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Just call everyone a terrorist and absolve your soul of any uneasiness you have with this. Surely this hyperbole hasn't been used in recent history to push auth

Just call everyone a terrorist and absolve your soul of any uneasiness you have with this. Surely this hyperbole hasn't been used in recent history to push authoritarian and unethical measures by state and private actors paving a golden road to hell.

deegles 6y ago
Umm I'm not sure which group you're referring to!
- stronglikedan 6y ago
  Are they distinguishable by their terroristic activities alone?
_red 6y ago
Its also complete accident that there is now a 20000 page "Patriot Act 2.0" being pushed as a solution.
- boredumb 6y ago
  The US Political class is just that good!
- ipsocannibal 6y ago
  Links or is this FUD.
  - sonotmyname 6y ago
    Perhaps GlobalProtect was referring to HR 4192? https://www.aclu.org/letter/aclu-statement-opposing-hr-4192-confronting-threat-domestic-terrorism-act https://www.aclu.org/letter/aclu-statement-opposing-hr-4192-...
    - sonotmyname 6y ago
      darned auto-expansion. meant GP
dmead 6y ago
A bunch of assholes on here are trying to destabilize the country. what are you even on about?
refurb 6y ago
What I love about this comment is how politically ambiguous it is. You cant tell which “side” it’s arguing for which is exactly the point - the same argument can be used by both sides. That’s what makes it so dangerous.
- simonh 6y ago
  It's trying to equate calling out actual terrorist acts carried by self-identified insurrectionists, with calling "Everyone" a terrorist. No, we're not calling everyone a terrorist. Not even everyone on Parler, though clearly some were, and the service rules were set up to facilitate them planning their atrocities. We're calling these terrorists what they are. Pipe bombs and a dead policeman for goodness sake. Where do we draw the line?
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racl101 6y ago
Yeah, this precedent is very troubling to say the least. If or when things swing the other way, this will not go well for everybody.
- deleted 6y ago
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ipsocannibal 6y ago
Well what is your suggested response? I think the lack of calling out terrorism and fascism in this country have already resulted four years of "pushing authoritarian and unethical measures" by the US executive.
- ErikVandeWater 6y ago
  '"pushing authoritarian and unethical measures" by the US executive' has gone on _much_ longer than 4 years.
- sb057 6y ago
  >Well what is your suggested response? If someone is committing crimes, then arrest and prosecute them.
- whimsicalism 6y ago
  The response should be to pass $2k relief checks.
libraryatnight 6y ago
...these people are the authoritarians. They want to usher in some sort of bizarre "law and order" where they define what those things mean. They were literally beating police offers and saying "we're on your side" at the same time.
tw04 6y ago
The amount of victimization through projection currently taking place is kind of shocking. I don't know of a single person that has been called a Terrorist for anything other than calling for violence against others. Why self-proclaimed "peaceful" conservatives continue to lump themselves in with white-supremacists and domestic terrorists is beyond me. You can pretend that people are being persecuted for being a Republican but 30 seconds of fact checking will disprove that. In fact the only ones calling for violence against Republicans are those very same white supremacists and domestic terrorists because it seems that anyone that doesn't align with Donald Trump is somehow not a conservative. Mike Pence isn't a Republican? Really? I can't think of a politician much further right, and somehow he's no longer acceptable. If your political belief system is "whatever Trump thinks this week" then maybe it's time to re-evaluate what you really stand for.

deegles 6y ago

Umm I'm not sure which group you're referring to!

stronglikedan 6y ago
Are they distinguishable by their terroristic activities alone?

_red 6y ago

Its also complete accident that there is now a 20000 page "Patriot Act 2.0" being pushed as a solution.

boredumb 6y ago
The US Political class is just that good!
ipsocannibal 6y ago
Links or is this FUD.
- sonotmyname 6y ago
  Perhaps GlobalProtect was referring to HR 4192? https://www.aclu.org/letter/aclu-statement-opposing-hr-4192-confronting-threat-domestic-terrorism-act https://www.aclu.org/letter/aclu-statement-opposing-hr-4192-...
  - sonotmyname 6y ago
    darned auto-expansion. meant GP

dmead 6y ago

A bunch of assholes on here are trying to destabilize the country. what are you even on about?

refurb 6y ago

What I love about this comment is how politically ambiguous it is. You cant tell which “side” it’s arguing for which is exactly the point - the same argument can be used by both sides. That’s what makes it so dangerous.

simonh 6y ago
It's trying to equate calling out actual terrorist acts carried by self-identified insurrectionists, with calling "Everyone" a terrorist. No, we're not calling everyone a terrorist. Not even everyone on Parler, though clearly some were, and the service rules were set up to facilitate them planning their atrocities. We're calling these terrorists what they are. Pipe bombs and a dead policeman for goodness sake. Where do we draw the line?

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racl101 6y ago

Yeah, this precedent is very troubling to say the least. If or when things swing the other way, this will not go well for everybody.

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ipsocannibal 6y ago

Well what is your suggested response? I think the lack of calling out terrorism and fascism in this country have already resulted four years of "pushing authoritarian and unethical measures" by the US executive.

ErikVandeWater 6y ago
'"pushing authoritarian and unethical measures" by the US executive' has gone on _much_ longer than 4 years.
sb057 6y ago
>Well what is your suggested response? If someone is committing crimes, then arrest and prosecute them.
whimsicalism 6y ago
The response should be to pass $2k relief checks.

libraryatnight 6y ago

...these people are the authoritarians. They want to usher in some sort of bizarre "law and order" where they define what those things mean. They were literally beating police offers and saying "we're on your side" at the same time.

tw04 6y ago

The amount of victimization through projection currently taking place is kind of shocking. I don't know of a single person that has been called a Terrorist for anything other than calling for violence against others. Why self-proclaimed "peaceful" conservatives continue to lump themselves in with white-supremacists and domestic terrorists is beyond me. You can pretend that people are being persecuted for being a Republican but 30 seconds of fact checking will disprove that. In fact the only ones calling for violence against Republicans are those very same white supremacists and domestic terrorists because it seems that anyone that doesn't align with Donald Trump is somehow not a conservative. Mike Pence isn't a Republican? Really? I can't think of a politician much further right, and somehow he's no longer acceptable. If your political belief system is "whatever Trump thinks this week" then maybe it's time to re-evaluate what you really stand for.