I do not support labeling the Proud Boys (or other hate groups) a terrorist organization in the US. It would be a huge overreach of federal policing and intelligence power, and a dangerous slippery slope (a short one, at that). https://twitter.com/cbcpolitics/status/1357028178590654465
As we saw with War On Drugs and the so-called Global War On Terror, granting more policing and intelligence powers to the state will result in the state using those powers to crush leftist activists and people of color. https://www.jacobinmag.com/2019/11/war-on-terror-domestic-terrorism-act-racism-muslims
Don’t Expand the War on Terror in the Name of Antiracism

Declaring white nationalism a form of terrorism won’t combat white nationalism — but it will grant more arbitrary powers to a carceral state that preys on the most vulnerable.

https://www.jacobinmag.com/2019/11/war-on-terror-domestic-terrorism-act-racism-muslims
An excellent thread of resources compiled by @HarshaWalia, explaining the dangers of granting more policing powers in the name of “fighting white supremacy” to the very agencies which are organized to perpetuate white supremacy. https://twitter.com/harshawalia/status/1357141456935243777
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