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Summary

Donald Trump and Republican lawmakers are pushing to classify vandalism against Tesla as domestic terrorism.

Trump declared that those damaging Tesla dealerships would face terrorism charges, calling the company “a great American company.”

Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene and others urged the FBI and Attorney General to investigate alleged Democrat-linked NGOs behind Tesla attacks, though no evidence was provided.

Greene may have violated House ethics rules by advocating for Tesla while owning its stock.

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[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

If you want to define it as a political takeover then it's legitimate action to protect the state from an unelected and ineligible person conducting a coup. After all words have meaning right?

[–] Soleos@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Well that's my point, we should be arguing the legitimacy of the action, not whether or not it constitutes terrorism, which it obviously is.

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago

Once people are pissed off on this level rational legitimacy no longer applies.

[–] unlogic@lemmy.zip 1 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Not american so have limited knowledge, but that's what the "well armed militia" is supposed to be fore right? To allow the public to protect itself from a corrupt or otherwise dangerous political parties?

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago

That's what the anti government militias would like to believe. In reality when the country was founded they had a discussion about State Militias versus a Standing Army. The Federalists believed a standing army was a requirement and argued the state militias would be enough of a deterrent to the standing army doing oppressive stuff. The Anti Federalists did not want to risk it and argued we could easily make do with state militias and a standing Navy. The Anti Federalists and Federalists compromised with an amendment protecting the right to have militias and giving Congress the power to raise an Army in a time of war.

Really it's a miracle we even have an Army and not just a giant Marine Corps under the Navy...

But yeah all the self defense, tyranny, and sporting shit didn't come around until much much later. For example the shoot out at the OK Corral was an attempt by local law enforcement to disarm suspicious people in town. There wasn't a concept of an uninhibited individual right to carry. Guns were tools required for frontier living and militia participation and laws reflected that.