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Old 09-04-2008, 09:42 AM   #138
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Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight
This is off topic, but it involves discussion of race: http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/03/fb...intee-said-no/
And I have to then point out that 8 members of a purported anarchist group calling themselves the RNC Welcoming Committee were charged today in Minneapolis with Conspiracy to Riot in Furtherance of Terrorism.

They were not any of the people who actually tried to block traffic or commit other acts of civil disobediance and/or riot, but rather were the ones who allegedly did the planning.

They are the first persons charged with this Minnesota law, which - like the Patriot Act it is modeled after - equates civil disobedience of poliltical protest with terrorism.

I don't see anything racist here. Just that people conspiring to disrupt the travel routes for delegates to the Republican Convention are being charged with terrorist crimes that carry a penalty of 7+ years, while people conspiring to ASSASSINATE the presidential candidate at the Democrat Convention are let off.
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