cross-posted from: https://ibbit.at/post/79747

The Trump administration is drawing up “secret lists of terrorist groups inside the United States,” Senator Elissa Slotkin said on the floor of Congress yesterday — the first such reference to the effects of National Security Presidential Memorandum 7 (NSPM-7). The directive, as I’ve reported, lays out Donald Trump’s policies with regard to equating “anti-Christian” and “anti-capitalist”…

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“The Trump administration define[s] domestic terrorism incredibly broadly,” Slotkin said. “It suggests that any group that talks about anti-Christian values, views they don’t like on migration or race, differing views on the role of the family, religion, or morality could all be grounds for labelling an organization as domestic terrorists.”

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[–] 3 points 1 year ago (8 children)

Like the government hasn’t had that since at least Sept 11,2001?

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    They've had lists, and overly inclusive ones, but never this broad:

    “The Trump administration define[s] domestic terrorism incredibly broadly,” Slotkin said. “It suggests that any group that talks about anti-Christian values, views they don’t like on migration or race, differing views on the role of the family, religion, or morality could all be grounds for labelling an organization as domestic terrorists.”

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago* (5 children)

    He's just saying the quiet part out loud. I don't believe for a fucking second that previous administrations weren't making lists of political enemies.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 year ago (4 children)

    The new bit is how broad the criteria are for getting on the list.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)

    So it was fine when only radicals and minorities were on the list?

    All Trump has done is expand the repression to normal people. It's your problem too, now.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    I don't know where you get the idea anyone thinks it was fine. We've known it was terrible ever since the early 2000s. It just got a bit worse.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    The people warning us about Trump's list were silent about the other lists. Do you think Elissa Slotkin cared if Biden kept lists of anti-Zionists protesting the genocide? There are definitely some people who have been concerned about the lists of targets the government keeps no matter who the President is, but Senators don't give a shit unless their people are on the list.

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