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  1. I been thinking more about the role of #ThoughtTerminatingCliché in these systems.

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thought...

    They employ, as a group, various methods to avoid dealing with #ContradictoryEvidence. #Scapegoating, using basically any mechanism they can find

    Thought-terminating cliché - W...

  2. @jhaue
    All well and good, but… it will not address the root cause that afflicts First Nations and Torres Straight Islanders, amongst others, in all facets of social life in Australia: #racism.

    What is needed is a national campaign (a la AIDS epidemic and Littering campaigns of old) to call out all forms of racism and shame anyone holding such views or behaving in accordance with those views. And for this to be a standing campaign over a number of years. It needs to be knocked out of our society period.

    Anything else is tinkering around the edges. It doesn’t solve the problem. It merely shoves it back into the cupboard to be brought out again when #ScapeGoating is required for political mileage or blame shifting.

    Australia will always be a racist country until 1) racism is made a major crime with severe penal consequences; 2) society is educated to know it as abhorrent and vile and will not be tolerated; 3) it is called out *every* time whenever it is seen; and 4) every member of our society is supported in bringing every racists to face the Courts without impediments.

    Racism must be erradicated from our society for its better good. It can be done.

    #AusPol
    Now, find me one, just one politician willing to put his political career on the line to push this issue, just one… only one… good luck with that.

    Here is the #Challenge

    *I am pledged to call it out whenever I see/hear it, no matter the circumstances or the personal cost… are you?*

  3. @jhaue
    All well and good, but… it will not address the root cause that afflicts First Nations and Torres Straight Islanders, amongst others, in all facets of social life in Australia: #racism.

    What is needed is a national campaign (a la AIDS epidemic and Littering campaigns of old) to call out all forms of racism and shame anyone holding such views or behaving in accordance with those views. And for this to be a standing campaign over a number of years. It needs to be knocked out of our society period.

    Anything else is tinkering around the edges. It doesn’t solve the problem. It merely shoves it back into the cupboard to be brought out again when #ScapeGoating is required for political mileage or blame shifting.

    Australia will always be a racist country until 1) racism is made a major crime with severe penal consequences; 2) society is educated to know it as abhorrent and vile and will not be tolerated; 3) it is called out *every* time whenever it is seen; and 4) every member of our society is supported in bringing every racists to face the Courts without impediments.

    Racism must be erradicated from our society for its better good. It can be done.

    #AusPol
    Now, find me one, just one politician willing to put his political career on the line to push this issue, just one… only one… good luck with that.

    Here is the #Challenge

    *I am pledged to call it out whenever I see/hear it, no matter the circumstances or the personal cost… are you?*

  4. @jhaue
    All well and good, but… it will not address the root cause that afflicts First Nations and Torres Straight Islanders, amongst others, in all facets of social life in Australia: #racism.

    What is needed is a national campaign (a la AIDS epidemic and Littering campaigns of old) to call out all forms of racism and shame anyone holding such views or behaving in accordance with those views. And for this to be a standing campaign over a number of years. It needs to be knocked out of our society period.

    Anything else is tinkering around the edges. It doesn’t solve the problem. It merely shoves it back into the cupboard to be brought out again when #ScapeGoating is required for political mileage or blame shifting.

    Australia will always be a racist country until 1) racism is made a major crime with severe penal consequences; 2) society is educated to know it as abhorrent and vile and will not be tolerated; 3) it is called out *every* time whenever it is seen; and 4) every member of our society is supported in bringing every racists to face the Courts without impediments.

    Racism must be erradicated from our society for its better good. It can be done.

    #AusPol
    Now, find me one, just one politician willing to put his political career on the line to push this issue, just one… only one… good luck with that.

    Here is the #Challenge

    *I am pledged to call it out whenever I see/hear it, no matter the circumstances or the personal cost… are you?*

  5. @jhaue
    All well and good, but… it will not address the root cause that afflicts First Nations and Torres Straight Islanders, amongst others, in all facets of social life in Australia: #racism.

    What is needed is a national campaign (a la AIDS epidemic and Littering campaigns of old) to call out all forms of racism and shame anyone holding such views or behaving in accordance with those views. And for this to be a standing campaign over a number of years. It needs to be knocked out of our society period.

    Anything else is tinkering around the edges. It doesn’t solve the problem. It merely shoves it back into the cupboard to be brought out again when #ScapeGoating is required for political mileage or blame shifting.

    Australia will always be a racist country until 1) racism is made a major crime with severe penal consequences; 2) society is educated to know it as abhorrent and vile and will not be tolerated; 3) it is called out *every* time whenever it is seen; and 4) every member of our society is supported in bringing every racists to face the Courts without impediments.

    Racism must be erradicated from our society for its better good. It can be done.

    #AusPol
    Now, find me one, just one politician willing to put his political career on the line to push this issue, just one… only one… good luck with that.

    Here is the #Challenge

    *I am pledged to call it out whenever I see/hear it, no matter the circumstances or the personal cost… are you?*

  6. @jhaue
    All well and good, but… it will not address the root cause that afflicts First Nations and Torres Straight Islanders, amongst others, in all facets of social life in Australia: #racism.

    What is needed is a national campaign (a la AIDS epidemic and Littering campaigns of old) to call out all forms of racism and shame anyone holding such views or behaving in accordance with those views. And for this to be a standing campaign over a number of years. It needs to be knocked out of our society period.

    Anything else is tinkering around the edges. It doesn’t solve the problem. It merely shoves it back into the cupboard to be brought out again when #ScapeGoating is required for political mileage or blame shifting.

    Australia will always be a racist country until 1) racism is made a major crime with severe penal consequences; 2) society is educated to know it as abhorrent and vile and will not be tolerated; 3) it is called out *every* time whenever it is seen; and 4) every member of our society is supported in bringing every racists to face the Courts without impediments.

    Racism must be erradicated from our society for its better good. It can be done.

    #AusPol
    Now, find me one, just one politician willing to put his political career on the line to push this issue, just one… only one… good luck with that.

    Here is the #Challenge

    *I am pledged to call it out whenever I see/hear it, no matter the circumstances or the personal cost… are you?*

  7. The strategy directs the use of all tools “constitutionally available to us to map them at home, identify their membership, map their ties to international organizations like Antifa, & use law enforcement tools to cripple them operationally before they can maim or kill the innocent.”

    #law #Constitution #RightToProtest #FirstAmendment #NationalSecurity #scapegoating #FarRight #propaganda #trumpaganda #Trump

  8. The strategy directs the use of all tools “constitutionally available to us to map them at home, identify their membership, map their ties to international organizations like Antifa, & use law enforcement tools to cripple them operationally before they can maim or kill the innocent.”

    #law #Constitution #RightToProtest #FirstAmendment #NationalSecurity #scapegoating #FarRight #propaganda #trumpaganda #Trump

  9. The strategy directs the use of all tools “constitutionally available to us to map them at home, identify their membership, map their ties to international organizations like Antifa, & use law enforcement tools to cripple them operationally before they can maim or kill the innocent.”

    #law #Constitution #RightToProtest #FirstAmendment #NationalSecurity #scapegoating #FarRight #propaganda #trumpaganda #Trump

  10. The strategy directs the use of all tools “constitutionally available to us to map them at home, identify their membership, map their ties to international organizations like Antifa, & use law enforcement tools to cripple them operationally before they can maim or kill the innocent.”

    #law #Constitution #RightToProtest #FirstAmendment #NationalSecurity #scapegoating #FarRight #propaganda #trumpaganda #Trump

  11. The strategy directs the use of all tools “constitutionally available to us to map them at home, identify their membership, map their ties to international organizations like Antifa, & use law enforcement tools to cripple them operationally before they can maim or kill the innocent.”

    #law #Constitution #RightToProtest #FirstAmendment #NationalSecurity #scapegoating #FarRight #propaganda #trumpaganda #Trump

  12. The #Trump admin’s rhetoric is consistent with the language of their counterterrorism strategy, which calls for the “rapid identification & neutralization of violent secular political groups whose ideology is anti-American, radically pro-transgender, & anarchist.”

    #law #Constitution #RightToProtest #FirstAmendment #NationalSecurity #scapegoating #FarRight #propaganda #trumpaganda

  13. The #Trump admin’s rhetoric is consistent with the language of their counterterrorism strategy, which calls for the “rapid identification & neutralization of violent secular political groups whose ideology is anti-American, radically pro-transgender, & anarchist.”

    #law #Constitution #RightToProtest #FirstAmendment #NationalSecurity #scapegoating #FarRight #propaganda #trumpaganda

  14. The #Trump admin’s rhetoric is consistent with the language of their counterterrorism strategy, which calls for the “rapid identification & neutralization of violent secular political groups whose ideology is anti-American, radically pro-transgender, & anarchist.”

    #law #Constitution #RightToProtest #FirstAmendment #NationalSecurity #scapegoating #FarRight #propaganda #trumpaganda

  15. The #Trump admin’s rhetoric is consistent with the language of their counterterrorism strategy, which calls for the “rapid identification & neutralization of violent secular political groups whose ideology is anti-American, radically pro-transgender, & anarchist.”

    #law #Constitution #RightToProtest #FirstAmendment #NationalSecurity #scapegoating #FarRight #propaganda #trumpaganda

  16. The #Trump admin’s rhetoric is consistent with the language of their counterterrorism strategy, which calls for the “rapid identification & neutralization of violent secular political groups whose ideology is anti-American, radically pro-transgender, & anarchist.”

    #law #Constitution #RightToProtest #FirstAmendment #NationalSecurity #scapegoating #FarRight #propaganda #trumpaganda

  17. Authorities in #Germany also did not see a significant threat. “The security authorities’ assessment is that the potential threat posed by the group has recently decreased significantly,” an Interior Ministry spokesperson told reporters in November, noting that #AntifaOst leaders & particularly violent members were either in custody or already convicted.

    #law #Constitution #RightToProtest #FirstAmendment #NationalSecurity #scapegoating #FarRight #propaganda #trumpaganda #Trump

  18. Authorities in #Germany also did not see a significant threat. “The security authorities’ assessment is that the potential threat posed by the group has recently decreased significantly,” an Interior Ministry spokesperson told reporters in November, noting that #AntifaOst leaders & particularly violent members were either in custody or already convicted.

    #law #Constitution #RightToProtest #FirstAmendment #NationalSecurity #scapegoating #FarRight #propaganda #trumpaganda #Trump

  19. Authorities in #Germany also did not see a significant threat. “The security authorities’ assessment is that the potential threat posed by the group has recently decreased significantly,” an Interior Ministry spokesperson told reporters in November, noting that #AntifaOst leaders & particularly violent members were either in custody or already convicted.

    #law #Constitution #RightToProtest #FirstAmendment #NationalSecurity #scapegoating #FarRight #propaganda #trumpaganda #Trump

  20. Authorities in #Germany also did not see a significant threat. “The security authorities’ assessment is that the potential threat posed by the group has recently decreased significantly,” an Interior Ministry spokesperson told reporters in November, noting that #AntifaOst leaders & particularly violent members were either in custody or already convicted.

    #law #Constitution #RightToProtest #FirstAmendment #NationalSecurity #scapegoating #FarRight #propaganda #trumpaganda #Trump

  21. Authorities in #Germany also did not see a significant threat. “The security authorities’ assessment is that the potential threat posed by the group has recently decreased significantly,” an Interior Ministry spokesperson told reporters in November, noting that #AntifaOst leaders & particularly violent members were either in custody or already convicted.

    #law #Constitution #RightToProtest #FirstAmendment #NationalSecurity #scapegoating #FarRight #propaganda #trumpaganda #Trump

  22. The designations of the 4 groups were met with skepticism among experts.

    
“They’re very peculiar,” said Blazakis, who is now a professor at Middlebury Institute & teaches about violent #extremism. “Those groups have carried out acts of vandalism. They’ve harmed individuals. But they don’t have a casualty to their name.”

    #law #Constitution #RightToProtest #FirstAmendment #NationalSecurity #scapegoating #FarRight #propaganda #trumpaganda #Trump

  23. The designations of the 4 groups were met with skepticism among experts.

    
“They’re very peculiar,” said Blazakis, who is now a professor at Middlebury Institute & teaches about violent #extremism. “Those groups have carried out acts of vandalism. They’ve harmed individuals. But they don’t have a casualty to their name.”

    #law #Constitution #RightToProtest #FirstAmendment #NationalSecurity #scapegoating #FarRight #propaganda #trumpaganda #Trump

  24. The designations of the 4 groups were met with skepticism among experts.

    
“They’re very peculiar,” said Blazakis, who is now a professor at Middlebury Institute & teaches about violent #extremism. “Those groups have carried out acts of vandalism. They’ve harmed individuals. But they don’t have a casualty to their name.”

    #law #Constitution #RightToProtest #FirstAmendment #NationalSecurity #scapegoating #FarRight #propaganda #trumpaganda #Trump

  25. The designations of the 4 groups were met with skepticism among experts.

    
“They’re very peculiar,” said Blazakis, who is now a professor at Middlebury Institute & teaches about violent #extremism. “Those groups have carried out acts of vandalism. They’ve harmed individuals. But they don’t have a casualty to their name.”

    #law #Constitution #RightToProtest #FirstAmendment #NationalSecurity #scapegoating #FarRight #propaganda #trumpaganda #Trump

  26. The designations of the 4 groups were met with skepticism among experts.

    
“They’re very peculiar,” said Blazakis, who is now a professor at Middlebury Institute & teaches about violent #extremism. “Those groups have carried out acts of vandalism. They’ve harmed individuals. But they don’t have a casualty to their name.”

    #law #Constitution #RightToProtest #FirstAmendment #NationalSecurity #scapegoating #FarRight #propaganda #trumpaganda #Trump

  27. In November, the #State Dept announced the designations of 4 #European groups as foreign #terrorist organizations, including a militant group in Germany that calls itself #AntifaOst . 2 more were in Greece & 1 in Italy.

    Designation, which is done by the secy of state, is based on criteria that include the assessment that the group poses a direct threat to #US #NationalSecurity interests.

    #law #Constitution #RightToProtest #FirstAmendment #scapegoating #FarRight #propaganda #trumpaganda #Trump

  28. In November, the #State Dept announced the designations of 4 #European groups as foreign #terrorist organizations, including a militant group in Germany that calls itself #AntifaOst . 2 more were in Greece & 1 in Italy.

    Designation, which is done by the secy of state, is based on criteria that include the assessment that the group poses a direct threat to #US #NationalSecurity interests.

    #law #Constitution #RightToProtest #FirstAmendment #scapegoating #FarRight #propaganda #trumpaganda #Trump

  29. In November, the #State Dept announced the designations of 4 #European groups as foreign #terrorist organizations, including a militant group in Germany that calls itself #AntifaOst . 2 more were in Greece & 1 in Italy.

    Designation, which is done by the secy of state, is based on criteria that include the assessment that the group poses a direct threat to #US #NationalSecurity interests.

    #law #Constitution #RightToProtest #FirstAmendment #scapegoating #FarRight #propaganda #trumpaganda #Trump

  30. In November, the #State Dept announced the designations of 4 #European groups as foreign #terrorist organizations, including a militant group in Germany that calls itself #AntifaOst . 2 more were in Greece & 1 in Italy.

    Designation, which is done by the secy of state, is based on criteria that include the assessment that the group poses a direct threat to #US #NationalSecurity interests.

    #law #Constitution #RightToProtest #FirstAmendment #scapegoating #FarRight #propaganda #trumpaganda #Trump

  31. In November, the #State Dept announced the designations of 4 #European groups as foreign #terrorist organizations, including a militant group in Germany that calls itself #AntifaOst . 2 more were in Greece & 1 in Italy.

    Designation, which is done by the secy of state, is based on criteria that include the assessment that the group poses a direct threat to #US #NationalSecurity interests.

    #law #Constitution #RightToProtest #FirstAmendment #scapegoating #FarRight #propaganda #trumpaganda #Trump

  32. Undeterred, the #State Dept in mid-June sent a cable to >20 US embassies — from Argentina & Mexico to Italy & Albania — seeking information on far-left extremist groups, acc/to two people familiar with the matter. Several have responded, but none has indicated they concur with the #Trump admin’s assessment of the threat, one person said.

    #law #Constitution #RightToProtest #FirstAmendment #NationalSecurity #scapegoating #FarRight #propaganda #trumpaganda

  33. Undeterred, the #State Dept in mid-June sent a cable to >20 US embassies — from Argentina & Mexico to Italy & Albania — seeking information on far-left extremist groups, acc/to two people familiar with the matter. Several have responded, but none has indicated they concur with the #Trump admin’s assessment of the threat, one person said.

    #law #Constitution #RightToProtest #FirstAmendment #NationalSecurity #scapegoating #FarRight #propaganda #trumpaganda

  34. Undeterred, the #State Dept in mid-June sent a cable to >20 US embassies — from Argentina & Mexico to Italy & Albania — seeking information on far-left extremist groups, acc/to two people familiar with the matter. Several have responded, but none has indicated they concur with the #Trump admin’s assessment of the threat, one person said.

    #law #Constitution #RightToProtest #FirstAmendment #NationalSecurity #scapegoating #FarRight #propaganda #trumpaganda

  35. Undeterred, the #State Dept in mid-June sent a cable to >20 US embassies — from Argentina & Mexico to Italy & Albania — seeking information on far-left extremist groups, acc/to two people familiar with the matter. Several have responded, but none has indicated they concur with the #Trump admin’s assessment of the threat, one person said.

    #law #Constitution #RightToProtest #FirstAmendment #NationalSecurity #scapegoating #FarRight #propaganda #trumpaganda

  36. Undeterred, the #State Dept in mid-June sent a cable to >20 US embassies — from Argentina & Mexico to Italy & Albania — seeking information on far-left extremist groups, acc/to two people familiar with the matter. Several have responded, but none has indicated they concur with the #Trump admin’s assessment of the threat, one person said.

    #law #Constitution #RightToProtest #FirstAmendment #NationalSecurity #scapegoating #FarRight #propaganda #trumpaganda

  37. Analysts say it can be difficult to categorize left-wing violence.…And though there is some upswing of #PoliticalViolence in the #US, “to date left-wing violent extremism has typically been less lethal than other forms of terrorism,” said Bruce Hoffman, senior fellow for counterterrorism at the Council on Foreign Relations.

    #law #Constitution #RightToProtest #FirstAmendment #NationalSecurity #scapegoating #FarRight #propaganda #trumpaganda #Trump

  38. Analysts say it can be difficult to categorize left-wing violence.…And though there is some upswing of #PoliticalViolence in the #US, “to date left-wing violent extremism has typically been less lethal than other forms of terrorism,” said Bruce Hoffman, senior fellow for counterterrorism at the Council on Foreign Relations.

    #law #Constitution #RightToProtest #FirstAmendment #NationalSecurity #scapegoating #FarRight #propaganda #trumpaganda #Trump

  39. Analysts say it can be difficult to categorize left-wing violence.…And though there is some upswing of #PoliticalViolence in the #US, “to date left-wing violent extremism has typically been less lethal than other forms of terrorism,” said Bruce Hoffman, senior fellow for counterterrorism at the Council on Foreign Relations.

    #law #Constitution #RightToProtest #FirstAmendment #NationalSecurity #scapegoating #FarRight #propaganda #trumpaganda #Trump

  40. Analysts say it can be difficult to categorize left-wing violence.…And though there is some upswing of #PoliticalViolence in the #US, “to date left-wing violent extremism has typically been less lethal than other forms of terrorism,” said Bruce Hoffman, senior fellow for counterterrorism at the Council on Foreign Relations.

    #law #Constitution #RightToProtest #FirstAmendment #NationalSecurity #scapegoating #FarRight #propaganda #trumpaganda #Trump

  41. Analysts say it can be difficult to categorize left-wing violence.…And though there is some upswing of #PoliticalViolence in the #US, “to date left-wing violent extremism has typically been less lethal than other forms of terrorism,” said Bruce Hoffman, senior fellow for counterterrorism at the Council on Foreign Relations.

    #law #Constitution #RightToProtest #FirstAmendment #NationalSecurity #scapegoating #FarRight #propaganda #trumpaganda #Trump

  42. The others received prison terms of 30 to 70 years on charges such as rioting, providing support to terrorists & conspiracy to use & carry explosives. [so all #Jan6 offenders should suffer the same fate]
    
Defense attorneys called the prosecution politically motivated.

    #law #Constitution #RightToProtest #FirstAmendment #NationalSecurity #scapegoating #FarRight #propaganda #trumpaganda #Trump

  43. The others received prison terms of 30 to 70 years on charges such as rioting, providing support to terrorists & conspiracy to use & carry explosives. [so all #Jan6 offenders should suffer the same fate]
    
Defense attorneys called the prosecution politically motivated.

    #law #Constitution #RightToProtest #FirstAmendment #NationalSecurity #scapegoating #FarRight #propaganda #trumpaganda #Trump

  44. The others received prison terms of 30 to 70 years on charges such as rioting, providing support to terrorists & conspiracy to use & carry explosives. [so all #Jan6 offenders should suffer the same fate]
    
Defense attorneys called the prosecution politically motivated.

    #law #Constitution #RightToProtest #FirstAmendment #NationalSecurity #scapegoating #FarRight #propaganda #trumpaganda #Trump

  45. The others received prison terms of 30 to 70 years on charges such as rioting, providing support to terrorists & conspiracy to use & carry explosives. [so all #Jan6 offenders should suffer the same fate]
    
Defense attorneys called the prosecution politically motivated.

    #law #Constitution #RightToProtest #FirstAmendment #NationalSecurity #scapegoating #FarRight #propaganda #trumpaganda #Trump

  46. The others received prison terms of 30 to 70 years on charges such as rioting, providing support to terrorists & conspiracy to use & carry explosives. [so all #Jan6 offenders should suffer the same fate]
    
Defense attorneys called the prosecution politically motivated.

    #law #Constitution #RightToProtest #FirstAmendment #NationalSecurity #scapegoating #FarRight #propaganda #trumpaganda #Trump

  47. …The order was followed by the issuance of National Security Presidential Memorandum 7, which directed the #DOJ to “investigate and disrupt networks, entities & organizations that foment political violence.” The document states that Charlie Kirk’s alleged killer engraved the bullets used in the killing with “so-called ‘anti-fascist’ rhetoric.”

    #law #Constitution #RightToProtest #FirstAmendment #NationalSecurity #scapegoating #FarRight #propaganda #trumpaganda #Trump

  48. …The order was followed by the issuance of National Security Presidential Memorandum 7, which directed the #DOJ to “investigate and disrupt networks, entities & organizations that foment political violence.” The document states that Charlie Kirk’s alleged killer engraved the bullets used in the killing with “so-called ‘anti-fascist’ rhetoric.”

    #law #Constitution #RightToProtest #FirstAmendment #NationalSecurity #scapegoating #FarRight #propaganda #trumpaganda #Trump

  49. …The order was followed by the issuance of National Security Presidential Memorandum 7, which directed the #DOJ to “investigate and disrupt networks, entities & organizations that foment political violence.” The document states that Charlie Kirk’s alleged killer engraved the bullets used in the killing with “so-called ‘anti-fascist’ rhetoric.”

    #law #Constitution #RightToProtest #FirstAmendment #NationalSecurity #scapegoating #FarRight #propaganda #trumpaganda #Trump

  50. …The order was followed by the issuance of National Security Presidential Memorandum 7, which directed the #DOJ to “investigate and disrupt networks, entities & organizations that foment political violence.” The document states that Charlie Kirk’s alleged killer engraved the bullets used in the killing with “so-called ‘anti-fascist’ rhetoric.”

    #law #Constitution #RightToProtest #FirstAmendment #NationalSecurity #scapegoating #FarRight #propaganda #trumpaganda #Trump

  51. …The order was followed by the issuance of National Security Presidential Memorandum 7, which directed the #DOJ to “investigate and disrupt networks, entities & organizations that foment political violence.” The document states that Charlie Kirk’s alleged killer engraved the bullets used in the killing with “so-called ‘anti-fascist’ rhetoric.”

    #law #Constitution #RightToProtest #FirstAmendment #NationalSecurity #scapegoating #FarRight #propaganda #trumpaganda #Trump

  52. But achieving that status for #Antifa would be a stretch, experts say.
    #US #law requires a group be foreign to be designated. “If it has any significant domestic presence, it cannot be designated,” said Jason Blazakis, who ran the #State Department’s designation process for 10 years before leaving in 2018.

    #law #Constitution #RightToProtest #FirstAmendment #NationalSecurity #scapegoating #FarRight #propaganda #trumpaganda #Trump

  53. But achieving that status for #Antifa would be a stretch, experts say.
    #US #law requires a group be foreign to be designated. “If it has any significant domestic presence, it cannot be designated,” said Jason Blazakis, who ran the #State Department’s designation process for 10 years before leaving in 2018.

    #law #Constitution #RightToProtest #FirstAmendment #NationalSecurity #scapegoating #FarRight #propaganda #trumpaganda #Trump

  54. But achieving that status for #Antifa would be a stretch, experts say.
    #US #law requires a group be foreign to be designated. “If it has any significant domestic presence, it cannot be designated,” said Jason Blazakis, who ran the #State Department’s designation process for 10 years before leaving in 2018.

    #law #Constitution #RightToProtest #FirstAmendment #NationalSecurity #scapegoating #FarRight #propaganda #trumpaganda #Trump

  55. But achieving that status for #Antifa would be a stretch, experts say.
    #US #law requires a group be foreign to be designated. “If it has any significant domestic presence, it cannot be designated,” said Jason Blazakis, who ran the #State Department’s designation process for 10 years before leaving in 2018.

    #law #Constitution #RightToProtest #FirstAmendment #NationalSecurity #scapegoating #FarRight #propaganda #trumpaganda #Trump