I can't believe I have to tell journalists this, but disappearing people for constitutionally protected free speech is not an "arrest." SMDH
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I find it disturbing how often discussions about the current administration bring out people talking about taking up arms. I have to wonder how much of that is organic, because, aside from the ethical issues, there's no surer way to delegitimize your movement in the eyes of the public and give the FBI free rein to move on you like a bitch. There's an old saw in activist circles about avoiding people who talk about going violent, because those people are often informants.
I was wondering about that too. It gets pretty heavy handed here sometimes talking about that stuff. It makes things hard to mod as well. I can't tell if they're being serious or not.