Now, Trump’s budget request reveals, the FBI runs a dedicated “NSPM-7 Joint Mission Center”; with personnel from 10 federal agencies, it is busy “proactively” identifying domestic terrorists motivated by any of the following beliefs:

  • “anti-Americanism,”
  • “anti-capitalism,”
  • “anti-Christianity,”
  • “extremism on migration,”
  • “Hostility towards those who hold traditional American views on family,”
  • “support for the overthrow of the U.S. Government,”
  • extremism on “gender,”
  • extremism on “race,”
  • Hostility towards those who hold traditional American views on “religion,” and
  • Hostility towards those who hold traditional views on “morality.”
  • Rhaedas@fedia.io
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    18 days ago

    Every one of those is ambiguous by design, so they can be utilized against the enemies of the State. Very Orwellian.

    You know what can technically get classified under “support for the overthrow of the U.S. Government”? The four-year peaceful transition we’ve always participated in, even during wartime. So I guess if you support fair and public election of your officials, you’re a criminal now.

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    Applied fairly (not just to those opposed to him) every one of those ‘extremism’ tags could be used against most of his administration.

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      I don’t have “extremism on gender” or “extremism on race”…

      Oh wait I think they mean if I don’t give a fuck about anyone’s gender or race I’m displaying “extremism”… Chalk me up for one of every point I guess.

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    Extremism on migration? You mean like sending armed troops into cities to crack down on “illegals”?

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    If I recall my history, the domestic terrorist is anyone dissenting, leading quickly to colleagues, neighbours, friends and family having a hotline to report suspects. Hitler youth get funding and so on.

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      “Hostility towards those who hold traditional American views on family,”

      Hostility towards those who hold traditional views on “morality.”

      It’s there if you squint.

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        Weird I read it in the hostility towards those who hold traditional american views on religion.

        Also it’s fuckin wild to me that “traditional american views on religion” means anything other than seperation of church and state

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    getting rid of birthrigth citizenship is an extremist view of migration from those who hold traditional american views on morality and family.

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      18 days ago

      I mean, I’m in favor of abolishing birthright citizenship. But only because I find citizenship to be an archaic relic of the colonial era.

      Simple residency should be sufficient to convey all the rights of citizenship.