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Authored mostly satirically by CJ Hopkins via The Consent Factory
If you enjoyed the Global War on Terror, you’re going to love the new War on Domestic Terror! It’s just like the original Global War on Terror, except that this time the “Terrorists” are all “Domestic Violent Extremists” (“DVEs”), “Homegrown Violent Extremists” (“HVEs”), “Violent Conspiracy-Theorist Extremists” (“VCTEs”), “Violent Reality Denialist Extremists” (VRDEs”), “Insurrectionary Micro-Aggressionist Extremists” (“IMAEs”), “People Who Make Liberals Feel Uncomfortable” (“PWMLFUs”), and anyone else the Department of Homeland Security wants to label an “extremist” and slap a ridiculous acronym on.
According to a “National Terrorism Advisory System Bulletin” issued by the DHS on January 27, these DCEs, HVEs, VCTEs, VRDEs, IMAEs, and PWMLFUs are “ideologically-motivated violent extremists with objections to the exercise of governmental authority” and other “perceived grievances fueled by false narratives.” They are believed to be “motivated by a range of issues, including anger over Covid-19 restrictions, the 2020 election results, police use of force,” and other dangerous “false narratives” (e.g., the existence of the “deep state,” “herd immunity,” “biological sex,” “God,” and so on).
“Inspired by foreign terrorist groups” and “emboldened by the breach of the US Capitol Building,” this diabolical network of “domestic terrorists” is “plotting attacks against government facilities,” “threatening violence against critical infrastructure” and actively “citing misinformation and conspiracy theories about Covid-19.” For all we know, they might be huddled in the “Wolf’s Lair” at Mar-a-Lago right now, plotting a devastating terrorist attack with those WMDs we never found in Iraq, or generating population-adjusted death-rate charts going back 20 years, or posting pictures of “extremist frogs” on the Internet.
Yep. Your phone is gonna tell John Law exactly where to go to pick you up.
'See Something, Say Something Online Act' Punishes Big Tech for Not SnitchingA new bill revitalizes the war on terror's favorite slogan in service of forcing tech companies to turn over more user data to the government. The "See Something, Say Something Online Act," introduced by Sen. Joe Manchin (D–W.Va.) and co-sponsored by Sen. John Cornyn (R–Texas), is the latest attack on the federal communications law known as Section 230 as well as freedom of speech and online privacy.
The legislation says any interactive computer service provider—that means social media giants, small blogs, podcast hosting services, app stores, consumer review platforms, independent political forums, crowdfunding and Patreon-style sites, dating apps, newsletter services, and much more—will lose Section 230 protections if they fail to report any known user activity that might be deemed "suspicious."
"Suspicious" content is defined as any post, private message, comment, tag, transaction, or "any other user-generated content or transmission" that government officials later determine "commits, facilitates, incites, promotes, or otherwise assists the commission of a major crime." Major crimes are defined as anything involving violence, domestic, or international terrorism, or a "serious drug offense."
For each suspicious post, services must submit a Suspicious Transmission Activity Report (STAR) within 30 days, providing the user's name, location, and other identifying information, as well as any relevant metadata.
originally posted by: darkbake
This is the direction we've been headed in the whole time since 9/11! I'm surprised you didn't notice this sooner... like when Bush Jr. was president. It is the natural consequences of his actions here.
originally posted by: Flyingclaydisk
a reply to: Snarl
Don't you mean...The War on the American People??
originally posted by: Flyingclaydisk
a reply to: Snarl
Don't you mean...The War on the American People??
originally posted by: Peeple
a reply to: Snarl
Got to keep the private prison money cow afloat somehow
ATS Modern Slavery
In a world where the Corporation America can't compete on a global free market due to wages, you need to cut costs.
So you criminalise a new segment of society to turn labour cost into a ++revenue.
It's nothing personal, the dollar is just more important than you.
You thought it's about politics? ...cute.
These plebs get really invested when you give them a 'team' complete with outfits, flags and a catchy slogan. MAGA! Winning. Q.
Enjoy your life in prison
Seems unrelated, adds historical perspective:
Those non-explosives that weren’t found were placed the night before yo
originally posted by: Nivhk
I'm not sure how to post Google amp.
But a 67 year old, just shot up an Allina clinic for denying him pain medication.
Buffalo, MN.
News outlets picked it up pretty quick, even lies of improvised explosives. Gov. Tim Walz even said explosives.
No explosives were found.
But already the call of white supremacist fascists have been thrown out.
They knew this guy caused trouble since 2003.
I'm tired of Minnesota being used as the starting point for agendas.