Conspicuously lacking once again is any definition of what exactly constitutes “domestic, ideologically motivated extremism.” Is it support for violence and actual insurrection? Or is it simply holding views that dissent from the hard-left agenda? It is increasingly clear that the latter is meant. The January 6 Capitol riot is a “searing example” of the threat the country faces, while Antifa and Black Lives Matter riots all over the country continue to be ignored. This appears to be one more attempt to portray peaceful, law-abiding Americans who supported President Trump and dissent from the leftist agenda as terrorists and as enablers of terrorism. One certainty of the regime of Biden’s handlers is that there will be a great deal more of this. The country will have no future as a free republic if these attempts to criminalize political dissent continue.
“Domestic Extremism Is Most ‘Lethal And Persistent’ Terrorism Threat To U.S., Says Mayorkas,” by Melissa Holzberg, Forbes, March 17, 2021:
The most “lethal and persistent terrorism-related threat” to the United States is domestic, ideologically motivated extremism, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said in his opening remarks at a hearing before the House Homeland Security Committee.
Mayorkas said that since the September 11 attacks, the threat landscape against the U.S. has substantially “evolved” to the point that foreign terrorism is no longer the chief concern of DHS.
Mayorkas said the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol was a “searing example” of the threat the country faces.
KEY BACKGROUND
DHS announced in February that it would provide $77 million to state and local governments to combat domestic violent extremism. At the time Mayorkas wrote in a statement that “the most significant terrorist threat facing the nation comes from lone offenders and small groups” whose violent acts are motivated by “extremist ideological beliefs.” President Joe Biden directed intelligence officials to study domestic violent extremism shortly after his inauguration. White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said the assessment would clarify if new methods are needed to combat domestic extremism….
PRCS says
“Conspicuously lacking once again is any definition of what exactly constitutes “domestic, ideologically motivated extremism.”
Let me start the definition with—–ready, set,—–Muslims.
A MEMRI example:
MICHIGAN Based Imam………Islam Is Far Superior to Man-Made Systems of Government
@1:10
“When Allah said (in the Qur’an:) “He may make it prevail ovar all other relgioons”…To make it prevail over the whole religion is to make it prevail over the entirety of man-made systems and ways of life – all put together…Whether it is liberal democracy, whether it is Communism, whether it is socialism, whatever way of life was invented by Man – Allah’s way should prevail over that.
@4:06
“Islam is a complete political, social and economic system”
Yes, if there actually is a standard definition of “domestic, ideologically motivated extremism”, Muslims in America definitely are that.
Alfredo says
It is the great delusion of the jihadists to believe that their BS is “revealed” when in fact it is nothing more than the secretions of a mentally ill VII century caravan raider who kept one fifth of the booty after each raid including women and children after their fathers were murdered by these murderous thiefs.
mortimer says
Freedom-loving people are a threat to Diktokrats.
BLM, Antifa and jihadism are left out of the assessment even though they have produced so many violent events and attempts at violence.
PRCS says
Not just jihadists, Alfredo.
Muslims. Every “believing” Muslim.
And more than a few gullible kuffar, too.
Alarmed Pig Farmer says
it’s fascinating to watch propaganda being implemented. Since the Jan 6 incident we’ve had a steady diet of claims, claims debunked as false, debunked claims not retracted, and the FBI Director citing white supremacist groups as the greatest source of terror in the country. Lie, repeat, rinse, repeat, and from there repeat repeat repeat. The CIA guy who wrote the manual on how to do this must be proud. And I bet he’s not the least worried about violent trouble from Moslems.
James Lincoln says
Alarmed Pig Farmer,
Yes, fascinating – but also very scary – to watch propaganda being implemented…
Grace says
The only way to deal with propaganda is with the truth. We must insure that our voice is louder than the voice of the propagandist, our message must ring true and we must flood the market with our truth.
gravenimage says
+1
gravenimage says
Grimly true.
PRCS says
Noted that President Harris slyly included Muslims (not a race!) in her denunciation of discrimination and violence against Asians (a race!).
Infidel says
Strictly speaking, Asians are not a race: they are the inhabitants of Asia, and span various races. The Chinese are mainly of the Han race, Mongols, Koreans and Tibetans are Mongoloid, Russians are Slavs, Indians are Aryans and Dravidians, Turks and peoples of the -stans are Turkic, Arabs are Semitic and so on
PRCS says
Thank you for that.
PRCS says
It becomes more complex the more I read about the subject. For example, The Iowa State Data Center states:
“Asian: A person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam.”
Am I confused?
Like most, I suspect….probably.
Infidel says
Just as an example, are Russians and Brits the same race? Of course not: Russians are Slavs, and Brits are Anglo-Saxons, Normans, Norse and so on. Yeah, both are White, but that hardly makes them the same race
PRCS says
Have to disagree, there.
White IS a race.
truthout says
Where did any of you learn science or anthropology?White black asian are races.The rest of what you described are in fact ethnicities [can be described as decent as well]
Infidel says
Good. Now describe the differences in definition
PRCS says
The Iowa State Data Center states:
“Asian: A person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam.”
Refer your complaint to them.
gravenimage says
Does “truthout” have a problem with Jihad terror? Not so he says…
And I suppose he means “descent”, not “decent”…
tgusa says
After fighting for twenty years in places no one had ever heard of the democrats beast has turned on the American people. But remember, it is the Russians that we need to worry about.
Just as the nazis did in Germany and Stalin did in the USSR they are declaring anyone who disagrees with their party and their ideologically motivated extremism enemies of their state. I have come to really dislike them. They are deranged and dangerous. I believe they really want to provoke a civil war. For peace and security and to avoid a catastrophic conflict within our borders (such as they are) I suggest we just go our separate ways.
tgusa says
He and his parents came here in 1960 as refugees for Cuba. It didn’t take long for him to turn on his new found country and people. It appears that a lot of people have sought refuge here that hate us. He should have stayed in Cuba. He would have been a better fit in the Castro regime.
pennant8 says
Ironically, the DHS occupies a facility in Washington which during WWII was the US counterpart to the UK’s Bletchley Park where much of the early work was done to break into the German Enigma codes. The Washington facility was generally referred to as Nebraska Avenue where its front gate was. Nebraska Avenue and Bletchley Park worked hand in hand to break the nearly unbreakable Enigma codes. Our current enemy’s code book called the Koran is readily available to anyone who wants to study it. Sometimes the enemy actually hands out copies of their code book as gifts to US military people. A succession of DHS heads have stated that as a matter of policy they have no interest in trying to decipher this code book.
gravenimage says
Thanks for that information.
underbed cat says
Curious if there has been a complete conversion to that uncoded book they have no interest in decoding, must be hard because it is in English, lazy, easy money perhaps, covering up for 9/11 perhaps..Russian troops opened the doors to the Jewish concentration death camps in WW2, maybe the Chinese who understand the consequences of the coded book that is not coded…but translated in all languages, will save the day… they have to be scratching their heads what happened to America that saved Europe from Hitler. That coded book would reveal a masterful deception, with laws that obligate the believers to travel and settle in foreign countries, wait till population and infiltration, and political offices are filled with the coded minds, deny and deflect
periodic terror attacks that they will only call racist, or lies even after a confession of the duty they were told they have, but one not found in the ten commandments that thou shall not lie, kill. or decieve,steal or take captured woman as slaves. This is hard to digest, but was predicted by experts smarter than the current fools. If we can’t save ourselves we may need some saving.
Maybe some day it will be exposed covid was a “coded” surprise, besides being practiced and planned.
Infidel says
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hU7IKBx3hO4
gravenimage says
Just nuts–this racial fragmenting does not help us.
curious george says
Infidel,
Thank you for posting this video. ???
Some very important comments made, especially on the education system. People might want to listen to Karen England with Frank Gaffney at Secure Freedom Radio.
https://securefreedomradio.podbean.com/e/with-karen-england-todd-bensman-robert-spencer-and-jeff-nyquist/
“The Obama Administration’s real motives in funding pre-K are based on the leftist plan to take over what has traditionally been the duty of families. Duncan warned about the “challenge” of our culture (horrors!) “where people … prefer … the grandmother, the neighbor” to the government when deciding to whom their young children should be entrusted.”
https://eagleforum.org/publications/column/obamas-pre-k-power-grab.html
James Lincoln says
Infidel,
Just wondering how parents in the United States will now feel after their high school senior child receives an acceptance letter from Columbia University…
Infidel says
They should specifically tell their kids not to apply there. Of course, there are a lot of other schools that would be on the do not apply list
Best idea is to go to Trade School or maybe MikeRoweWorks and pick it up from there
Grace says
Time to recognize the Trades, the regular First Responders. When my sink is plugged I don’t call my accountant.
James Lincoln says
Thanks for the reply, Infidel.
I did check out MikeRoweWorks – very interesting!
https://www.mikeroweworks.org/
gravenimage says
DHS top dog: ‘Domestic extremism’ is the most ‘lethal and persistent terrorism-related threat’ to US
…………
More obfuscation and bs.
I have heard the killing of Ashli Babbit at the Capitol demonstration cited as an example of “domestic terrorism”–even though this unarmed woman was actually shot by law enforcement.
James Lincoln says
gravenimage,
The Ashli Babbit shooting is still shrouded in secrecy:
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/mar/15/ashli-babbitt-capitol-riot-shooting-death-shrouded/
gravenimage says
Grimly true, James.
truthout says
What unreal diatribe masquerading as intelligence .If they had of existed a few centauries ago we wouldn’t exist .Its now extremist to expect our own government to protect the citizens rather than feeding them to the wolves. Our own government has sent the message that we are the enemy .What do you think we are going to do, just sit back and let you set the stage, to send us to the cattle cars? News flash defense of country family and self isn’t a crime.Treating us like terrorists criminals or mentally ill won’t work and will come back to bite you in a most unforgiving manner
JohnTheRevelator says
Very sensible posts here. The Left are weaponizing politics. It’s crossing the line from “friends” with disagreements on how to run the govt, stimulate the economy, etc into turning the Center-Right into ‘terrorists’ and enemies. Of course if they continue with that idiotic line of thinking then they’ll drag the US into civil war. You can be sure they’ll be coming after gun-owners next, the way the Nazis did to Jews and Germans.
Funny how the Left never consider Muslims to be a threat. Apart from a few intellectuals like Sam Harris and Richard Dawkins, I’ve never once heard prominent Leftists declare Islam presenting any sort of danger to western civilization despite the daily news of terrorist attacks around the world.
They hate Conservatives more than Iran, more than China, Saudi Arabia, etc. I truly hope that Dems don’t do much damage until the next election and that Trump or someone better is back in power to keep these loons in check.
Linda Goudsmit says
Alejandro Mayorkas is another Obama sycophant, singing along with Pelosi’s unhinged narrative that what happened at the Capitol Building on January 6 was domestic terrorism inspired by Trump. Eighty million Americans voted for our America-first President Donald Trump, who never once in four years called for violence. It is the Democrats who support violence and the overthrow of our constitutional republic with their chaos-inducing policies of open borders, releasing criminals, support for Marxist BLM, and horrific efforts to defund the police. Pelosi’s roadshow is pure political theater designed to foment social chaos and blame Trump supporters. Wake up America!
PRCS says
Given what he’s doing, in my opinion: Mayorkas (an Hispanic man) is an unabashed racist.
mortimer says
So, those who believe in freedom must first be demonized, then replaced by compliant peons imported through illegal mass migration.
It can be argued that ‘domestic extremism’ is what created the new nation of the United States of America. The descendants of those idealists are living today, They believe in personal freedom, rather than government micromanagement of EVERYTHING.
livingengine says
CAIR and the Capitol Riots
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdtnEizdqFQ
Jay says
Forbes seems to provide sort of a summary/outline of the article, without actually providing the full article? Weird.