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Man, I really hope this is a byproduct of law enforcement swinging too far in the, "take everything seriously now" direction after last Wednesday, and not actua
by TameAntelope 6y ago
Man, I really hope this is a byproduct of law enforcement swinging too far in the, "take everything seriously now" direction after last Wednesday, and not actual credible threats of specific violence in every state...
- uoaei 6y agoThe FBI has been tracking white supremacist domestic terrorism for a long while. This is just the latest iteration in a decades-long issue. It is not a kneejerk reaction, nor an assumption -- they have good intel and the fact that they are publicly announcing it a week before they expect anything to happen is staggeringly serious.
- jspash 6y agoWho knows what's real anymore, so take this with a grain of salt, but this is what they're worried about: https://web.archive.org/web/20210106072816/https://pafa2021.com/how%2C-when%2C-where https://web.archive.org/web/20210106072816/https://pafa2021....
- gwright 6y agoI don't know how to assess the credibility of that document, but as a plan to overthrow the government that seems laughable to me except for that fact that a whole lot of people are going to get hurt as it utterly fails.
- AniseAbyss 6y agoJohn Brown was a laughable attempt but it helped stir up sentiments in the South. People should read some books about how countries can slide into civil war.
- gwright 6y agoA fair point. I think it is a lot easier to start a civil war than it is to successfully replace a government by force. I'm saddened that we are even talking about those scenarios.
- TameAntelope 6y agoThat link is now broken, and that domain no longer works. "This URL has been excluded from the Wayback Machine." Now I'm even more concerned!