10 things that will get you labeled as a terrorist by the government
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Trump recently signed a little-noticed national security directive declaring that a slew of vague and subjective beliefs like “anti-Christian” or “anti-American” are evidence of “radical left violence” and terrorism. The directive is called NSPM-7.
NSPM-7 carries serious implications for freedom of speech. In NSPM-7, Trump directs the Justice Department, the FBI, and other national security agencies to fight his version of political violence, retooling a network of Joint Terrorism Task Forces to focus on “leftist” political violence in America,
recently reported.Ken joined me for today’s Free Speech Friday to break down NSPM-7 and what it means for speech in America. Under the new directive, anyone expressing views that could be construed as any of the following, could be classified by the government as a terrorist:
anti-Americanism,
anti-capitalism,
anti-Christianity,
support for the overthrow of the United States Government,
extremism on migration,
extremism on race,
extremism on gender
hostility towards those who hold traditional American views on family,
hostility towards those who hold traditional American views on religion, and
hostility towards those who hold traditional American views on morality.
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