Domestic Terrorism

[Dill]

(09-28-2017, 11:33 AM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: You hear wrong, he liked their facebook page, not a single post.  He's also friends with Falarca.  Would you have the same questions if, instead of Antifa, he liked a KKK or a neo-nazi facebook group?  Was friends with David Duke instead of Falarca?  Somehow I think not.

He liked the page then, and is "friends with Falarca." That doesn't seem conclusive evidence of membership.

Had he liked a KKK or neonazi facebook group, I would not have assumed he was a member of either.  Even if he was friends with David Duke.  If I said was a KKK member for merely liking, I would just be creating my own facts.

You may have exposed a bias on my part, though. I would not view a friend of Falarca quite the same way as I would view a friend of David Duke.  For me, anti-racism and racism do not reduce easily to the same level.  BAMN is not just an equally evil mirror image of the KKK.

(09-28-2017, 11:33 AM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: Simply watch footage of the actions of antifa at the scheduled Milo event and watch the police response, or the complete lack thereof.  Watch the POS Falarca assaulting a man directly in front of police and watch the police do nothing.  I have friends in law enforcement in that area and they verify that they have had orders to do nothing in order to not exacerbate the situation.  They would like to arrest everyone they observe breaking the law, but don't want to lose their jobs in so doing.

People are committing felonies directly in front of police and not being arrested.  If that's not hampering the prosecution of their crimes then what is?

I think everyone agrees the police were told not to arrest for property crimes.  But it doesn't look like rioters had "free rein" to attack people. At least 11 were arrested. 

But to keep on track here, are you arguing that this is a failure of local law enforcement on the level of, say, a refusal to prosecute civil rights violations in 1960 Mississippi, so a federal law against domestic terrorism is necessary?

(09-28-2017, 11:33 AM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: Yes, it equals domestic terrorism when the riotous actions are undertaken against people because of their political beliefs.  Sure, we can wait, you didn't mind waiting for Trump to condemn white supremacists, so I'll be equally patient.

 Good, then let's see what the definition of domestic terrorism actually is before we presume it can be simply applied to "riotous actions," even because of political beliefs.