Episode 29 | NSPM - 7
Amidst all else that is getting media attention, Trump and his team managed to sign a little-noticed national security directive intended to target “radical left violence” or anything that is anti-Trump. Both individuals and institutions can be targeted if you indicate any of the following behaviors now identified as “violent:”
anti-American (what it means to be an American is not clearly defined)
anti-Christian (read: anti-Christian Nationalism)
anti-Capitalist
support for the overthrow of the US government (um, January 6th anyone?)
extremism on migration (wait, so mass deportation isn’t extreme?)
extremism on race (can’t even define what this means, but my guess is if I say Black Lives Matter, I am an extremist.)
extremism on gender (there are only two, y’all. Anything else is considered extreme.)
hostility towards those who hold traditional American views on family
hostility towards those who hold traditional American views on religion, and
hostility towards those who hold traditional American views on morality (so “freedom and justice for all” might be viewed as hostile).
This memorandum should terrify us and wake us up. I emailed the article (linked below) to my dad, who is right of center, and he said, “Whelp, I qualify for about half.” The categories of violence have not clearly been defined, which is perhaps an even scarier notion because they are up for interpretation by the enforcer. These are designed to pit us against each other, to engage in policing each other’s freedoms and behaviors. What will you do to raise awareness and resist?
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To learn more about Trump’s NSPM-7 directive, click here.