Since at least the Bush administration, designating someone or something as a terrorist or terrorism has been our equivalent of the John Wick universe’s being declared excommunicado. Due process, the notion that someone would come to your aid if you were physically harmed, out the window. And while the designation hasn’t lost any of its gravitas, the threshold you need to cross before getting called a terrorist has rapidly fallen over time. Per a recent White House release, merely having “anti-American views” — otherwise known as thought-crime — could get you on the list. As it turns out, even active members of the government aren’t safe from the suspicion that they’re actually terrorists in wait using their positions for dastardly ends. For example, here’s Stephen Miller tweeting about judges.
A day after this tweet, Judge Diane Goodstein’s home went up in flames. AP News has coverage:
State investigators are trying to find the cause of a fire that destroyed a judge’s home on a South Carolina island.
The Saturday blaze nearly burned to the ground the house listed in property records as owned by Circuit Judge Diane Goodstein on a remote part of Edisto Island, authorities said.
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Three people were hurt in the blaze and one of them was taken by helicopter to the Medical University of South Carolina, according to Colleton County Fire-Rescue.
She’s received death threats since she blocked the DOJ from accessing South Carolinians’ voter data. An investigation is underway, so it is too early to say definitively that her home was attacked over her rulings, but the threats and recent acts of violence do suggest a connection between Democrats and terrorism — namely, that they are the ones being targeted:
This isn’t to say that the only political figures who are concerned with their safety are Democrats — a guy who tried to assassinate Kavanaugh was just sentenced on Friday. But it is to say that the Trump administration is doing their damnedest to pretend the violence only matters when Republican lives are targeted.
Surprise, surprise: Miller didn’t seem to take Goldman up on that opportunity.
Doesn’t take a high level of reading to see that Miller side-stepped the opportunity to condemn all political violence with a moral grandstand about how much the administration is doing. Say what you want the regime, but one of the things about Trump is that he’s so transparent with his disdain that he’s incapable of pulling the “we’re the real good guys!” shtick Miller is going for here. Not only is Trump not capable of caring less about right-wing extremism:
There’s no reason to believe he isn’t happy to see his enemies get their comeuppance:
Long story short — don’t expect a heartfelt condemnation of what happened if it turns out that Judge Goodstein’s home was set ablaze for political reasons. Unless, of course, an unused Molotov cocktail is found nearby with the words “I am doing this for antifa!” are found in handwriting that looks eerily similar to Kash Patel’s.
Agents Investigate Cause Of Fire That Destroyed Judge’s Home On South Carolina Island [AP News]
Chris Williams became a social media manager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021. Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord™ in the Facebook group Law School Memes for Edgy T14s . He endured Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. He is a former boatbuilder who is learning to swim, is interested in critical race theory, philosophy, and humor, and has a love for cycling that occasionally annoys his peers. You can reach him by email at cwilliams@abovethelaw.com and by tweet at @WritesForRent.
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Since at least the Bush administration, designating someone or something as a terrorist or terrorism has been our equivalent of the John Wick universe’s being declared excommunicado. Due process, the notion that someone would come to your aid if you were physically harmed, out the window. And while the designation hasn’t lost any of its gravitas, the threshold you need to cross before getting called a terrorist has rapidly fallen over time. Per a recent White House release, merely having “anti-American views” — otherwise known as thought-crime — could get you on the list. As it turns out, even active members of the government aren’t safe from the suspicion that they’re actually terrorists in wait using their positions for dastardly ends. For example, here’s Stephen Miller tweeting about judges.
A day after this tweet, Judge Diane Goodstein’s home went up in flames. AP News has coverage:
State investigators are trying to find the cause of a fire that destroyed a judge’s home on a South Carolina island.
The Saturday blaze nearly burned to the ground the house listed in property records as owned by Circuit Judge Diane Goodstein on a remote part of Edisto Island, authorities said.
…
Three people were hurt in the blaze and one of them was taken by helicopter to the Medical University of South Carolina, according to Colleton County Fire-Rescue.
She’s received death threats since she blocked the DOJ from accessing South Carolinians’ voter data. An investigation is underway, so it is too early to say definitively that her home was attacked over her rulings, but the threats and recent acts of violence do suggest a connection between Democrats and terrorism — namely, that they are the ones being targeted:
This isn’t to say that the only political figures who are concerned with their safety are Democrats — a guy who tried to assassinate Kavanaugh was just sentenced on Friday. But it is to say that the Trump administration is doing their damnedest to pretend the violence only matters when Republican lives are targeted.
Surprise, surprise: Miller didn’t seem to take Goldman up on that opportunity.
Doesn’t take a high level of reading to see that Miller side-stepped the opportunity to condemn all political violence with a moral grandstand about how much the administration is doing. Say what you want the regime, but one of the things about Trump is that he’s so transparent with his disdain that he’s incapable of pulling the “we’re the real good guys!” shtick Miller is going for here. Not only is Trump not capable of caring less about right-wing extremism:
There’s no reason to believe he isn’t happy to see his enemies get their comeuppance:
Long story short — don’t expect a heartfelt condemnation of what happened if it turns out that Judge Goodstein’s home was set ablaze for political reasons. Unless, of course, an unused Molotov cocktail is found nearby with the words “I am doing this for antifa!” are found in handwriting that looks eerily similar to Kash Patel’s.
Agents Investigate Cause Of Fire That Destroyed Judge’s Home On South Carolina Island [AP News]
Chris Williams became a social media manager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021. Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord™ in the Facebook group Law School Memes for Edgy T14s . He endured Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. He is a former boatbuilder who is learning to swim, is interested in critical race theory, philosophy, and humor, and has a love for cycling that occasionally annoys his peers. You can reach him by email at cwilliams@abovethelaw.com and by tweet at @WritesForRent.
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