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Since antifa is in no way an organisation, designating it as terrorist group will allow the government to charge literally anyone with terrorism.
Yes, even you.
Yes, even you.
And yes, there absolutely is a precedent for this, under this administration - #J20. All Trump’s thuggish threat today proposes is to simply repeat this unconstitutional horror show on a national scale: https://theintercept.com/2018/07/14/inauguration-protest-prosecutions/
I was there, Gandalf. https://twitter.com/thestuffofmemes/status/1266346495298674690?s=21
Now I’m no longer living in America I can state publicly I attended #J20 meetings as a journalist and walked with organisers putting up posters for it around DC.
I chose not to write an article about them because I have a moral duty to protect sources from government suppression
I chose not to write an article about them because I have a moral duty to protect sources from government suppression
The court rulings ultimately exonerated my decision.
I’ve been advised by better educated people than myself ( @meredithloken) to offer folks good information on this issue. Take a look: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/31/us/politics/trump-antifa-terrorist-group.html
