Terrorists justify massacring civilians through moral justifications and euphemistic labels.

Evidence

McVeigh, who was deeply involved in the white-supremacist militia gun culture, viewed himself not as a terrorist but as a principled warrior, defending freedom against governmental abuse of power. He felt no remorse over the massacre. … Shahzad saw himself as only defending his religion: “We are only Muslims trying to defend our religion, people, honor, and land,” he announced at his sentencing (Shifrel & McShane, 2010). He took pride in doing so: “If you call us terrorists for doing that, then we are proud terrorists, and we will keep on terrorizing until you leave our land and people at peace” (Shifrel & McShane, 2010). … In the often-used military euphemism, he called the Boston victims “collateral damage” and referred to his brother, who died in a gun battle with the police, as a martyr. — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 2252

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement: How People Do Harm…, 2252