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I wasn't aware that sex trafficking and gangbanging were just considered acts of political extremism.
Because that's what I'm concerned about - banning people for the thought crimes of having shitty politics, which is something this team clearly engaged in.
I can't speak to any other role they played in preventing actual criminal activity, like you described, but those would be perfect examples of the types of people that should be banned.
But if your argument is that actual crime and "pre-crime" or "thought crimes" are the same, well, that's pretty Orwellian and something I strongly disagree with.
These are actions, not thoughts.
I would hope you now take back what you have been saying because you have been arguing a staw man.
I questioned whether I’d misread that bit of the article, so thanks for clarifying with a quote. Same as people who lost their jobs for joining in at J6. Your politics fueled violence. I have no sympathy. I say that as someone who will be on a list if fascists truly come to power in the USA. Mine will be for thought crimes. These are for real crimes. I’m sure there are minor nuances where I’d be willing to concede something went too far as almost all enforcement runs into grey areas from time to time, but this is far from persecuting people for the way they voted.
Well, you should know that a lot of these extremist weirdos are also sex traffickers. Because I deal with it monthly.
A lot of human traffickers are Mexican, especially in the South West. Should probably ban Mexicans as well, just to be safe I guess.
Oh, and most mass shooters are white men, should probably ban them.
Gangbangers are another problem you mentioned, let's just go ahead and ban every male 18-28.
Prostitutes also a problem? Let's ban all females 18-32.
You're working backwards from a terrible policy, banning people for having shitty political views, and then justifying it by saying, "Well, they probably committed sex crimes because they're creepy".
Ban them for bad actions, not bad thoughts.
Where does it say any of this was happening?
It doesn't.