Prepare for the new Domestic Terrorism Bill OffGuardian

That is why you re seeing so much usage of the phrase domestic terrorism in the last couple of days. It s the meme-phrase. The primary talking point for this whole exercise. It was underlined in all the memos sent out to all the media outlets.

That s why Joe Biden went to such lengths to distinguish domestic terrorists from protesters in his speech following the riots.

That s why the Council on Foreign Relations had an interview with a counter-terrorism and national security expert published within 24 hours of the incident, in which he spends 4 paragraphs arguing that the people who stormed the capitol were domestic terrorists.

That s why the Washington Post has got an article dedicated to lawmakers and experts arguing that the Capitol Hill protest was an act of domestic terrorism . And so have Vox. And Mother Jones.

That s why ABC had an article about how domestic terrorism and hate crimes were a growing problem in America&a week before the riot took place.

And that s why #TrumpisaDomesticTerrorist is trending on Twitter.

Georgetown University, a well-known spook college, published a paper in September 2020 titled the The Need for a Specific Law Against Domestic Terrorism , and op-ed pieces bemoaning the lack of such a law have been dotted through the press going back to last summer and even late 2019.

There was one published yesterday, in which a senior FBI official says more could have been done if there had been a specific law outlawing domestic terrorism.

Domestic Terrorism is clearly where it s at in early 2021, so we can expect a brand new law regarding it&probably by March, at the latest.

What will Domestic Terrorism mean in this law? The answer to that is pretty much always whatever they want it to mean.

Certainly, it will include incitement and hate speech , I would expect denialism to make an appearance, and be downright

via off-guardian.org

I hope this is wrong.