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Re:U.S. Justice Department forming unit to counter domestic ... by jensensbutton on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @04:34PM (#29898307)
What are you implying with this comment?
Re:U.S. Justice Department forming unit to counter domestic ... by rglover on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @04:42PM (#29898416)
That this is essentially a low-key Stasi that can and will be used to improperly go after political dissidents under the guise of "domestic terrorism."

The entire campaign/programming around "protecting our democracy" was the precursor psychological operation so the population goes along with single party rule.

NBC News was running this last year (more priming): https://ww3.bongino.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/dhsadviso.... It's all clever wordplay designed to manipulate the public into thinking people who disagree politically are terrorists (absent any actual proof that they have intent/motive/etc to commit acts of terror). It's the same logic that's held people from January 6th in solitary confinement without charges of insurrection (despite the media parroting/programming that it was an insurrection).

Re:U.S. Justice Department forming unit to counter domestic ... by shrimpx on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @04:59PM (#29898680)
You're implying that democrats are doing all this PsyOps preparing to rule the country indefinitely? From where I sit, democrats are lame ducks who are set to get swept in 22 and 24.
Re:U.S. Justice Department forming unit to counter domestic ... by rglover on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @05:05PM (#29898768)
No. The whole Democrat vs Republican thing is itself a psyop to drive the country apart (divide and conquer). It's about normalization of single-party rule in general. The end goal being willful acceptance of global governance. The public face of that, typically, is someone who is a democrat but there are plenty of republicans (neocons) in on it, too.

This new unit is just a way to flush out the straggler dissidents who will get in the way.

Re:U.S. Justice Department forming unit to counter domestic ... by shrimpx on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @05:32PM (#29899195)
I don't believe that. It would take too much work to have a coverup like that, especially as total nitwits are elected to congress constantly. To address that, you'd have to say that no, people are divided into two camps with an infinite chasm between them: the ones in the know, and the total idiots. The far more plausible and minimal explanation is that it's a complex power balance that can tip unpredictably.
Re:U.S. Justice Department forming unit to counter domestic ... by chana_masala on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @05:50PM (#29899496)
You're overthinking it. You can have a few in the know coordinating the direction while the eager idiots follow. It's happened time and time again throughout history.
Re:U.S. Justice Department forming unit to counter domestic ... by rglover on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @05:59PM (#29899613)
Re:U.S. Justice Department forming unit to counter domestic ... by shrimpx on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @04:36AM (#29904214)
According to that lady, the Mexican drug war is an American psyop, and US Marines are the ones running the drug flow into the US.
Re:U.S. Justice Department forming unit to counter domestic ... by rglover on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @04:33PM (#29912970)
The CIA was running cocaine in Nicaragua [1]. It's not that far fetched.

https://archive.is/uFSlR

Re:U.S. Justice Department forming unit to counter domestic ... by mmaunder on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @04:39PM (#29898382)
Administrations change and you better be ok with future executives inheriting powers that you create.

One person’s terrorist is another’s freedom fighter, especially domestically. Nelson Mandela is a fine example of one of the greatest humans in history who was defined by the South African government as a domestic terrorist during apartheid.

Re:U.S. Justice Department forming unit to counter domestic ... by notch656a on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @04:37PM (#29898338)
I think he is implying it may be used on political enemies or just generally for discretionary prosecution that disproportionately targets those who fall out of favor with the powerful.