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The actions more generally in Charlottesville dubbed “Unite the Right Rally” and the action by Fields of driving his vehicle into a multitude of protestors in Charlottesville, killing one and injuring the rest qualify as terrorism as based on the definitions presented by Eller. According to Eller, terrorism is any activity that involves the use of violence to scare either individuals or governments into altering their behaviors or policies. On this basis, the actions in Charlottesville depicted high levels of terrorism. The “Unite the Right rally” brought about reactions throughout America. Individuals heavily armed who considered themselves “white nationalists” wanted to oppose the move by the government of Charlottesville in bringing down Confederate statues using violence and numerous racist chants. Therefore, in this case, terrorism happened in that the white nationalists, through violence, were trying to change the policy set by the Charlottesville government of pulling down confederate monuments. On the other hand, the action by James Alex Fields of driving his vehicle into a multitude of protestors in Charlottesville, killing one and injuring the rest, was also an act of terrorism. Since Fields had radical beliefs and supported the white nationalist, he decided to use violence to disrupt crowds that protested against them. This is terrorism since Fields wanted to change the behavior of the group of individuals through violence, which left many of the victims injured and one dead.
From the descriptions, this action by Fields and individuals in Charlottesville is mostly like the Anarchist Wave. This is because the acts committed are based on a particular point of view among the individuals causing it that what they are doing is of a noble cause, and therefore even the use of violence is justified. When Fields decided to drive his car into a crowd of anti-fascists can only be compared to the anarchist wave of terrorism whereby the anarchist terrorists believed that their fight was for the people’s common good, thus see themselves as heroes.