Posted on 05/31/2020 12:48:14 PM PDT by EBH
I know this sounds crazy, but Donald Trump will not be president forever. In fact, he hasn’t been president that long . . . meaning, it was not so long ago that we were dealing with an Obama administration — and its media-Democrat pom-pom squads — that regarded limited-government conservatives, Second Amendment proponents, and many veterans returning from overseas military service as “right-wing extremists” who posed a threat of “domestic terrorism.” Someday, maybe sooner than we’d like to think, Democrats are going to be in power again. Do we really want to give them enhanced federal powers to harass ideological opponents under the guise of “designating” domestic terrorist threats?
Right this minute, in terms of confronting Antifa or any other domestic terrorist organization, we have a more robust array of state and federal law-enforcement powers than we have ever had. Moreover, coordination between federal and state law-enforcement and national-security officers is as good as it has ever been. All that is required to gut Antifa is the will to do it — the will to say, “Regardless of our disparate political views, we Americans draw the line at violent extortion that eviscerates our right to speak, assemble, and engage in constitutionally protected political activity.”
I’d humbly suggest we work on that, rather than wasting our energy on meaningless and potentially counterproductive theater like designating domestic terrorist organizations.
(Excerpt) Read more at nationalreview.com ...
Well reasoned article. Thanks for posting.
Fvck off National Review. NRO died with Buckley senior.
Wrong.
Just because the unjust commit acts of injustice doesn’t mean the just should refrain from seeing real justice done.
Eat Scubala and die puke!
Exactly so.
Andy is a DUMBASS....the ONLY way to infiltrate ANTIFA and find out for sure that Soros money is behind it, is to designate it as a TERRORIST GROUP!!! IT’s ALL THEY DO IS DESTROY!
FReeeeore!
Never Trumper Andy at the Trump hater NR .
please do the exact opposite of this treasonous snakes advice
This snake is trouble .
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right? goodness forbid we make the left angry they might do something like us the IC to try and take out a sitting President or spy on us, or use the IRS against us.
Oh wait.
Yes if you’re a RINO or GOPe it’s well reasoned.
If you think this article has merit maybe FR is not the place for you?
Captain, I think the arrests of violent antifa, and the confiscation of their financial resources will begin visibly unfolding within 7 days
Bad Idea???
Well, so is calling Christians terrorists... but Obama did it all the time.
Nailed it, he’s a putz.
Bullshit! He just decided now is the time to out himself. A leopard can’t change his spots. The fifth column is making itself known.
Have you got something to back that up with?
That is why I am looking for their original manifesto because they are rewriting history with an “up-to-date” version in 2017....I think. If you want to deem an organization as domestic terrorist first you read how they label themselves and of course their actions vs words. The fear is the Democrats take over and claim the NRA, Tea Party, etc. as terrorist...I get it.
As long as we’re making predictions, I’ll go out on a limb and say Jack Dorsey is gone from twitter before July 1.
Maybe, just maybe not being a pussy neocon and doing the right thing leads to more conservatives in office.
William Buckley is rolling over in his grave.
Sorry Andy, you’re wrong. They are now internationals, and being funded by Soros backed groups. By declaring them a terroris group, you now can go after Soros...not that Trump will have the balls to do it, but in theory he could do it as well as consfiscate all assets of said organizations Soros operates under RICO. It won’t happen, but I can dream.
Awful lot of tolerance around these days...for anti-American totalitarian authoritarianism. Weakness.
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