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DemocratSinceBirth

(99,714 posts)
Sun Jan 10, 2021, 12:45 PM Jan 2021

Should Trump inspired terrorists be treated like we treat Al Qaeda, ISIS, et cetera?

ON EDIT- this is not an endorsement of extrajudicial measures, just that white terrorists shouldn't be treated better than non-white terrorists.

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Yes
17 (94%)
No
1 (6%)
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Should Trump inspired terrorists be treated like we treat Al Qaeda, ISIS, et cetera? (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2021 OP
Disappeared? Tortured? Thrown in Gitmo with no trial? nt sweetloukillbot Jan 2021 #1
We should hold the rioters accountable BUT klook Jan 2021 #2
No. America committed war crimes against its prisoners apnu Jan 2021 #3
We shouldn't treat brown terrorists better or worse than we treat white ones. DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2021 #8
We should treat all humans with dignity, respect, and due process when they commit crimes. apnu Jan 2021 #11
I clarified it. I oppose extrajudicial measures. DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2021 #14
They should at least be treated as the unarmed citizens Under The Radar Jan 2021 #4
Yeah! Murder is cool! nt sweetloukillbot Jan 2021 #7
They need to be shipped to Gitmo kimbutgar Jan 2021 #5
This is a really tough question JonLP24 Jan 2021 #6
We should call them Y'all Qaeda & Vanilla ISIS all over social media CrispyQ Jan 2021 #9
Ummm... no.... and furthermore... Happy Hoosier Jan 2021 #10
They are "not enemy combatants", no, they are worse. marie999 Jan 2021 #13
There is a crime associated with what they did. Happy Hoosier Jan 2021 #15
Yes or No is too simple Midnightwalk Jan 2021 #12
Gitmo is too good for the morons randr Jan 2021 #16
The ONLY reason not to, is a remembrance of what we hated about the Patriot Act in the first place. Volaris Jan 2021 #17
This message was self-deleted by its author Volaris Jan 2021 #18
No. That lets them off too easy. GoCubsGo Jan 2021 #19

klook

(12,170 posts)
2. We should hold the rioters accountable BUT
Sun Jan 10, 2021, 12:47 PM
Jan 2021

going after their enablers in Congress and the White House is key.

apnu

(8,759 posts)
3. No. America committed war crimes against its prisoners
Sun Jan 10, 2021, 12:49 PM
Jan 2021

I do not stand for doing that. Doubly so under Democratic Party rule. We will not ever be like the W era Republicans.

Not on my watch, I will oppose this with every breath.

apnu

(8,759 posts)
11. We should treat all humans with dignity, respect, and due process when they commit crimes.
Sun Jan 10, 2021, 12:54 PM
Jan 2021

I understand what you are trying to say, but it should be made clear you do not mean GITMO, you don't mean degradation, abuse and torture.

Under The Radar

(3,404 posts)
4. They should at least be treated as the unarmed citizens
Sun Jan 10, 2021, 12:49 PM
Jan 2021

That were gunned down by the Blackwater mercenaries that Trump pardoned.

JonLP24

(29,322 posts)
6. This is a really tough question
Sun Jan 10, 2021, 12:50 PM
Jan 2021

I think US foreign policy creates more ISIS or Al-Qaeda. I'm against a lot of what Bush JR did legally such as torture & Guantanamo.

I'm sure there are existing laws that can address RW extremists. I'd also have the FBI do investigations on these type of groups.

CrispyQ

(36,527 posts)
9. We should call them Y'all Qaeda & Vanilla ISIS all over social media
Sun Jan 10, 2021, 12:52 PM
Jan 2021

to make the association to those terrorist organizations stick. (Heard those on MSNBC this week.)

Happy Hoosier

(7,395 posts)
10. Ummm... no.... and furthermore...
Sun Jan 10, 2021, 12:53 PM
Jan 2021

I’m not a fan of treating anyone as if they do not have any rights or protections at all. Enemy combatants do not get treated like garden variety criminals, but these are U.S. citizens. They are insurrectionists, not enemy combatants. Arrest them, charge them, try them.

Midnightwalk

(3,131 posts)
12. Yes or No is too simple
Sun Jan 10, 2021, 12:56 PM
Jan 2021

Like other terrorists arrested in the US and arrested, convicted, imprisoned for as long as possible? Follow their contacts and look for others? In other words high priority criminal targets? Yes

Dealt with extra judicially killed or tortured? No.

Volaris

(10,274 posts)
17. The ONLY reason not to, is a remembrance of what we hated about the Patriot Act in the first place.
Sun Jan 10, 2021, 01:33 PM
Jan 2021

That law was bullshit then, and it's still bullshit now.

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