Trump says he's designating antifa as "a major terrorist organization"

Isn't this sort of an admission that he's a fascist??

I mean the "organization" is literally called ANTI-FASCIST. So if you are going after anyone anti-fascists because they are critical and oppose your regime than by definition you are admitting that you are in fact.... a fascist.

 

The manner in which they’re going after people who call them fascist is very reminiscent of … fascism?

 

ANTIFA aren’t Democrats. They really aren’t anything, I guess anarchists maybe? There is no leader or meetings… they are a convenient boogie man though.

I’m sure the 1000 people in the country that identify as ANTIFA are worried… it’s not like they have jobs to risk losing.

This administration is made up of p*****s. Not surprised I guess.

 

Can we designate Trump as a Facist Terrorist?

DD

 

I expect the NAACP will be soon . . ..

Rocket River

 

This shows that Stephen Miller is the actual president/ handler, he should've waited for Trump to come back

 

That would be true if we didn’t know that Trump and his regime were just going to call everyone that isn’t MAGA Antifa. Kind of like how we all are radical socialist communists already. Does it stop Trump from calling me and you radical
Communists because we don’t belong to the communists association of North America??

I hope it’s all just a show but I will be shocked if Trumps doj and fbi do not stretch the definition of this label that allows them to use war like powers to deny due process and start throwing democrats in prison or worse just because a democrat dares say something critical of Trump.

 

So does this mean he can kill anyone with military weapons now and claim it was Antifa he was killing? And conservatives will cheer that on?

 

@ROXRAN
@Salvy
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lol half of Portland is gonna be in for it breh

 

AFAIK, there's no law allowing the US to designate domestic "groups", "organizations" as terrorists.

Only the SoS can designate foreign terrorist organizations.

So wait - is the US going after anti-fascists in OTHER countries? That would literally mean supporting fascist regimes like Russia, Iran, North Korea... (@Os Trigonum is this the correct usage of literally?)

Oh wait, I'm talking about being lawful. Never mind.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestic_terrorism_in_the_United_States

 

you are confused

 

unconfuse me then

 

Just for the record there is no such thing as a "MAJOR TERRORIST ORGANIZATION" designation, just like the President can't abolish voting by mail.

It's a power that does not exist and will have to be reverse engineered (which, in fairness, has happened before, because our republic is broken)

 

Domestic terrorism is defined by the acts someone commits, not by labeling a group.

A lawful US resident can be prosecuted for terrorist acts, but Congress does not allow labeling domestic groups as terrorist organizations because that would infringe on constitutional rights like free speech. Labeling foreign groups, by contrast, lets the gov prosecute supporters, restrict entry, and impose sanctions.

 

I think you're arguing angels on the top of a pin . . . . Look, Trump could designate September "National Chocolate Chip Cookie Month" and have absolutely NO authority to do so. If folks with TDS want to get charged up about that, I can't stop them.

But the fact of the matter is that the United States government has investigated and prosecuted groups as "organized domestic terror" groups for decades. Just one example is ecoterrorism and its close cousin animal rights terrorism: both the Earth Liberation Front and the Animal Liberation Front have been treated as domestic terror groups by the FBI for a long, long time. Trump declaring that he wants to treat Antifa in a similar way is unshocking and frankly, unexciting. But if you want to get worked up about it, go for it.

The FBI and domestic terror groups:

https://archives.fbi.gov/archives/news/testimony/animal-rights-extremism-and-ecoterrorism

excerpt (Congressional testimony):

As you know, the FBI divides the terrorist threat facing the United States into two broad categories, international and domestic. International terrorism involves violent acts that occur beyond our national boundaries and are a violation of the criminal laws of the United States or similar acts of violence committed by individuals or groups under some form of foreign direction occurring within the jurisdiction of the United States.

Domestic terrorism involves acts of violence that are a violation of the criminal laws of the United States or any state, committed by individuals or groups without any foreign direction, and appear to be intended to intimidate or coerce a civilian population, or influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion, and occur primarily within the territorial jurisdiction of the United States.

During the past decade we have witnessed dramatic changes in the nature of the domestic terrorist threat. In the 1990s, right-wing extremism overtook left-wing terrorism as the most dangerous domestic terrorist threat to the United States. During the past several years, however, special interest extremism, as characterized by the Animal Liberation Front (ALF), the Earth Liberation Front (ELF), and related extremists, has emerged as a serious domestic terrorist threat. Special interest terrorism differs from traditional right-wing and left-wing terrorism in that extremist special interest groups seek to resolve specific issues, rather than effect widespread political change. Such extremists conduct acts of politically motivated violence to force segments of society, including the general public, to change attitudes about issues considered important to the extremists’ causes. Generally, extremist groups engage in much activity that is protected by constitutional guarantees of free speech and assembly. Law enforcement only becomes involved when the volatile talk of these groups transgresses into unlawful action. The FBI estimates that the ALF/ELF and related groups have committed more than 1,100 criminal acts in the United States since 1976, resulting in damages conservatively estimated at approximately $110 million.
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Our country is on fire, and stupid people don't realize that eventually the fire will burn them too.

Nice job assholes putting in a deranged vengeful idiot.

DD

 

He's doing what he does best...



Coincidentally, it's also the only thing he does.

 

The reason smart people don't like him, is because WE are smart enough to see through the bullshit.

DD