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Originally Posted by The Villager II
I gotta tell ya, the list does sound like the Conservative Oath of Membership. I am not saying its wrong, but Republicans are very close to the list. The majority of conservatives on this forum have argued for many of the thing on the list. If this list is things to watch for when Identifying a terrorist, then we have several right here declaring themselves as Conservatives.
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The point is that the items on this list are things the government are watching in their hunt for "threats to the government".
This is what the article is illustrating. Much of this list is hardly what most people would consider threats against the stability of the U.S. Government.
Hence, the focus on and the suspicion of it's own citizens, and the resulting crackdown on their freedoms that gave rise to Nazi Germany.