Violent Radicalization-Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act headed for Senate
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IMC Miami
http://www.truthnews.us/?p=995
November 26, 2007
Fears that government could define Internet radicalization and criticism
as terrorism mount, violent comments left on messageboards by trolls could be
exploited to entrap peaceful 9/11 truthers. A new bill that recently passed the
House and is headed for Senate approval has online activists worried that the
vague definitions used for defining the Internets contribution to
radicalization of potential terrorists could lead to a government crackdown on
talk radio, free speech and the 9/11 truth movement.
The bill is H.R. 1955: Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism
Prevention Act of 2007 and passed Congress after a bipartisan vote on October
23rd.
Ostensibly, the bill targets United States citizens because of its constant
reference to basic Constitutional protections, but this has led some to fear
that it is intended to shut down free speech on the Internet and stifle patriot
and alternative talk radio networks.
The bill defines violent radicalization as The process of adopting or
promoting an extremist belief system for the purpose of facilitating
ideologically based violence to advance political, religious, or social change.
It further defines homegrown terrorism as The use, planned use, or
threatened use, of force or violence by a group or individual born, raised, or
based and operating primarily within the United States or any possession of the
United States to intimidate or coerce the United States government, the
civilian population of the United States, or any segment thereof, in
furtherance of political or social objectives.
The term planned use has caused concerns that thinking about violence, ie
thought crime, could be considered a terrorist act. But since to plan violence
must involve some form of planning, whether that be drawing up bomb diagrams or
making violent statements, the real threat seems to have been overlooked.
A disturbing trend in recent months has been the proliferation of violent
postings on messageboards of websites affiliated with peaceful 9/11 truth
organizations.
These messages are being posted by shameless trolls, COINTELPRO operatives
and their stooges in a clear effort to discredit the 9/11 truth movement by
making us all appear to be crazy nutcases who plan to commit terrorist acts.
Establishment media hacks like Glenn Beck have then seized upon the idea to
spew propaganda about how the next Timothy McVeigh will come from the truth
movement, despite the fact that the leadership of the truth movement have
practiced what they preach all along, by engaging in completely peaceful
protests and other forms of non-violent educational activism.
The bills reference to how The Internet has aided in facilitating violent
radicalization, ideologically based violence, and the homegrown terrorism
process in the United States by providing access to broad and constant streams
of terrorist-related propaganda to United States citizens, is shocking.
Remember, the bill is not aimed at Al-Qaeda websites or arabic forums that
post alleged Bin Laden video tapes, it is aimed at American citizens using
American based websites, like the very one youre reading now.
The opportunity for the state to seize upon violent posts left by trolls and
use them to entrap peaceful 9/11 truthers under the guise that they promoted
violence should be a major concern for us all.
Our message is simply this - dont even try it.
We have preached a doctrine of absolute non-violence from the very beginning
and we will continue to do so. Anyone who calls for violence in a messageboard
post is either a Fed, a Moms basement dwelling troll who spends their entire
day attempting to debunk the 9/11 truth movement, or a completely deluded moron
who is unrepresentative of the vast majority of the 9/11 truth movement.
Those individuals who advocate violence should be sought out and investigated
individually. Any plans to try and entrap prominent 9/11 truth movement figures
using guilt by association should be abandoned immediately and we will
ceaselessly emphasize this point until this current wave of propaganda subsides.
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