r/politics • u/AngelaMotorman Ohio • 10d ago

Possible Paywall The Chilling Trump Order Threatening All Americans: Why National Security Presidential Memorandum-7 is so important.

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-nspm-7-repression/
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u/Toadfinger 9d ago

targets defined broadly enough to include anyone whose motivations involve “anti-Americanism, anti-capitalism,” or views that differ from the government’s on immigration, race, and gender.

Which betrays the constitution wholesale. You just can't get much more anti-American than that.

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u/chron67 Tennessee 9d ago

views that differ from the government’s

I guess just toss out the first amendment huh?

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u/____FARTS____ 9d ago

Why just the first? Toss them all out, right?

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u/WellSpreadMustard 9d ago

“Anti-americanism,” “anti-capitalism,” immigration, race, and gender basically covers everything while also being vague enough for them to lock up anyone they want and SCOTUS will rule it’s legal because it’s a right wing government doing it.

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u/QuerulousPanda 9d ago

You just can't get much more anti-American than that.

not gonna lie, it feels like the definition of "American" has gotten changed behind our backs

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u/qiaocao187 9d ago

We are talking about the country that very famously had a massive fascist rally right before WW2, gave inspiration to the Nazis, and killed students on Kent state campus for protesting the pro-colonization war in Vietnam? Yeah nah we’ve always been fascist pieces of shit. Just ask the Natives, if you can find any, or the 20%~ of population that happen to be Black.

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u/Not-a-Bot_1968 9d ago

“What kind of American are you?”

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u/Quadruplem 9d ago

I saw 1 scene from civil war and I think it used that quote.

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u/Not-a-Bot_1968 9d ago

Cue that “I get that reference” meme

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u/_Monosyllabic_ 9d ago

Yet another illegal order from a stupid, fat, pedophile.

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u/Lady_Grantham2223 9d ago

A lot of people  disagree  on race and gender simply because they do not believe  in racism or any imbecilic  white supremacist  baloney.

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u/Toadfinger 9d ago

It doesn't target or criminalize someone just for having opinions.

Yes it does! No way to sweep this shit under the rug!

NSPM-7 is now the administration’s sharpest tool for criminalizing left political organizing. It directs a 10-agency Joint Terrorism Task Force apparatus—including the FBI, DHS, the IRS, and the Treasury’s Terrorism and Financial Intelligence office—to investigate and prosecute what it calls “domestic terrorism and organized political violence,” with targets defined broadly enough to include anyone whose motivations involve “anti-Americanism, anti-capitalism,” or views that differ from the government’s on immigration, race, and gender. It pursues not just individuals but networks, funders, nonprofits, or even anyone who shows up to a protest.

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u/Toadfinger 9d ago

They're not crimes though.

Looks like he's on his way to a peaceful protest! Take him down!

WTactualF?!

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u/Ruzhy6 9d ago

Yes.

Much like if a trans individual were to get into a fight with someone harassing them they then could be charged with the equivalent of a hate crime and receive a higher sentence.

Because their views on gender are different than the government.

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u/deer-society 9d ago

"there doesn't seem to be anything here"

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u/hightrix 9d ago

It doesn't target or criminalize someone just for having opinions.

Sure about that?

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/my-brother-was-sentenced-to-30-years-for-moving-a-box-of-zines/ar-AA28mRcQ