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There is an issue with this, but I am not convinced it is as explicitly partisan as you suggest. I do agree that the definition of political extremist has broad
by aww_dang 6y ago
There is an issue with this, but I am not convinced it is as explicitly partisan as you suggest. I do agree that the definition of political extremist has broadened significantly after this recent election.
Here's an example of similar activity with the "Occupy Wallstreet" people. The maladjusted Muslim youth angle is also well known.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/how-fbi-entrapment-is-inventing-terrorists-and-letting-bad-guys-off-the-hook-244905/ https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/how-fbi-...
https://theintercept.com/2015/03/16/howthefbicreatedaterrorist/ https://theintercept.com/2015/03/16/howthefbicreatedaterrori...
https://mises.org/power-market/libertarian-terrorists https://mises.org/power-market/libertarian-terrorists
>"Former CIA director John Brennan recently singled out libertarians as among the people the government should go after. This is not the first time libertarians have been smeared. In 2009, a federally funded fusion center identified people who supported my presidential campaign, my Campaign for Liberty, or certain Libertarian and Constitution Parties’ candidates as potentially violent extremists."