A recently released Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) document titled “Domestic Terrorism Symbols Guide”* links common protest symbols to “terrorism” — another marker in a common theme of conflating militant protest for social justice with deadly terrorist violence within the United States. Groups like the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Brennan Center have raised warnings about such documents, citing inadequate protections for people’s constitutional rights.
I said it back in 2001 when the war on terror started.
First it will be the “terrorist”, then the “extremists”, then it will be the “dissidents” and then finally the “undesirables”.
Seems we are at the dissidents stage.
The idiots behind this shit really should have paid more attention in history class.
Oh, they paid plenty of attention. That’s the problem - they’re using it as an instruction manual.
Except the FBI also labels the entirety of MAGA as the same, so no, this isn’t what’s happening.
What’s happening is some of these groups are radicalizing and yes, that is indeed a bad thing.
Yes, the radical right is a problem but that doesn’t mean that the radical left isn’t one. Yes, right may be a bigger problem than left but that isn’t the point
The point is that radicalism is the bad thing here, whether it’s left or right. I’m tired of having discussions about why it’s actually ba bad thing to “kick a Nazi” as some people just don’t understand the obvious.
It’s not a bad thing to kick a Nazi
Some people just don’t understand the obvious