[ April 19, 2024 ]
The madness that drives the left totalitarians manifests itself is all kinds of different crazy. Nazi Germany, Communist China, Stalin’s Soviet Union, Pol Pot’s Cambodia’s Marxist–Leninist movement, etc., and San Francisco’s city leaders.
This is hardly the first insane and dangerous policy city leaders have undertaken. They issued a hate resolution against me, the first of its kind, because of my public service ad campaign highlighting oppression of gays in Muslim counties.
You Can’t Call People ‘Terrorists’ Just for Having Different Viewpoints
By Jim Geraghty, NRO, September 5, 2019 10:12 AM
Story continues below advertisementMaking the click-through worthwhile: San Francisco’s city leaders try to redefine the word terrorist to mean “people who we disagree with on gun policy”; the fight over Brexit in the United Kingdom takes another dramatic turn; the not-so-big NFL preview; and Joe Biden finds a way to laugh at his own gaffes.
San Francisco Tries to Redefine the Word ‘Terrorist’
We live in a time when authorities attempt to brazenly redefine the meaning of words by sheer force of will right before our eyes: “By a unanimous vote, San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors have passed a resolution declaring the National Rifle Association a domestic terrorist organization and urging other cities to follow their example.” The resolution also orders city employees to “take every reasonable step to limit” business interactions with the NRA and its supporters.
First, does the city of San Francisco have any business interaction with the NRA? Did the supervisors even bother to look before passing this resolution? Or were they too high on performative outrage to even ask?
But let’s assume the guy who heads up the company that makes the orange traffic cones that the city uses is an NRA member and big donor to the organization. Would the city cancel a contract for more traffic cones over the guy’s support for the NRA? Federal courts have overturned agency decisions to cancel contracts over perceived bias against a contractor, even when the contractor was behind schedule. “Objectivity must be the hallmark of any decision to terminate for default. Therefore, government personnel should remember to focus on the facts and make every attempt to work with the contractor before taking steps to terminate for cause.” A contractor who lost a job primarily because of his support for the NRA would probably have a winning court case.
But back to the label of “domestic terror organization.” You don’t have to like the NRA to recognize that it does not even remotely fit the definition of a “domestic terrorist organization.” What these eleven lawmakers mean to say is that they loathe the NRA and vehemently oppose their views on the Second Amendment and the right to own a gun. They’re free to have those views, but they do not have the authority to declare someone else a terrorist for having that different view.
These city supervisors aren’t the FBI. They’re not the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives. They’re not the National Counterterrorism Center.
Terrorism is a crime, not merely a viewpoint. Being a member of Occupy Wall Street does not make you a terrorist. Being a member of Occupy Wall Street and planning to blow up a bridge makes you a terrorist. Being a Trump supporter doesn’t make you a terrorist. Being a Trump supporter and mailing pipe bombs to people you see as his enemies does make you a terrorist.
Can anyone in San Francisco grasp the danger in letting politicians declare by proclamation that those who have committed no crimes but who have differing views are terrorists? Can anyone over there imagine how this mentality could turn out badly for someone they like?
For example, Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib wanted to go to Israel on a trip sponsored by Mitfah, an organization that runs articles contending “the Jews used the blood of Christians in the Jewish Passover”; and an American neo-Nazi screed about how Jews control the media; as well as praising suicide bombers, Palestinian terrorists, and bus hijackers who killed people, not metaphorical terrorists. Omar and Tlaib are associating with some really unsavory characters. This doesn’t make the congresswomen terrorists. But if we all decide to follow the San Francisco city supervisors’ example, we can label them terrorists morning, noon, and night. There’s no way that could possibly lead to something bad, right?
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Leaders of the NRA frequently argue that they’re the only organization in America who is regularly blamed for the actions of people who aren’t members. I imagine that when they say that, somewhere the Koch network, AIPAC, Focus on the Family, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and National Right to Life grumble, ‘hey, it’s no picnic over here, either, pal.’ But being declared terrorists by a city government might take the cake.
This is the same city government that wants to restrict the use of words like ‘felon’ and ‘convict.’
Some examples include changing “felon” and “offender” to “returning resident” or “formerly incarcerated person.” A “parolee” could be described as a “person under supervision.” “Convict” could be referred to as a “currently incarcerated person,” while a “juvenile offender” or “delinquent” would be described as a “young person impacted by the justice system.”
The city government wants to take it easier on people who have broken the law, while vehemently demonizing people who have not broken the law.
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31 Comments
4 years ago
Remember, Obama had both mass shootings (non-political terrorism) and ISIS attacks (religious terror). the world was on fire, especially Europe. and journalists were being executed.
The Age of ISIS under Obama and Merkel were not the good old days. they were worse.
4 years ago
Reply to
TD
And don’t forget that when 9/11, the Boston Marathon bombing, and Ft. Hood all happened, the Director of the FBI was Mueller.
4 years ago
We need to drop Woodstock style love fliers and treats like lithium-based sweet candies over SF
They we can make a large psychiatric circus of the city and take actions to clean the mess
4 years ago
So basically they’ll label everyone terrorists except the real terrorists, the Muslims, who the Left is so passionately infatuated with!
4 years ago
HOW TO WIN THE WAR ON LONE-WOLF NON-POLITICAL TERRORISM (mass shootings).
And what to suggest to the President.
1.)NAME THE ENEMY.
The enemy is “Lone-wolf Non-political Terrorism” (LNT). NOT the 2nd Amendment.
When we don’t name the enemy (LNT), liberals will name it for us. So they will name the 2nd Amendment as the enemy. or name the NRA as terrorists as we read in this article.
Obama failed to name Islamist Terrorism as the enemy for 8 years. so the debate shifted from terrorism to “workplace violence”, Islama-phobia, surveillance, anti-war, and drones (which are ‘guns’ in the sky). See the same pattern by liberals?
We need to ask the President to declare a “War on Lone wolf Terror” (LNT) or liberals will keep mislabeling it the “war on guns”.
(Continued below in a reply for readability…)
4 years ago
Reply to
TD
2.)BUILD A WALL! (for our schools).
Walls work. not just for the border.
Our schools don’t have walls or security. you can walk right in. they are “micro open-border venues”.
“Upgrading our Infrastructure” is a big buzz-phrase these days. But upgrading our ‘SECURITY INFRASTUCTURE” needs to be a buzz-phrase too. Mr. Trump is the one that can voice our ideas.
NFL stadiums have walls and security around them. so even spoiled players who kneel are not shot at. The NFL has upgraded it’s security infracture since 9/11 and Columbine.
The rest of America has not.
4 years ago
Reply to
felix1999
Was about to say amen, but aren’t Muslim teachers ? Fort Hood – psychiatrist, Chicago – cop, —– City – teacher!!
Nothing on that Trudeau quote?
4 years ago
Reply to
James Jones
Good point!
I’d still rather give teachers the chance to defend themselves even if it includes shooting a Muslim teacher.
4 years ago
Reply to
TD
NEVER try to educate a liberate with truth. THEY JUST DON’T UNDERSTAND IT. Besides, it is NOT YOU they want. IT IS YOUR GUNS and mass shooting is just a way for them to take them. THERE IS A CIVIL WAR COMING and they will be the 1st to run and hide, wanna bet? THEY BETTER.
4 years ago
For a city with a fifty year record of encouraging the counter culture, the snowflakes in charge need to answer a question.
Would any of them refuse help in the event of a terrorist atrocity from a person prepared to bring out a weapon in order to defend a gay, child or woman ?
4 years ago
I have been declared deplorable, irredeemable, part of the problem and now I’m declared a domestic terrorist. I think I’m on a roll. Stick around. Next week I may be declared an Ork! Hey, come to think of it, having Sauron on my side might not be so bad afterall. Better be nice to me. If Sauron’s not on my side, that old man with the high tech staff might be!
4 years ago
DEMOCRATS and LIBERALS are TERRORISTS!
Now, let’s all say it together and spread the word UNTIL they get tired of hearing it as we are of them saying it about us.
DEMOCRATS and LIBERALS are TERRORISTS!
DEMOCRATS and LIBERALS are TERRORISTS!
DEMOCRATS and LIBERALS are TERRORISTS!
DEMOCRATS and LIBERALS are TERRORISTS!
4 years ago
The LEFT loves to redefine our language – justice, gay, etc. and now “terrorist”.
If that is not enough we are having people resort to down right babble with all the various types of non binary genders you can imagine yourself being so as to not “offend” anyone. Gender neutral pronouns are being taught in schools and colleges.
Florida teacher asks students to use gender-neutral pronouns, angering parents
Published September 21, 2017
https://www.foxnews.com/us/florida-teacher-asks-students-to-use-gender-neutral-pronouns-angering-parents
4 years ago
Reply to
felix1999
I was recently asked which pronoun I preferred.
My response was “Free, followed by a description of food or beverages, preferably involving alcohol.”
The questioner was speechless.
4 years ago
Reply to
felix1999
…good to hear parents in Florida are paying attention …..so many others around the country are not.
From “Kindergarten COP”….”boys have a penis, girls have a vagina”…..aaaahhhh…for the good old days.
4 years ago
The more this kind of crap shows up in the news, the more prone I am to wear my Trump caps and shirts out in public for all to see. I don’t worry about repercussions though, we have open carry down here.
You should see my “Veterans for Trump ” bumper sticker.
4 years ago
This is an indication of Clinical Insanity.
It has reached [actually long passed] the point where we are dealing with a collective of Communicable Mental Disorders.
The only treatment [short of ballistic lobotomy] is sequestration in locked facilities under the full time supervision of qualified professionals in both the physical and mental health fields.
4 years ago
Reply to
Public_Citizen
This TDS is just an excuse for the Left to do whatever they want….I despised Obama and what he was doing to our country…..but I did not go out and start killing other Americans….I did not quit seeing the movies of actors who I liked their work because they supported him…..
But now…those who hate and vilify President Trump for absolutely no good reason other than their political party told them to…they are dead to me…..I no longer buy their DVDs and the Bette Middler movie “Halloween” -which was a seasonal favorite of mine- that DVD went in the trash….along with so many others….
While at the same time, I continue to increase my DVD purchases for those like Clint Eastwood, Chris Pratt, and some others who are patriotic and/or Christian….
China has poured billions into our entertainment industry…right about the time Obama was in office….other America haters are pouring billions into the television and film industry….and look at the claptrap shows we’re getting now….
I had a very long time subscription to Netflix….then they “hired” Obama and Moochelle to “create new content”…closely followed by hiring Valerie Jarrett and Susan Rice to be on their Board…and immediately the cost of the subscriptions went up so they could afford the “four horsemen of the apocalypse”.
…..and just look at the sick content on there now.
I cancelled my subscription over a year ago….along with thousands and thousands of other Americans.
When I called in to cancel I told the person on the other end that I had 8 years of Obama’s “ideas and content”…my taxes were commandeered for his Leftists BS..that I didn’t need to pay Netflix to see more of it.
They could care less….when you’ve got Sore#butt funding you through the back door….they just keep pumping out the mind numbing anti-America junk.
4 years ago
Reply to
ladywarrior
Soros and his Demon Spawn Sons [and yes, I do firmly believe that Soros is subject to Demonic Control, the man is ~evil incarnate~] need to be in prison, preferably solitary confinement and their assets used to pay down the National Debt of both the USA and Great Britain [his efforts to destabilize the Pound Sterling have financial repercussions to this day] .
Soros spends his money to further the end of Soros dominating all financial markets. The fact that he wrecks nations by supporting far leftist causes is just the fallout from his nuclear attacks on the financial systems of the world. He discovered decades ago that he could exert powerful financial leverage by engaging in activities that support the Mentally Unstable and flat out Insane operatives for Leftist Causes.
He cares for nothing except the increase of his own Power, Wealth, and Control.
4 years ago
Follow the game plan and the final goal of the anti-gun lobby…..
First, NRA is labeled a terrorist organization,
Second, Congress passes a National Red Flag Law
Third, All NRA members are now terrorists under the definition of domestic terrorism
Fourth, Labeled as terrorists, NRA members are a threat to and guns must be relinquished
Fifth, NRA members don’t comply and are now felons
Sixth, As felons, NRA members are disqualified to ever own guns
Seventh, Under the Red Flag Law, millions of homes are legally raided at 3am
Eighth, Effective Gun Confiscation….all legal and strategically implemented
4 years ago
Liberals are now cultural arsonist anarchists on ideological levels. They openly recruit, they call it campaigning for one more vote, our last, to overthrow our government and turn us into a totalitarian socialist state. Accusing NRA of terrorism is just more of their juvenile mockery of our constitution and GOP inability to stop their deep state treason.
4 years ago
Is that not the city which is fouled with human waste? It would behove them to devote their time to doing their job and clean up the place
4 years ago
Is that not the city which is fouled with human waste? It would behove them to devote their time to doing their job and clean up the place
4 years ago
The one who proposed this absurd resolution is Stefani who unfortunately is the supervisor in the district where I live. All members of the BOS are first class skanks. They are owned by developers. They hate regular people. Unanimously.
4 years ago
San Francisco Democrat City Leaders Designate Those With Whom They Disagree as “TERRORISTS”
At the same time, police in Minnesota are being forced to have “sensitivity training” about the criminal “foreigners” in their communities…..
It’s going to get to the point that even the most complacent American is going to say enough is enough.
4 years ago
Maybe it’s time to institute a full psychological exam for anyone running for public office. Enough with the crazies getting power!
4 years ago
You mean like the Geller Report designates those with whom it disagrees at “traitors”?
4 years ago
ordinary dems
4 years ago
I disagree with those feral animal terrorist in calimexistan!!!!!
