar-hoover-play-in-the-palmer-raids) [describe](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/158512/how-does-a-decision-tree-algorithm-work-describe-the-process-of-building-a-decision-tree) [student](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/157138/student-loan-default-wage-garnishment-and-student-loan) [activism](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2783/big-tech-is-not-removing-phoney-news-effectively-enough) as "revolutionary [terrorism](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/87695/relating-the-genocide-of-kashmiri-pandits-with-islamic-terrorism)"?\
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