Unless your friends and neighbors subscribe to sedition or something worse they have very little to fear from the CIA, FBI or military intelligence. If, on the other hand, they seek violent overthrow of the government, our intelligence agencies and law enforcement will, hopefully, protect us. I sincerely hope your friend are not so inclined though I do wonder about SWGB sometimes.
Unless your friends and neighbors subscribe to sedition or something worse they have very little to fear from the CIA, FBI or military intelligence. If, on the other hand, they seek violent overthrow of the government, our intelligence agencies and law enforcement will, hopefully, protect us. I sincerely hope your friend are not so inclined though I do wonder about SWGB sometimes.
Boy, now you are reaching! Correction...GirlWhich is all well and good until you realize that under these rules your involvement in the Tea Party movement could qualify you as a domestic terrorist.
It's all perspective.
Marching in the streets advocating massive changes to the government, stockpiling ammo, and denying the legitimacy of our President...............we've kept files on people for far less. ;-)
Where are the people that were protesting in 1966, while I was serving my country in VietNam, now? Some are in the Executive branch and some advising it. I don't see any of them greatly affected by their political beliefs anymore than I think I would be. I don't own a weapon, though I am thinking of buying one, so I don't stockpile ammo, I don't deny the legitimacy of our President, though I think most of his policies are a road to disaster and your interpretation of massive changes to government and mine are probably much the same. Teabaggers, except for the typical fringe element attached to any political group, are citizens fed up with a non-responsive federal government and want more responsibility and funding returned to their respective states. They believe Congress is broken and run by a bunch of self centered, self serving individuals who listen to absolutely no one but their closed circle. I suggest the next time you wish to learn about the Tea Party and their positions, you go directly to the source.It's all perspective.
Marching in the streets advocating massive changes to the government, stockpiling ammo, and denying the legitimacy of our President...............we've kept files on people for far less. ;-)
Did you vote for them? I didn't and if people like what they are getting now, there is much in this country that needs to be changed. Yes, they were voted in but that does not mean we must immediately agree with what they propose or accept what the feed us. All Americans, even me, are entitled to express their feelings and opinions and I am not so stupid as to not realize they are "elected" officials. That doesn't mean I am obligated to agree with what is going on in Washington, D.C. or Tallahassee, Florida or even Walton County. I hope you get my drift.