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US Government designates host of noblogs.org a "global terrorist"

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Re: US Government designates host of noblogs.org a "global terrorist"

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Being far-left is now officially terrorism. Now they will start move the bar one step at a time, one organization at a time, to cut off every political movement that does not align.

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IMO this comment perfectly exemplifies the process that advances society's slide towards fascism:

> Just like being far-right was.

This is simply not true. Just like so many lies repeated ad nauseam by the right-wing media machine, it has convinced a huge part of the US population that the opposition genuinely wants to hurt and destroy them, so now they have no problem with doing the same to them. A terrifyingly huge portion of them is actively and gleefully applauding every time their sides manages to "own the libs", right down to citizens being shot while exercising their rights.

If you look back at Nazi propaganda against Jewish people, it's the same pattern. They convinced their followers of so many terrible things this minority group is doing just to hurt and spite "the common man", until said followers were ready to do all those things to them.

When a vice president tells people that minority groups are eating pets and him literally admitting that it's a lie doesn't dissuade his voters from believing it to be true, you have all the ingredients necessary to enable the next Holocaust.

Re: US Government designates host of noblogs.org a "global terrorist"

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The article seems misleading implying it's due to the ""collective’s “far-left” politics"" which seem odd as far left isn't illegal. If you look at the govt announcement it cites: >multiple high-profile instances of breaking into defense infrastructure and British military installations, and causing millions of dollars’ worth of damage to military equipment. Palestine Action has promoted its violent, criminal, and te…

The problematic thing is the implication that holding a similar view automatically makes you a part of the same organization. Terrorist groups are more traditionally defined as an organized groups that use terrorism as a military tactic to achieve their goals. noblogs.org never used such tactics nor supported them. If we call anyone a terrorist, if they have at least one view similar to those who did terrorist acts,…

The action is against Autistici Inventati, not noblogs. The govt argument is

>Autistici Inventati [...] exclusively provides its services to vetted individuals, collectives, and groups it perceives to be aligned with its ideology, including to sanctioned terrorist organizations...

Re: US Government designates host of noblogs.org a "global terrorist"

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From a European perspective, one has long wondered what this government actually considers NOT to be terrorism. The violent storming of a national symbol of democracy is clearly not one of them. This doesn't exactly make one want to spend their next vacation in the USA – even though, admittedly, we have our own problems here.

"I am a freedom fighter, you are a rebel, and he is a terrorist." Going against the US regime means you're a terrorist. If you instead bomb a "terrorist nation", i.e. "a nation not aligned with the US regime"'s schoolgirls, you're a freedom fighter.

A freedom fighter, a rebel and a terrorist walk into a bar.

They're all the same person.

(How long till the world declares the US a "terrorist nation"?)

Re: US Government designates host of noblogs.org a "global terrorist"

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post #154

Earlier quoted context omitted.

“They are either the hero or the victim, but never the perpetrator.” - Narcissist ethos “Narcissism has more in common with self-hatred than with self-admiration.” - Christopher Lasch “The four core pillars of narcissism, as defined by clinical psychologist Dr. Ramani Durvasula, are a lack of empathy, grandiosity, a chronic sense of entitlement, and a constant need for admiration and validation” - America Psychology…

More dark triad because pure narcissicm misses the transactional behaviour and the psychopathy where a clear perception of reality is sometimes muddled. All three dark triad traits are believed to be conceptually distinct, although empirical evidence shows them to be overlapping. They are associated with a callous–manipulative interpersonal style.[8] Narcissism is characterized by grandiosity, pride, egotism, and a l…

Yes I think most of those boxes are checked. I’m still somewhat fascinated/baffled by the fact that many people seem to paradoxically associate these traits with “good leadership.” It’s a tale as old as time.

Re: US Government designates host of noblogs.org a "global terrorist"

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

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The name of the party is the Democratic Party. I am aware of Mamdani using that phrase approximately 5 years before he ran for NYC mayor. Who else has said that?

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Re: US Government designates host of noblogs.org a "global terrorist"

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post #94

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"I am a freedom fighter, you are a rebel, and he is a terrorist." Going against the US regime means you're a terrorist. If you instead bomb a "terrorist nation", i.e. "a nation not aligned with the US regime"'s schoolgirls, you're a freedom fighter.

A freedom fighter, a rebel and a terrorist walk into a bar. They're all the same person. (How long till the world declares the US a "terrorist nation"?)

> How long till the world declares the US a "terrorist nation"?

When and if they do they will be many decades late

Re: US Government designates host of noblogs.org a "global terrorist"

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

It isn't a cope. They are pointing out the fact that the state has been used against the opposition multiple times in the past by authoritarians, by both the US (this goes beyond DT's gov too) and socialist governments (although they often use the term "reactionaries" instead).

Who did Obama sick the DOJ on? Who did Biden? How? Did his lackies at the FCC bully media companies, threaten to take them off the air for what their comedians did? What noblogs.org did they go after? Did they tell everyone the un-cities were violent overrun places that needed that national guard sent in? Did Obama's personal lawyer get to run the DOJ? The left/"socialists", generally, these days, seem to believe pre…

You have a lot to learn about Obama and Biden lol

No, they were not a brazen and stupid as trump, but they violated nearly as many civil liberties.

Obama executed a US citizen on terror charges without a trial, for starters

Re: US Government designates host of noblogs.org a "global terrorist"

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post #152

The article seems misleading implying it's due to the ""collective’s “far-left” politics"" which seem odd as far left isn't illegal. If you look at the govt announcement it cites: >multiple high-profile instances of breaking into defense infrastructure and British military installations, and causing millions of dollars’ worth of damage to military equipment. Palestine Action has promoted its violent, criminal, and te…

Lmao the Italian blogging platform has nothing to do with Palestine Action, did you even read the article?

Or do you even pay attention? "Far left" has been illegal in the past and trump clearly wants it so again

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