Therein lies the rub. Leftists simply do not want to draw the line at violent extortion that eviscerates our right to speak, assemble, and engage in constitutionally protected political activity.
The Democrats have been doing that already, using The Patriot Act and the FISA Courts.
Not going after ANTIFA is not going to make the Democrats stop abusing the law.
On the other hand, if we don't destroy ANTIFA, the November elections could descend into an ANTIFA organized riots mayhem and utter chaos.
Destroy ANTIFA NOW!
So people who think like this is supposed to rule the day. We are just supposed to capitulate because of what might happen years down the road. To hell with that kind of thinking.
They already have, Andrew. The IRS going after the Tea Party for one.
Someone should tell Mr. McCarthy that it will be easier to root out the foreign funding that supports the anti-America rent-a-mobs, if FEDERAL crimes are committed.
If he is in doubt about this, he should ask Elliot Ness.
When is voicing the truth a bad idea?
No case whatever can be made against conservative activists as terrorists. Terrorists are violent. They threaten lives and they carry out their threats. A case could be made in almost any court in the land that what antifas do is terrorism.
I’m not seeing the parallel. I respect this writer; but I think terror designation is warranted here and would show that what they do won’t be tolerated. They have gotten away with it because of wimped-out state and local governments.
I’d humbly suggest that we work on presenting the evidence that Antfa is a terrorist organization, and let the reader decide.
The Democrats are claiming that it is White Supramists doing the rioting, burning, and looting. Videos of the rioters say otherwise, or are you going to claim that they are whites in blackface doing the rioting, looting, vandalism, and burning?
Antifa, and before that, Occupy Wallstreet have done considerable damage to our country affecting people of all colors just trying to make a living with a little shop, only to see their life savings wiped out.
The Democrats are one election away from turning our country into another Venezuela. We would be there now if it were not for Trump stepping in to make our country great again, in spite of the enemy within. They are legion.
How is Antifa at its core any different than the KKK? Both groups are predominantly men who have strongly held beliefs and wish do violence to further their cause. Both hide their identities behind masks and cloaks. Both operate in politically safe sanctuaries. Antifa operates in Democratically controlled areas such as Portland and Seattle where their identities are protected and the Courts are friendly. The KKK at its peak operated in the South where the political establishment was friendly. Both groups drew its membership from a broad cross section of society.
If the FBI is serious about stopping Antifa, just the threat of exposing the members and making their identities public knowledge will considerably weaken the organization. Eventually the KKK disappeared from American life because anyone identified as a member, with a few notable exceptions, lost standing in their communities and lost access to professional lives and jobs. Antifa members fear being identified and exposed.
The stories that make the distinction say that he will designate them a domestic terrorist organization, which they certainly are. They will join E.L.F., various Christian Identity organizations, at least one anti-abortion organization, Marxist organizations, white and black supremacist organizations in the designation of domestic terrorist organizations.
Andrew McCarthy is completely ignoring the fact that Antifa is a terrorist organization. Telling the truth is a good move, at least for our side.
There is still a difference between foreign and domestic terrorist organizations, though the article seems to argue against the foreign designation as a red herring.
Andrew McCarthy needs to pull up his big girl underwear see this for what it IS
The idea that Democrats won’t appropriate any powers that a Republican doesn’t first is fallacious.
No. States rights is not going to do this.
No. States rights is not going to do this.
The right doesn’t urn down cities and assault law officers.
Afraid of what dems might do down the road. Hardly a reason to cower now.
I’d humbly suggest we work on that, rather than wasting our energy on meaningless and potentially counterproductive theater like designating domestic terrorist organizations.
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Andrew, if it’s just “theatre” - as you call it - and has no teeth, then why are you wasting ink condemning it?