None Dare Call It Sedition

[marmar]

from ourfuture.org:



None Dare Call It Sedition
By Sara Robinson

April 5, 2010 - 12:13pm ET


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Sedition: Crime of creating a revolt, disturbance, or violence against lawful civil authority with the intent to cause its overthrow or destruction
-- Brittanica Concise Dictionary


Well, finally. It's high time somebody had the guts to say the S-word -- sedition -- right out loud.

When the indictments against the Hutaree were unsealed last week, the S-word was right there, front and center, in Count One. The Justice Department accused them of "seditious conspiracy," charging that the defendants "did knowingly conspire, confederate, and agree with each other and other persons known and unknown...to levy war against the United States, and to prevent, hinder, and delay by force the execution of any United States law."

This is very serious stuff. But the Hutaree are getting nailed for sedition only because they crossed the line with inches to spare. They're by no means the only ones. Advocating, encouraging, and sanctioning sedition is the new norm on the conservative side.

We saw it again last Thursday, when the Guardians of the Free Republics -- a Sovereign Citizen group that believes that the oath of office taken by state governors is invalid under their twisted Bizarroland interpretation of the Constitution -- sent letters to most or all sitting state governors telling them to either a) take what they consider to be a legitimate oath of office; b) stand down; or c) or be removed "non-violently" within three days. The FBI, rightly, regards this as a potentially seditious threat against the governors. ..........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.ourfuture.org/blog-entry/2010041405/none-dare-call-it-sedition

[yurbud]

1. Does ''Hutaree'' remind anyone else of a) Hooters b) Hooterville or c) Rwanda's genocidal Hutus?

[MUAD_DIB]

3. It reminds me of Atari. I'm still working out the logo for them.

[MUAD_DIB]

2. Threats against U.S. governors? Arrest those Tealiban responsible then

give them a nice trial for being home grown terrorists. The only thing left for them would be actionable terror since they have already made the threat. I don't see why we need to wait for that to happen.


It doesn't matter if the Governors, or elected officials, have a (D) or (R) next to their names.


Arrest GFR.

[yurbud]

6. I'm pretty sure the only thing they'll shoot is their own left nut.

[janedum]

4. SEDITION = Hannity, Beck, Savage, Levin, Limbaugh, Palin = JAIL TIME!

[laughingliberal]

5. K & R

About damned time. The reactionary groups of the right have always tread a fine line in regards to sedition. I'm very encouraged at least one of these groups is being charged for it.