Moderate (slightly left of center) AG Merrick Garland Orders FBI to Combat ‘Threats of Violence’ Against Public School O

[UpstateSCHokie]

This was the guy that the left (and some RINOs) insisted was just a vanilla moderate when Obama wanted him on the SCOTUS.

AG Merrick Garland Orders FBI to Combat ‘Threats of Violence’ Against Public School Officials

[RiverguyVT]

Domestic terrorism doesn't include ANTIFA but it does include soccer moms in NoVA that don't want schools pushing homosexual porn on their kids.

Also, criticism of CRT is terror.

Yeah, this is mOdERaTe

[awesome guy]

The government is no longer for the people.

[nolanvt]

I'm curious and would like to have a discussion based on the Garland memo vs. the initial reactions.

The memo did not address taking action on the basis of policy views - Garland even tried to make that point clear from my reading of it. It wants to take action against potential threats and violence.

What am I missing or what other factors are at play to be considered? I'm genuinely interested based on the heated reactions I've seen.

[awesome guy]

I'm curious and would like to have a discussion based on the Garland memo vs. the initial reactions.

The memo did not address taking action on the basis of policy views - Garland even tried to make that point clear from my reading of it. It wants to take action against potential threats and violence.

What am I missing or what other factors are at play to be considered? I'm genuinely interested based on the heated reactions I've seen.

It's just one side against the tyranny so it's easy for everyone else to figure out who they're trying to intimidate. And of course you pussies define people rejecting your dumb and evil policies as vIoLeNcE. You call the 1/6 protest an InSurRecTiOn, everything you say is hyperbole to justify your intolerance of rejecting your authority. Too bad, we're doubling down.

[nolanvt]

I'm curious and would like to have a discussion based on the Garland memo vs. the initial reactions.

The memo did not address taking action on the basis of policy views - Garland even tried to make that point clear from my reading of it. It wants to take action against potential threats and violence.

What am I missing or what other factors are at play to be considered? I'm genuinely interested based on the heated reactions I've seen.

It's just one side against the tyranny so it's easy for everyone else to figure out who they're trying to intimidate. And of course you pussies define people rejecting your dumb and evil policies as vIoLeNcE. You call the 1/6 protest an InSurRecTiOn, everything you say is hyperbole to justify your intolerance of rejecting your authority. Too bad, we're doubling down.

Let's take a step back for a moment. If there are violent threats being made towards school administration officials, is it not the FBI's responsibility to take those threats seriously? My concern is that people may be emotionally overreacting to the memo believing that people are being targeted for policy viewpoints and not actual threats/potential violence.

[awesome guy]

I'm curious and would like to have a discussion based on the Garland memo vs. the initial reactions.

The memo did not address taking action on the basis of policy views - Garland even tried to make that point clear from my reading of it. It wants to take action against potential threats and violence.

What am I missing or what other factors are at play to be considered? I'm genuinely interested based on the heated reactions I've seen.

It's just one side against the tyranny so it's easy for everyone else to figure out who they're trying to intimidate. And of course you pussies define people rejecting your dumb and evil policies as vIoLeNcE. You call the 1/6 protest an InSurRecTiOn, everything you say is hyperbole to justify your intolerance of rejecting your authority. Too bad, we're doubling down.

Let's take a step back for a moment. If there are violent threats being made towards school administration officials, is it not the FBI's responsibility to take those threats seriously? My concern is that people may be emotionally overreacting to the memo believing that people are being targeted for policy viewpoints and not actual threats/potential violence.

Are you speaking woke or English? You seem to be missing that "violence" is another word that you goons use incorrectly. And no, the FBI isn't the police force for local school boards. What's obviously happened is no threats of real violence, as the local police investigate, and so you bootlickers are getting the feds involved to make sure that the woke version of violence is found.

[RiverguyVT]

I'm curious and would like to have a discussion based on the Garland memo vs. the initial reactions.

The memo did not address taking action on the basis of policy views - Garland even tried to make that point clear from my reading of it. It wants to take action against potential threats and violence.

What am I missing or what other factors are at play to be considered? I'm genuinely interested based on the heated reactions I've seen.

What potential threats and violence? There aren't any.

There's layers to this. The letter starts off saying there's been a "spike". Has there been? I haven't seen anything to support that notion. I have, however, seen a "spike" in parents attending meetings about CRT and inappropriate materials. What the AG is calling violence, is parental participation.

The letter is clearly a shot across the bow; a warning to anyone planning to protest their local school boards. "FBI is watching you."

Another layer is this admin beating the drum that "white supremacy" is the greatest terror threat facing our nation, while at the same time labeling mere criticism of CRT as "violence". They've broadened the definition of violence and terror to include simple public participation in protest of far-left policy. These people (dems) can't tolerate "light". This is an attempt to put out that light of reason. To dissuade parental participation.

This is weaponizing the intel community against "opposition" to crazy ideas. Ideas we told you years ago were a "slippery slope" and that some say doesn't exist. Well, not only does it exist, it is being expanded upon at the point of the FBI's spear.

The only teacher I can think of that was harassed was the communist guy who bragged online about "recruiting kids" to marxism and flew communist flags in his room. THAT is who the FBI wants to side with here? Public activism got the guy fired. We can't be having any of that!

Same old dem pattern. Just like Obama sent the IRS after conservatives, now Merrick Garland is sending the FBI after CRT critics.

A final layer is the signalling. They're going to try to Jan6 conservative citizen involvement.

[ModerateHokie]

This was the guy that the left (and some RINOs) insisted was just a vanilla moderate when Obama wanted him on the SCOTUS.

AG Merrick Garland Orders FBI to Combat ‘Threats of Violence’ Against Public School Officials

So you are ok with people physically threatening publicly elected school boards?

[RiverguyVT]

This was the guy that the left (and some RINOs) insisted was just a vanilla moderate when Obama wanted him on the SCOTUS.

AG Merrick Garland Orders FBI to Combat ‘Threats of Violence’ Against Public School Officials

So you are ok with people physically threatening publicly elected school boards?

Yours is a "have you stopped beating your wife?" type of question.

Say you want to watch Gunsmoke. Your wife wants to watch The Bachelor. You disagree. What if the FBI labeled that as "domestic violence"?

That's pretty much what's happening here.

[awesome guy]

This was the guy that the left (and some RINOs) insisted was just a vanilla moderate when Obama wanted him on the SCOTUS.

AG Merrick Garland Orders FBI to Combat ‘Threats of Violence’ Against Public School Officials

So you are ok with people physically threatening publicly elected school boards?

Yours is a "have you stopped beating your wife?" type of question.

Say you want to watch Gunsmoke. Your wife wants to watch The Bachelor. You disagree. What if the FBI labeled that as "domestic violence"?

That's pretty much what's happening here.

Yup. But I'm also good with real violence against pedophiles and commies. I wish that was actually happening.

[ModerateHokie]

This was the guy that the left (and some RINOs) insisted was just a vanilla moderate when Obama wanted him on the SCOTUS.

AG Merrick Garland Orders FBI to Combat ‘Threats of Violence’ Against Public School Officials

So you are ok with people physically threatening publicly elected school boards?

Yours is a "have you stopped beating your wife?" type of question.

Say you want to watch Gunsmoke. Your wife wants to watch The Bachelor. You disagree. What if the FBI labeled that as "domestic violence"?

That's pretty much what's happening here.

You have ZERO idea what they are actually investigating. Answer the question: If someone threatened physical violence against a school board member, should they be prosecuted?

[awesome guy]

This was the guy that the left (and some RINOs) insisted was just a vanilla moderate when Obama wanted him on the SCOTUS.

AG Merrick Garland Orders FBI to Combat ‘Threats of Violence’ Against Public School Officials

So you are ok with people physically threatening publicly elected school boards?

Yours is a "have you stopped beating your wife?" type of question.

Say you want to watch Gunsmoke. Your wife wants to watch The Bachelor. You disagree. What if the FBI labeled that as "domestic violence"?

That's pretty much what's happening here.

You have ZERO idea what they are actually investigating. Answer the question: If someone threatened physical violence against a school board member, should they be prosecuted?

They should arrest the pedophiles rather than threatening the people outraged at them. Do you support pedophiles on the school board and them including pedophilia in the curriculum?

[ModerateHokie]

This was the guy that the left (and some RINOs) insisted was just a vanilla moderate when Obama wanted him on the SCOTUS.

AG Merrick Garland Orders FBI to Combat ‘Threats of Violence’ Against Public School Officials

So you are ok with people physically threatening publicly elected school boards?

Yours is a "have you stopped beating your wife?" type of question.

Say you want to watch Gunsmoke. Your wife wants to watch The Bachelor. You disagree. What if the FBI labeled that as "domestic violence"?

That's pretty much what's happening here.

You have ZERO idea what they are actually investigating. Answer the question: If someone threatened physical violence against a school board member, should they be prosecuted?

They should arrest the pedophiles rather than threatening the people outraged at them. Do you support pedophiles on the school board and them including pedophilia in the curriculum?

Gotcha. So you have no problem with the violent overthrow of our democratically elected bodies. This place is a cesspool and is probably being monitored. I'm out.

[awesome guy]

This was the guy that the left (and some RINOs) insisted was just a vanilla moderate when Obama wanted him on the SCOTUS.

AG Merrick Garland Orders FBI to Combat ‘Threats of Violence’ Against Public School Officials

So you are ok with people physically threatening publicly elected school boards?

Yours is a "have you stopped beating your wife?" type of question.

Say you want to watch Gunsmoke. Your wife wants to watch The Bachelor. You disagree. What if the FBI labeled that as "domestic violence"?

That's pretty much what's happening here.

You have ZERO idea what they are actually investigating. Answer the question: If someone threatened physical violence against a school board member, should they be prosecuted?

They should arrest the pedophiles rather than threatening the people outraged at them. Do you support pedophiles on the school board and them including pedophilia in the curriculum?

Gotcha. So you have no problem with the violent overthrow of our democratically elected bodies. This place is a cesspool and is probably being monitored. I'm out.

You support pedophiles and children being shown pedophile porn. I wish I was surprised.

[HokieHam]

……“harassment, intimidation”. Apparently The Unusuals defending this, skipped over this part in the letter.

Now, these people can define “harassment and intimidation” any way they see fit.

Please provide your evidence on a case by case basis……..

Guess the only remaining question is whether "soccer moms" or "white supremacists" are the greatest threat to "national security". The Federal Bureau of Intimidation will soon give us the answer……

[awesome guy]

……“harassment, intimidation”. Apparently The Unusuals defending this, skipped over this part in the letter.

Now, these people can define “harassment and intimidation” any way they see fit.

Please provide your evidence on a case by case basis……..

Guess the only remaining question is whether "soccer moms" or "white supremacists" are the greatest threat to "national security". The Federal Bureau of Intimidation will soon give us the answer……

Liberals are just authoritarian idiots, it's 1776 time to put them back into their place. Give them the violence that they're hallucinating today. Well, except the actual violence of BLM and Antifa, which they claim doesn't actually exist. They're just a bunch of liars.

[HokieHam]

Good stuff. It’s a local issue anyway.

“Attorney General Garland is weaponizing the DOJ by using the FBI to pursue concerned parents and silence them through intimidation. Florida will defend the free speech rights of its citizens and will not allow federal agents to squelch dissent.”

- Ron DeSantis.

[WEHRedux]

This was the guy that the left (and some RINOs) insisted was just a vanilla moderate when Obama wanted him on the SCOTUS.

AG Merrick Garland Orders FBI to Combat ‘Threats of Violence’ Against Public School Officials

So you are ok with people physically threatening publicly elected school boards?

No, but it should be handled by local authorities, as this charge would be for anyone else.

I am wondering how you are justifying federal involvement?

[HokieJoe]

I'm curious and would like to have a discussion based on the Garland memo vs. the initial reactions.

The memo did not address taking action on the basis of policy views - Garland even tried to make that point clear from my reading of it. It wants to take action against potential threats and violence.

What am I missing or what other factors are at play to be considered? I'm genuinely interested based on the heated reactions I've seen.

It's just one side against the tyranny so it's easy for everyone else to figure out who they're trying to intimidate. And of course you pussies define people rejecting your dumb and evil policies as vIoLeNcE. You call the 1/6 protest an InSurRecTiOn, everything you say is hyperbole to justify your intolerance of rejecting your authority. Too bad, we're doubling down.

Let's take a step back for a moment. If there are violent threats being made towards school administration officials, is it not the FBI's responsibility to take those threats seriously? My concern is that people may be emotionally overreacting to the memo believing that people are being targeted for policy viewpoints and not actual threats/potential violence.

No. It's local law enforcement's job.

[HokieJoe]

This was the guy that the left (and some RINOs) insisted was just a vanilla moderate when Obama wanted him on the SCOTUS.

AG Merrick Garland Orders FBI to Combat ‘Threats of Violence’ Against Public School Officials

So you are ok with people physically threatening publicly elected school boards?

Yours is a "have you stopped beating your wife?" type of question.

Say you want to watch Gunsmoke. Your wife wants to watch The Bachelor. You disagree. What if the FBI labeled that as "domestic violence"?

That's pretty much what's happening here.

You have ZERO idea what they are actually investigating. Answer the question: If someone threatened physical violence against a school board member, should they be prosecuted?

They should arrest the pedophiles rather than threatening the people outraged at them. Do you support pedophiles on the school board and them including pedophilia in the curriculum?

Gotcha. So you have no problem with the violent overthrow of our democratically elected bodies. This place is a cesspool and is probably being monitored. I'm out.

Don't be such a drama queen, Maude. Any illegality should be handled by local law enforcement officials. Not by the FBI, you putz. But hey, I'll mark you down as someone who is okay with the CONTINUED weaponization of Federal law enforcement agencies for political purposes.

[ip_law-hokie]

So you are ok with people physically threatening publicly elected school boards?

Yours is a "have you stopped beating your wife?" type of question.

Say you want to watch Gunsmoke. Your wife wants to watch The Bachelor. You disagree. What if the FBI labeled that as "domestic violence"?

That's pretty much what's happening here.

You have ZERO idea what they are actually investigating. Answer the question: If someone threatened physical violence against a school board member, should they be prosecuted?

They should arrest the pedophiles rather than threatening the people outraged at them. Do you support pedophiles on the school board and them including pedophilia in the curriculum?

Gotcha. So you have no problem with the violent overthrow of our democratically elected bodies. This place is a cesspool and is probably being monitored. I'm out.

Don't be such a drama queen, Maude. Any illegality should be handled by local law enforcement officials. Not by the FBI, you putz. But hey, I'll mark you down as someone who is okay with the CONTINUED weaponization of Federal law enforcement agencies for political purposes.

He was right about the last part, Joe.

[HokieHam]

Yours is a "have you stopped beating your wife?" type of question.

Say you want to watch Gunsmoke. Your wife wants to watch The Bachelor. You disagree. What if the FBI labeled that as "domestic violence"?

That's pretty much what's happening here.

You have ZERO idea what they are actually investigating. Answer the question: If someone threatened physical violence against a school board member, should they be prosecuted?

They should arrest the pedophiles rather than threatening the people outraged at them. Do you support pedophiles on the school board and them including pedophilia in the curriculum?

Gotcha. So you have no problem with the violent overthrow of our democratically elected bodies. This place is a cesspool and is probably being monitored. I'm out.

Don't be such a drama queen, Maude. Any illegality should be handled by local law enforcement officials. Not by the FBI, you putz. But hey, I'll mark you down as someone who is okay with the CONTINUED weaponization of Federal law enforcement agencies for political purposes.

He was right about the last part, Joe.

LOL.

[133743Hokie]

I'm curious and would like to have a discussion based on the Garland memo vs. the initial reactions.

The memo did not address taking action on the basis of policy views - Garland even tried to make that point clear from my reading of it. It wants to take action against potential threats and violence.

What am I missing or what other factors are at play to be considered? I'm genuinely interested based on the heated reactions I've seen.

Agree there was no specific policy aluded to, just a generic statement about actions against potential threats and violence. So who determines what is a threat? Is it just the teachers union side of the equation, or do parents have the right to consider inauthentic and hateful teachings to be legitimate threats. The reality is, coming from the DOJ, we know this is a policy to empower the teachers union to legally battle against complaining parents. No more, no less.

[HokieJoe]

Yours is a "have you stopped beating your wife?" type of question.

Say you want to watch Gunsmoke. Your wife wants to watch The Bachelor. You disagree. What if the FBI labeled that as "domestic violence"?

That's pretty much what's happening here.

You have ZERO idea what they are actually investigating. Answer the question: If someone threatened physical violence against a school board member, should they be prosecuted?

They should arrest the pedophiles rather than threatening the people outraged at them. Do you support pedophiles on the school board and them including pedophilia in the curriculum?

Gotcha. So you have no problem with the violent overthrow of our democratically elected bodies. This place is a cesspool and is probably being monitored. I'm out.

Don't be such a drama queen, Maude. Any illegality should be handled by local law enforcement officials. Not by the FBI, you putz. But hey, I'll mark you down as someone who is okay with the CONTINUED weaponization of Federal law enforcement agencies for political purposes.

He was right about the last part, Joe.

If someone breaks the law, then local or state law enforcement are responsible for prosecuting. Biden and his legal puppet, Garland, are sticking their noses where it does not belong.

This is 100% politics and sets a dangerous precedent IMO. Don't assume this decision won't be used against people you may sympathize with in the future. Think about that possibility and fashion your opinions accordingly.