Aug 24, 2023·edited Aug 24, 2023Liked by Jack Cluth
This is truly one of the most execrable and pointless crimes on record. To be executed for displaying a flag, any flag, is an obscenity. But what flummoxes me the most about this is that I'm not seeing enough of a response from our civil society that this kind of activity demands. Yes, we are awash with extremists who hyped up by Trump, and other acolytes like him, have taken his rancid language as a waiver to commit atrocities. So It frustrates the hell out me that, despite finally recognizing the threat of these actors, we are not identifying them and branding them with the appellation of terrorist, because that's what they are. What needs to happen is that we need to start labeling these people as terrorists and terrorist organizations. Then the Patriot Act could be employed against them just like we employed it, often unfairly, against Islamic terrorists. I believe that if we did this we could disrupt and diminish many of these threats before they come to fruition. But because they're White Evangelical Christians we label them hateful, or hate groups, but don't use the blunt instrument of the PA to respond to them with the urgency that is needed. And because of it too many times we end up waiting and dreading when the next WEC terrorist will act instead of proactively interdicting them before they do. It's not nice to say but I'll say it anyway; the fact is, some of these people need their social media accounts taken down, their communications monitored by fiat, their right to own weapons revoked, and if necessary, to be killed before they have a chance to kill others, real talk. Prosecuting Trump and his minions is a vital part of it, so bravo to the DOJ for that. But this is a rolling, boiling crisis of epic proportions that we're treating like a low simmer, and if we don't act more decisively more of us are going to be burned by it.
Well said. The Far-Right erupts when any attempt is made to deal with the threat of domestic terrorism. They know it’s one of their most reliable tools.
A meme I saw said something to the effect that, "they will murder you for a flag, then weep about how divisive the LGBTQ community is."
F****n’ hypocrites.
This is truly one of the most execrable and pointless crimes on record. To be executed for displaying a flag, any flag, is an obscenity. But what flummoxes me the most about this is that I'm not seeing enough of a response from our civil society that this kind of activity demands. Yes, we are awash with extremists who hyped up by Trump, and other acolytes like him, have taken his rancid language as a waiver to commit atrocities. So It frustrates the hell out me that, despite finally recognizing the threat of these actors, we are not identifying them and branding them with the appellation of terrorist, because that's what they are. What needs to happen is that we need to start labeling these people as terrorists and terrorist organizations. Then the Patriot Act could be employed against them just like we employed it, often unfairly, against Islamic terrorists. I believe that if we did this we could disrupt and diminish many of these threats before they come to fruition. But because they're White Evangelical Christians we label them hateful, or hate groups, but don't use the blunt instrument of the PA to respond to them with the urgency that is needed. And because of it too many times we end up waiting and dreading when the next WEC terrorist will act instead of proactively interdicting them before they do. It's not nice to say but I'll say it anyway; the fact is, some of these people need their social media accounts taken down, their communications monitored by fiat, their right to own weapons revoked, and if necessary, to be killed before they have a chance to kill others, real talk. Prosecuting Trump and his minions is a vital part of it, so bravo to the DOJ for that. But this is a rolling, boiling crisis of epic proportions that we're treating like a low simmer, and if we don't act more decisively more of us are going to be burned by it.
Well said. The Far-Right erupts when any attempt is made to deal with the threat of domestic terrorism. They know it’s one of their most reliable tools.