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It is very scary to read such an "opinion" pieces on fbi.gov domain. First, they make it possible to connect any organized activity to "violent extremism". And
by YeBanKo 3y ago
It is very scary to read such an "opinion" pieces on fbi.gov domain.
First, they make it possible to connect any organized activity to "violent extremism".
And then this:
> Meetings may entail impassioned rhetoric and rehearsal of tactical operations for the ultimate future apocalypse when citizens will overtake the government or institute their own community policing.
This quote is fucking insane, imo. "citizens will overtake the government" – aren't citizens already supposed to be in charge of the government? A very strange choice of words. What about all that "We the People" stuff. And second,
"or institute their own community policing" - it is how the policing in the US works. Local police forces account for the majority of police force in the US according to National Sources of Law Enforcement Employment Data [1].
[1] https://bjs.ojp.gov/content/pub/pdf/nsleed.pdf https://bjs.ojp.gov/content/pub/pdf/nsleed.pdf
- ethbr1 3y agoThe article also contains >> [recommendations to probe and challenge] motives during an interview (e.g., “If you were just LARPing, why did you need live explosives?”)
- cronix 3y agoThe answer is probably the same as why Hollywood uses them in movies. For realism.
- dnd_was_evil 3y agoIf you're just larping why do you need a cannon? https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXtswMYlBd0&pp=ygUPQ2l2aWwgd2FyIGNhbm9u https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXtswMYlBd0&pp=ygUPQ2l2aWwgd2F...
- Xeamek 3y agoNo, (individual) citizens aren't supposed to be that. Now, all (majority) citizens? Sure. But we established proper procedures how to execute that power, and you aren't supposed to skip those. Mainly because without those, you cannot guarantee that it's actually majority's opinion, and not loud minority. But even if you have majority of the area agreeing on something, there is no reason why suddenly they should be able to abandon all the agreements, (social) contracts and rules they agreed to before.