A recently released Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) document titled “Domestic Terrorism Symbols Guide”* links common protest symbols to “terrorism” — another marker in a common theme of conflating militant protest for social justice with deadly terrorist violence within the United States. Groups like the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Brennan Center have raised warnings about such documents, citing inadequate protections for people’s constitutional rights.

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    1 year ago

    Sounds about right. Some of them use violence and some of them are extremists.

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      1 year ago

      Some of law enforcement are violent extremists? Absolutely. Some of them also burn crosses.

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      Yeah, if you ask people using the symbols depicted if they think it’s justified to use political violence to further their cause, most of them would say yes. The rest would start talking about fed-posting.