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Terrorists (Original Post) Mendocino Jan 2016 OP
They're toast. C_U_L8R Jan 2016 #1
I think they'll more resemble frozen vegetables once the FBI cuts the power off. Johnyawl Jan 2016 #2
yah, but celery and carrots don't vibrate MisterP Jan 2016 #3
I do not agree with their actions, Snobblevitch Jan 2016 #4
US Code of Federal Regulations Mendocino Jan 2016 #5
And tney will not charge since it is extremely hard to prove nadinbrzezinski Jan 2016 #6
Be that as it may Mendocino Jan 2016 #7
You can call them whatever you want nadinbrzezinski Jan 2016 #8
I never said they should be charged with it. Mendocino Jan 2016 #10
words have meanings nadinbrzezinski Jan 2016 #12
And here you are nadinbrzezinski Jan 2016 #11
What civilian population is being terrorized? Snobblevitch Jan 2016 #9
Families of police and federal employees Mendocino Jan 2016 #13
Hell, I want them out. Snobblevitch Jan 2016 #14
Right... like the repugs call Ferguson rioters "terrorists" for the same reason... TampaAnimusVortex Jan 2016 #15

Mendocino

(7,430 posts)
5. US Code of Federal Regulations
Thu Jan 28, 2016, 01:24 AM
Jan 2016

Terrorism-The unlawful use of force or violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population or any segment thereof in furtherance of political or social objectives.

Seems to fit.

 

nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts)
6. And tney will not charge since it is extremely hard to prove
Thu Jan 28, 2016, 01:28 AM
Jan 2016

Sedition might be easier and they will not either. Plenty of other charges that they can.

Mendocino

(7,430 posts)
7. Be that as it may
Thu Jan 28, 2016, 01:31 AM
Jan 2016

they are still terrorists. I wouldn't give them the satisfaction of calling them anything less.

 

nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts)
8. You can call them whatever you want
Thu Jan 28, 2016, 01:34 AM
Jan 2016

they are engaged in armed sedition, not terrorism. It is a fine legal point.

 

nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts)
12. words have meanings
Thu Jan 28, 2016, 01:36 AM
Jan 2016

and we should reserve words for when they actually apply

In this case, it does not.

 

nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts)
11. And here you are
Thu Jan 28, 2016, 01:35 AM
Jan 2016

18 U.S. Code § 2384 - Seditious conspiracy

If two or more persons in any State or Territory, or in any place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, conspire to overthrow, put down, or to destroy by force the Government of the United States, or to levy war against them, or to oppose by force the authority thereof, or by force to prevent, hinder, or delay the execution of any law of the United States, or by force to seize, take, or possess any property of the United States contrary to the authority thereof, they shall each be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both.

(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 808; July 24, 1956, ch. 678, § 1, 70 Stat. 623; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(N), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2148.)

Mendocino

(7,430 posts)
13. Families of police and federal employees
Thu Jan 28, 2016, 01:42 AM
Jan 2016

judges, Indians, local residents and other ranchers that have voiced opposition. People there have been intimidated, a vast majority of the locals want them out.

Snobblevitch

(1,958 posts)
14. Hell, I want them out.
Thu Jan 28, 2016, 04:03 PM
Jan 2016

But they have taken over a building and have not fired a shot. The feds are not close enoight to be shot. I think calling these idiots terrorists minimizes the terror caused by actual terrorists. That term is being thrown aroundd quite loosely on DU.

TampaAnimusVortex

(785 posts)
15. Right... like the repugs call Ferguson rioters "terrorists" for the same reason...
Thu Jan 28, 2016, 06:05 PM
Jan 2016

Right or left, its hyperbolic vitriol designed to demonize ones political enemies.

Be careful of your tactics, they may come back to bite you.

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