You Might Be a Terrorist
Deborah Venable
03/2209
Issued
in February of 2009 from the state of Missouri – read this paper on the Modern
Militia Movement,
aimed specifically at law enforcement agencies.
Do
you fit the “profile” of a domestic terrorist?
It might surprise you to find out that you do!
Let’s
do this Jeff Foxworthy style and say:
If you believe that the IRS should
be abolished, you might be a domestic terrorist.
If you believe that the Constitution should be upheld, you might
be a domestic terrorist.
If you believe that abortion is an abomination, you might be a
domestic terrorist.
If you believe your children should be home schooled, you might
be a domestic terrorist.
If you believe our borders should be secured against illegal
aliens, you might be a domestic terrorist.
If you listen to conservative talk radio, you might be a domestic
terrorist.
If you read or write conservative blogs or columns about
individualism, you might be a domestic terrorist.
In short, if you believe that liberal Democrats do not have all
the answers to the governance of America, you might be a domestic terrorist.
A
reference in the above document notes that a reemergence of the militia
movement can be seen due to “the current economical and political
situation.” Also it states that “there
is a great deal of anger against the Federal Reserve and all forms of tax
collection.”
Well,
duh!
Okay,
so everyone knows that so-called militia groups have been responsible for some
pretty bad stuff, hold some outlandish fringe ideas about supremacy and
racially charged prejudices, and don’t necessarily mind targeting anyone who
doesn’t believe like they do. But these
“extremist” groups have always been in the minority – even if all their
factions get grouped together into one, (quite an impossible outcome when you
consider the many different points of view they cover.) When you stack them up against, say, radical
Islamist groups, their cohesiveness can’t hold a candle!
When
we are talking about real terrorist groups trying to justify their outrage within as free
a society as still exists here in America, the “jihads” would win – hands down
– any battle for their cause, because they are, without exception, all against
freedom. They aren’t about empowering
anything but their law and religion.
Individualists are not valuable to such a group.
The
militia movement described in this document DOES appeal to individualists for
the most part, and they do promote freedom as the prize to be had. They appeal to survivalists at a time when a
great many people are concerned about the survival of the American way of
life. They appeal to traditionalists at
a time when moral relativism is running rampant. They appeal to common sense at a time when it certainly seems in
short supply within the bureaucracy of government.
As
I read over this document, and of course I have no way of knowing how many
others like it have been distributed among law enforcement agencies, I wondered
how many “red flags” I have accumulated just by being outspoken on the
injustices I see around me. It’s
something to think about. Once upon a
time in our Constitutional Republic, these thoughts might never occur to a
law-abiding citizen. But then as we all
know, times have changed.
I
suppose it could be argued that yesterday’s revolutionary freedom fighter is
today’s domestic terrorist, but I still see most of the real terror coming from
the socialist/Marxist/communist agenda being trotted out of Washington and
state legislatures and courts all over the country right now. The last time I checked, “tea parties” were
still considered a peaceful gathering.
Threatening
terror to influence government sounds more like the liberal agenda. Case in point – terrorizing children with
tales of planet destruction via carbon footprints, and threatening global
financial meltdown without more American taxpayer dollars funneled into world
markets.
Yep,
I’d have to say that most of the real domestic terrorists have a D behind their
names, or at least a misleading R.