Friday, February 23, 2018

HR 4918, a bill introduced by Rep. Brad Schneider (D-IL), identifies “white supremacists” and “right-wing extremists” — both terms are undefined — as domestic terrorists.


On February 2, 2018, a bill was introduced in the House of Representatives which should strike fear in white Americans, conservatives and Republicans.
The purpose of H.R. 4918: Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act of 2018is “to authorize dedicated domestic terrorism offices within the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation to analyze and monitor domestic terrorist activity and require the Federal Government to take steps to prevent domestic terrorism.”
Furthermore, HR 4918 proposes that “The domestic terrorism officesauthorized” in the bill “shall focus their limited resources on the most significant domestic terrorism threats“.

Who are America’s “most significant domestic terrorists”?
According to HR 4918, Sec. 2 (1):
White supremacists and other right-wing extremists are the most significant domestic terrorism threat facing the United States.
The term “domestic terrorism” is defined by 18 U.S. Code § 2331 as:
“acts dangerous to human life that are a violation of the criminal laws of the United States or of any State . . . intended (i) to intimidate or coerce a civilian population; (ii) to influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion; or (iii) to affect the conduct of a government by mass destruction, assassination, or kidnapping.”

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