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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    10 months ago

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

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      10 months ago

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

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        10 months ago

        Cops are far more likely to be violent, hateful extremists than normal people, the numbers on what percent of cops beat their spouse are hard to get a clear handle on but all the same it is pretty horrific even if it is on the lower end of the spectrum.

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      10 months ago

      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.