The FBI & DHS Strategic Intelligence Assessment and Data on Domestic Terrorism has been released.
And I, for one, am...unsatisfied (go figure).
I don’t have time to break down the whole document, but I am going to complain a little bit (again, go figure).
And I, for one, am...unsatisfied (go figure).
I don’t have time to break down the whole document, but I am going to complain a little bit (again, go figure).
Among the things about DHS and FBI that irritate the hell out of me is a serious lack of historical knowledge about the white supremacist movement.
“Gamification” (the murder point system) isn’t a new, Internet-driven phenomenon.
That was the KKK’s Louis Beam - in the 80s.
“Gamification” (the murder point system) isn’t a new, Internet-driven phenomenon.
That was the KKK’s Louis Beam - in the 80s.
“Gamification” / online video games are also much older than 2019.
Tom Metzger’s WAR website, among others, was famous for this by the 1990s — in addition to FPS games, he even had Nazi Mario Brothers.
Many of those games were adapted from US military recruitment games.
Tom Metzger’s WAR website, among others, was famous for this by the 1990s — in addition to FPS games, he even had Nazi Mario Brothers.
Many of those games were adapted from US military recruitment games.
I guess it’s nice that FBI and DHS finally discovered the concept of accelerationism, that idea (politics is useless, the system is beyond redemption, and must be destroyed) is also not-at-all-new.
Tom Metzger:
- “White revolution is the only solution.”
- “Worse is better.”
Tom Metzger:
- “White revolution is the only solution.”
- “Worse is better.”
Another issue:
DHS and FBI use RMVE (racially motivated violent extremism), instead of treating white supremacist violence as its own category.
That’s a very bad idea; it’s a security state version of inverted “political correctness” (read: don’t piss off the right wing).
DHS and FBI use RMVE (racially motivated violent extremism), instead of treating white supremacist violence as its own category.
That’s a very bad idea; it’s a security state version of inverted “political correctness” (read: don’t piss off the right wing).
The report’s opening pages consist of defining “domestic terrorism,” which is accomplished by…
…listing how DHS defines it, and how FBI defines it — because they aren’t the same.
Perhaps that should signal an issue.
…listing how DHS defines it, and how FBI defines it — because they aren’t the same.
Perhaps that should signal an issue.
Anyway, I’m only 8 pages into this report, and I only picked it up for a break from editing (yes, I know, I need better hobbies), but it annoyed me so much I hopped on here to complain.
I’ll come back to it later, but for now, that’s all.
I’ll come back to it later, but for now, that’s all.
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