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Feb. 2, 2021 - Ron Paul Liberty Report
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Weekly Update --- Libertarian Terrorists?

The idea that libertarianism creates terrorists is absurd. Libertarians support the non-aggression principle, so they reject using force to advance their political goals. They rely instead on peaceful persuasion.

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Libertarian Terrorists Alert 00:04:04
Hello everybody and thank you for tuning in to the weekly report, Libertarian Terrorists.
The Department of Homeland Security issued on Wednesday a nationwide terror alert lasting until April 30th.
The alert warns of potential terrorist attacks from Americans who are ideologically motivated and have objection to the exercise of government authority and the presidential transition as well as other perceived grievances fueled by false narratives.
The language used in the alert suggests that millions of Americans are potential terrorists, Second Amendment supporters, anti-war, anti-tax, anti-politics, anti-militarism, pro-life, and anti-Federal Reserve activists certainly have objections to the exercise of government authority.
They are certainly viewed by the political class and its handsmaidens in big tech and the mainstream media as ideological extremists.
Anyone who gets his news from sources other than mainstream media or big tech or who uses certain unapproved social media platforms is considered to have had his grievances fueled by false narratives.
For something to be considered a false narrative, it needs only contradicted the official narrative.
The domestic terrorist alert is the latest sign that activities on January 6th on Capitol Hill, like the attacks of September 11, 2001, are being used to advance a long-standing anti-liberty agenda.
Legislation expanding the federal government's authority to use its surveillance and other unconstitutional powers against domestic terrorists is likely to soon be considered by Congress.
Just as the Patriot Act was written years before 2001, this legislation was written long before January 6th.
The bill's proponents are simply taking advantage of the hysteria following the so-called insurrection to push the bill onto the congressional agenda.
Former CIA Director John Brennan recently signaled out libertarians as among the people the government should go after.
This is not the first time libertarians have been smeared.
In 2009, a federally funded Fusion Center identified people who supported my presidential campaign, my campaign for liberty, or certain libertarian and Constitution Party's candidates as potentially violent extremists.
The idea that libertarianism creates terrorists is absurd.
Libertarians support the non-aggression principle, so they reject using force to advance their political goals.
They rely instead on peaceful persuasion.
Libertarianism is being attacked because it does not support just reforming a few government policies.
Instead, it presents a formidable intellectual challenge to the entire welfare warfare state.
The ultimate goal of those pushing for a crackdown on domestic terrorism is to make people unwilling to even consider radical ideas to make people so afraid of certain ideas that they refuse to even give those ideas a fair hearing.
Progressives who are tempted to support what is being promoted as a crackdown on right-wing violence should consider the history of government harassment of progressive movements and leaders such as Martin Luther King.
Stop Liberty Crackdown 00:00:45
What do they think a future right-wing authoritarian would do if given power to go after ideological extremists?
All Americans who cherish the Bill of Rights should come together to stop this latest crackdown on liberty.
My campaign for liberty will be mobilizing Americans to stop passage of any domestic terrorism legislation, while my Institute for Peace and Prosperity and my Liberty Report will provide Americans with the most up-to-date information about the continuing attempts to smear those who speak the truth about government lies.
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