Do you hate paying taxes? Are you fighting foreclosure? Do you feel like no one
should be allowed to commit violence against you and don't always blindly follow
the commands of the authorities? Do you film encounters with police or believe
gold makes better currency than Federal Reserve Notes? Well you might be part of
a domestic terrorism movement and not even know it.
On Friday, the Los
Angeles Times posted an article attempting to define a domestic terrorist
movement consisting of as many as 300,000 Americans. Some are even labeled as
non-violent "paper terrorists".
Is there a more Orwellian term than
"non-violent terrorist"? If you can think of one please share it in the
comments below.
They refer to this so-called terror
group as "sovereigns, zealots who refuse to recognize government authority in
virtually any form."
When attempting to further define and identify
individuals in this movement, some very broad and dangerous stereotypes
appear.
"Sovereigns believe U.S. currency has no value but recognize
precious metals as valid currency," wrote the LA Times, much like the US
Constitution does.
"A central tenet of the sovereigns movement is that
its adherents believe they owe no income taxes," also much like the Constitution
forbids.
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