> Several members talked about murdering 'tyrants' or 'taking' a sitting governor," an FBI agent wrote.
That doesn't sound like an actual plot to take actual specific criminal actions against a specific person. It sounds like something one guy would say to another in a heated conversation. I suspect this entire case will fall apart by the time it goes to trial like all these other fake "domestic terrorism" entrapment cases the FBI likes to trot out for political purposes. The only charge that sticks will be some process crime involving firearm permits.
We will. In the mean time people reading these articles will have an increasingly twisted view of the world. I wish I had a way to teach people to think more deeply and critically about what they read in the news.
I wonder how a couple of red necks even knew where her vacation home was, and which one of them suggested going there and looking at it from a distance. I suspect the guy whose job it was to get convictions under his belt told them where it was and that they should go there. Another thing we will hopefully find out at trial.
> I wish I had a way to teach people to think more deeply and critically about what they read in the news.
Thinking deeply and critically about what we read in the news is a very good skill to have, but reflexively dismissing it because you don’t want it to be true ain’t it, chief.
> Jerry Drake Varnell, who allegedly followed far-right anti-government groups and told the FBI he “wanted to start the next revolution,” is “a paranoid schizophrenic
> He has no job, no money, no vehicle, and no driver’s license, due to the fact that he is schizophrenic and we; his parents do everything we can possible to keep him safe and functional. The mental health system has consistently failed us
> He has attended college and just enrolled in welding school. His medications allow him to be somewhat functional but he will never be completely functional in life
The FBI is a despicable political actor. They set up muslims during the war on terror in the same way. Never once did they catch a real terrorist plot. It was all political theater.
You're right, its not so much about critical thinking as it is pattern recognition.
That doesn't sound like an actual plot to take actual specific criminal actions against a specific person. It sounds like something one guy would say to another in a heated conversation. I suspect this entire case will fall apart by the time it goes to trial like all these other fake "domestic terrorism" entrapment cases the FBI likes to trot out for political purposes. The only charge that sticks will be some process crime involving firearm permits.