r/FreeLuigi • u/Diamondphalanges756 • 1d ago
News Counterterrorism Officials have labeled some sympathizers as "extremists".
New article by Ken Klippenstein details LM sympathizers as extremists by NYPD document was spread across the US.
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u/Complex_Mammoth8754 1d ago
So disdain for corporate greed makes me an extremist? They do realize there's literally millions of us who feel this way, right?
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u/AbcLmn18 1d ago
"Extremist" is exactly, literally the word they use in Russia to put anti-Putin protesters in prison. Previously the word had no legal meaning but they made an entire law about it with a deliberately vague definition of "extremism" so that it could be applied selectively.
This is an incredibly annoying political strategy because there's nothing fundamentally wrong with extreme views as such. Extreme doesn't inherently mean violent or dangerous, it simply means far from the middle. There are already laws in place to limit violent or dangerous behavior, hate speech, terrorism. The only conceivable reason to label something as "extremist" and make it illegal to be "extremist", is when you want to vilify the otherwise harmless views that happen to be the opposite of yours.
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u/FigMajestic6096 1d ago edited 1d ago
I think I saw a poll that something like 40-60% (can’t remember the exact number) of people under 40 support him. So many extremists lmao. And their cause? “Disdain for corporate greed.” Wow what an insane and terrifying stance! You have to laugh at this bs.
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u/juststattingaround 1d ago
Still not scared 🤷♀️ I’m also so curious for this trial to start so we can see this actual “handwritten manifesto” they claim to have found
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u/No-Knee9457 1d ago
They are trying to scare people into submission. I can't speak for others but I'm tired of being afraid.