M.N.: Let us face it: behind these numbers is the intense public rage at Obama, and the racial component is just the small and insignificant part of it... | Congressman Accuses Justice Department, FBI Of Stonewalling On Domestic Terrorism Threat - 6:30 AM 3/18/2019
M.N.: Let us face it: behind these numbers is the intense public rage at Obama, and the racial component is just the small and insignificant part of it, more of the convenient and primitive emotion than anything else. This intense rage is directed at the general incompetence of the past Administration (to put the other hypothetical notions and explanations aside for now) which is felt intuitively, affectively ("political passions") rather than is analyzed rationally and understood consciously by the masses. The independent and strong "intellectual class" (find any other names for it that you wish, and this term should also include the FBI and other Government structures) has a duty to understand, to interpret, and to translate these raw political emotions into the conscious conceptual ideas, thoughts, and the plans of actions. This is the huge, subtle, sophisticated job.
I also have to say that Mr. Trump was absolutely correct when he said that white extremists are the "very small group of people with the very serious problems". This is probably true statistically. But "twisted" they are, very much so. And dangerous they are, very much so. We have to assess this situation objectively.
It would be a disaster if the Obama's Administration lack of competence is replaced by the same on the part of the Trump's Administration. Any Government is just as good as the people who make it and who work for it. America has a lot of good competent people, including the present Trump Administration. They should continue working for the Government, and the Government should continue its efforts to attract good people. They work for America, not for Trump, and regardless of the effective term length of his Administration.
Michael Novakhov
3.18.19
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I also have to say that Mr. Trump was absolutely correct when he said that white extremists are the "very small group of people with the very serious problems". This is probably true statistically. But "twisted" they are, very much so. And dangerous they are, very much so. We have to assess this situation objectively.
It would be a disaster if the Obama's Administration lack of competence is replaced by the same on the part of the Trump's Administration. Any Government is just as good as the people who make it and who work for it. America has a lot of good competent people, including the present Trump Administration. They should continue working for the Government, and the Government should continue its efforts to attract good people. They work for America, not for Trump, and regardless of the effective term length of his Administration.
Michael Novakhov
3.18.19
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Congressman Accuses Justice Department, FBI Of Stonewalling On Domestic Terrorism Threat:
"Federal law enforcement has been criticized for focusing too much on decreasing Islamic-linked terrorism and not enough on the rise of violent right-wing extremism in the U.S. The threat is largely shielded from the public because of the lower-level charges.
An example is former Coast Guard Lt. Christopher Hasson, an avowed white nationalist arrested last month with a cache of weapons. Hasson allegedly planned to kill progressive politicians and journalists in what prosecutors have described as a domestic terrorism plot. But Hasson hasn’t been charged with terrorism, only with a series of weapon and drug crimes.
About 110 people were arrested in the 2017 budget year after being investigated for crimes inspired by foreign terrorist groups, such as ISIS; 30 of those faced terrorism charges, the Post reported. The following year, 100 were arrested and nine faced terrorism charges.
In the same time span, 150 domestic terrorism suspects were arrested the first year, and 120 the following year, according to FBI figures provided the Post. No terrorism charges were filed against any of them.
Early this year, the Anti-Defamation League released a report that said attackers with ties to right-wing extremist movements killed at least 50 people in the U.S. in 2018. That was nearly the total number of Americans killed by all domestic extremists."
See also:
Domestic Terrorism Threat - GS
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-Check out this great video I am watching over at https://t.co/zu0Bu2zeQJ— Michael Novakhov (@mikenov) March 18, 2019
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