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FBI Labels Anti-Fascists and Anti-Racists as Violent Extremists
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this post was submitted on 25 Nov 2023
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So, being pro-democracy means you are a Violent Extremist?
It does to the people trying to burn that democracy to the ground.
Who are also employed all throughout our government and police forces.
Bbbbbbbut the REAL Americans only vote for OUR people. -Corpratists that don't realize that's what they are.
I have no idea what point you're trying to prove, but I'm certain you're mistaken.
Sometimes yes. Authoritarians sometimes refuse to cede without violence. The FBI appears to have taken that position
Being violent doesn't mean being an extremist, though. Especially if they are opposing authoritarians.
It depends on what the culture defines as acceptable politics. It’s so extreme that it’s an executable offense in some countries and has been so in our culture too. We have to fight to keep it from that
https://vault.fbi.gov/domestic-terrorism-symbols-guide/domestic-terrorism-symbols-guide-part-01/view
No.
The document lists symbols that violent extremists use, but explicitly calls out that not everyone who uses those symbols is a violent extremist.
The punisher skull is also in there, but that doesn't mean they're claiming every asshole with a punisher skull on their truck is a terrorist. Just that if someone with a punisher skull on their truck shoots up a mosque, that the punisher iconography is evidence that it was an act of right-wing militia terrorism.