Take the Test to See If You Might Be Considered a “Potential Terrorist” By Government Officials
There have been so many anti-terrorism laws passed since 9/11 that it is hard to keep up on what kinds of things might get one on a “list” of suspected bad guys.
We’ve prepared this quick checklist so you can see if you might be doing something which might get hassled.
The following actions may get an American citizen living on U.S. soil labeled as a “suspected terrorist” today:
- Questioning war (even though war reduces our national security; and see this)
- Criticizing the government’s targeting of innocent civilians with drones (although killing innocent civilians with drones is one of the main things which increases terrorism. And see this)
- Stocking up on more than 7 days of food (even though all Mormons are taught to stockpile food, and most Hawaiians store up on extra food)
Holding the following beliefs may also be considered grounds for suspected terrorism:
- Liking the Founding Fathers
- Being a Christian
- Being “anti-nuclear”
- Being “anti-abortion”
- Being “anti-Catholic”
- Being “anti-global”
Many Americans assume that only “bad people” have to worry about draconian anti-terror laws.
But as the above lists show, this isn’t true.
When even Supreme Court Justices and congressmen worry that we are drifting into dictatorship, we should all be concerned.
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99% of the population
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Being a veteran.
To be fair, some of these items on the list, especially in combination, do make people “suspicious”. This is sort of a bit sensationalistic, as it’s really about these combinations, the degrees of activity, the race/gender of the person, the social demographic, and general circumstances. It’s also about the number of times someone does something also, and what they do in combination.
There’s a huge difference between the old crank that lives next door and exhibits 15 of these traits and spends saturday evening stocking his canned goods, and the guy who exhibits the same traits parking his van in front of a government building several times in a short time span. I think that the unspoken point with these activities.
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Liking the Founding Fathers
Being a Christian
Being anti-tax, anti-regulation or for the gold standard
Being “reverent of individual liberty”
Yes, I am all of the above and I own a gun! God Bless America!! According to the P.C. police, the Founding Fathers and Jesus Christ are considered terrorists, then count me in!
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The loss of nuance is amazing. We are a binary nation.