the fact that it’s not an organization works even better for them, now anybody they want to arrest is a member of ‘the local chapter of antifa’ and subject to the extremely squishy definition of ‘domestic terrorism’
(5) the term “domestic terrorism” means activities that-
(A) involve acts dangerous to human life that are a violation of the criminal laws of the United States or of any State;
(B) appear to be intended-
(i) to intimidate or coerce a civilian population;
(ii) to influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion; or
(iii) to affect the conduct of a government by mass destruction, assassination, or kidnapping; and
© occur primarily within the territorial jurisdiction of the United States
Yeah after I posted that I figured it’s going to work more like “being openly against fascism is illegal”
It may not even be that
It’ll just be “Oh you’re in favor of X? Well, X is part of the ‘antifa’ creed”, where ‘X’ can be any nebulous thing they want it to be
It will just be a pretext to allow arresting of any ‘undesirables’
Yeah, and that definitely includes communism or even any other Left ideology.
They want to classify believing in communism as being part of a terrorist organization. Tough times ahead.
involve acts dangerous to human life that are a violation of the criminal laws of the United States or of any State;
Well that just makes this redundant AF and pretty useless. From the party that criess about BIG GOVERNMENT and over regulation to boot. If there are laws already on the books, then what’s the point?
… to influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion
Ahh there it is. Meanwhile Jan 6 and armed uninformed fascists roaming around with guns at queer events and state capitals checks out. No policy by intimidation or coercion there.
