Lilian Seenoi-Barr on riots, anti-immigration sentiment, and terrorism

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00:00 Everyone is living on edge right now, and we need to do something about it.

00:05 We cannot continue ignoring that this is a small minority of far-right movement.

00:09 It is an organized terrorist group of people who want to harm immigrants in this country.

00:15 And we have to take action now.

00:18 We can't keep on calling them a small, dangerous group of people, because it is an organized

00:23 group of people who are radicalizing young people and encouraging them to go and harm

00:28 others who are just living peacefully, who want to live a peaceful life in this country.

00:32 I don't want to misquote you, but reference those protesting against immigration as terrorists.

00:36 Do you stand by that?

00:38 I didn't reference them as terrorists.

00:41 I think my words were taken out of context.

00:43 I said those who are mobilizing and lying to the community and really praying from vulnerabilities

00:50 of people, dividing communities, are the ones who are domestic terrorists.

00:56 If you go to any country, they're labeled terrorists.

00:59 Why can't they not be labeled terrorists in Ireland?

01:03 If you go to any country where people are being divided because of politics, the ones

01:09 who are causing all this trouble are called terrorists.

01:13 So do we have two different types of terrorists when it comes to people who are not from the

01:17 Western country?

01:18 No.

01:19 I say it because it is a fact.

01:22 If you define terrorism, how is it defined in policy?

01:28 Just define it in policy and then you'll be able to see that it was a factual statement

01:34 that I made.

01:35 I would not apologize by saying that.