Under the plan being discussed, the FBI would treat transgender suspects as a subset of the Bureau’s new threat category, “Nihilistic Violent Extremists” (NVEs).
(From Ken Klippensteins report)
And with the heritage foundation report:
The document takes pains to insist that the proposal would not label “all transgender individuals” as domestic terrorists. Instead, it claims it would only apply when someone is “motivated by an ideology that encourages, promotes, or condones violence” while “inciting unlawful violent action or threat.” But those qualifiers are deliberately elastic. Given the earlier definition of TIVE, even the most basic act of advocacy—like pointing out that anti-trans laws threaten transgender people’s existence—could be construed as “incitement.” The memo itself makes the danger plain: in its list of “typical characteristics” of supposed extremism, it cites a trans flag with the words “protect their right to exist.”
(From erin in the morning)
I have seen lemmy spaces get uncomfortably close to being an NVE. I can see these people going to the most unhappy restless trans space they can find and saying “yup, as we suspected. Ok terrorists, stop marching in our streets” what it says to me is we have people in dark places that need dug out.
Within the FBI:
Under the plan being discussed, the FBI would treat transgender suspects as a subset of the Bureau’s new threat category, “Nihilistic Violent Extremists” (NVEs). (From Ken Klippensteins report)
And with the heritage foundation report:
The document takes pains to insist that the proposal would not label “all transgender individuals” as domestic terrorists. Instead, it claims it would only apply when someone is “motivated by an ideology that encourages, promotes, or condones violence” while “inciting unlawful violent action or threat.” But those qualifiers are deliberately elastic. Given the earlier definition of TIVE, even the most basic act of advocacy—like pointing out that anti-trans laws threaten transgender people’s existence—could be construed as “incitement.” The memo itself makes the danger plain: in its list of “typical characteristics” of supposed extremism, it cites a trans flag with the words “protect their right to exist.” (From erin in the morning)
Absolutely vile that they can label “protecting rights” as terroristic. Where are all the "don’t tread on me"s at??
“Don’t tread on me” for these people only ever meant “We tread on you.” It was never a statement of some noble value.
I have seen lemmy spaces get uncomfortably close to being an NVE. I can see these people going to the most unhappy restless trans space they can find and saying “yup, as we suspected. Ok terrorists, stop marching in our streets” what it says to me is we have people in dark places that need dug out.
Trans-MAGA