ringwormDec 27, 2022
Chris Thomas

If we could stop referring to people trying to deliberately cut power to thousands of people in the middle of a nationwide cold snap as "vandals" or "burglars" that'd be great.

They're terrorists. If another country did that, we'd call it an act of war.

Dec 26, 2022 at 11:35pmWeb
Show threadBrian WolfDec 27, 2022
@killfile mentioned this yesterday to call it what it is. Domestic terrorism
Show threadDavid Mitchell Dec 27, 2022

@killfile @brian_wolf

But, white folks cainโ€™t be terrorists, raight?

/s/

Show threadBrian WolfDec 27, 2022
@DavidM_yeg @killfile Not possible. ๐Ÿ™„
Show threadIndie ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿคฑ๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ•Š๐Ÿ“šDec 27, 2022
@killfile Are you talking about rolling blackouts or something else?
Show threadChris ThomasDec 27, 2022

@motherindie anti-government groups carrying out attacks on power transmission infrastructure.

North Carolina and Washington are just the ones that are making national news; there's been a big uptick in these attacks recently.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/25/us/tacoma-washington-substations-vandalized/index.html

Show threadMarcyDec 27, 2022
@killfile @motherindie This is the way they think they can "create chaos/burn the system down." We better get night security on this.
Show threadDeb4+ aka Deborah DT ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€โšง๏ธDec 27, 2022
@killfile @motherindie they're planning
Show threadKevin Karhan Dec 27, 2022

@killfile *nodds in agreement*

The fact that said acts - may it be done by facists with plate-carriers on the streets or facists in suits and offices - ain't prosecuted as acts of #terrorism speaks volumes.

And it decisively sents the message that it's okay and people get away with it.

Like with #HighTreason...
Or why isn't #Trump in a 6x6x6' cell 23hrs a day???

Show threadSteve "PodcastSteve" LubetkinDec 27, 2022
@killfile itโ€™s part of a continuing pattern since Metcalf.
Show threadBellison22Dec 27, 2022
@killfile ๐ŸŽฏ๐ŸŽฏ๐ŸŽฏ๐ŸŽฏ๐ŸŽฏ
Show threadTengrainDec 27, 2022
@killfile It was pretty much straight up the road in WA; you could practically predict which power station would be next.
Show threadWallOffTrumpDec 27, 2022
@killfile
Or, if you were in Ukraine, you'd call them Russians.
Show threadT. E. WadeDec 27, 2022
@killfile It is strange. Have they caught any of them? Do they know what sort of people they are?
Show threadDeidraDec 27, 2022
@killfile Absolutely they're criminals they're not vandals their criminals and they need to be charged found and charged and given a lot of time so the next person thinks twice before doing it just like DOJ needs to move his a** and and charge Abbott with a kidnapping and moving them across state lines that is a crime these laws that they put out between democrats and republicans really suck because it's almost like they're allowed 2 do this and laugh about it its human trafficking
Show threadCoach Pฤแน‡ini ยฎDec 27, 2022
@killfile ๐Ÿ’ฏ
Show threadDeborahDec 27, 2022
@killfile It's frustrating and scary. This article seems typical of the tone officials are taking. https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/vandals-hit-fourth-pierce-county-substation-in-christmas-day-attacks/
Vandals hit fourth Pierce County substation in Christmas Day attacks

Firefighters received a report of a fire at 7:21pm at the Puget Sound Energy substation on Kapowsin Hwy East, about 12 miles northeast of La Grande,.

The Seattle Times
Show threadViperDrakeDec 27, 2022
@killfile likely it could also be foreign agents
Show thread๐ŸŒช MikeMathia ๐Ÿ“กDec 27, 2022

@killfile

Agreed, thank you.

Show threadThom PintelloDec 27, 2022
@killfile
Boom!
Show threadPsychiatric Help 5ยขDec 27, 2022
@killfile
Yes. Freezing people to death is "felony murder" not "vandalism".
Show threadAndThisIsMrsPeacock ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆDec 27, 2022

@Sanityreturn2us @killfile Russia: [cruise missiles some Ukrainian power plants into shrapnel]

US: attacking civilian infrastructure is a war crime!

Various fascist militias: [blow up some electrical substations]

US: oh those rascals, we might have to tell them once, quietly, to please stop, but not for a while yet

Show threadPsychiatric Help 5ยขDec 27, 2022
@andthisismrspeacock @killfile
Mindblowin'. Iddinnit?
Took 3 years for "lies" to stop being 'misspoke'. IDK WTF is wrong with us.
Show thread๐Ÿš Undo Influence ๐ŸšDec 27, 2022

@andthisismrspeacock @Sanityreturn2us @killfile

Start calling them "Occupy." Then maybe state and national law enforcement will do something. ๐ŸŽช

Show threadThomas H Jones IIDec 27, 2022

@Sanityreturn2us @killfile

Attack on infrastructure is federal pen time if you're caught and successfully prosecuted.

Show threadmonwanDec 27, 2022
@killfile In the middle of severe weather, especially extreme cold, that could be attempted murder or murder if people died. Absolute thuggery and terrorism.
Show threadSanityNowDec 27, 2022
@killfile
Totally agree. MSM just absolutely sux at its job.
Show threadMalDec 27, 2022
@killfile Well, here in #SouthAfrica, for the past many years, we call them โ€˜the governmentโ€™.
Show threadGrae HallDec 27, 2022

@killfile It's bonks watching legitimate national media in the US refer to the people attacking power infrastructure for political reasons as "vandals"

It is by definition, literally terrorism, they are literal terrorists

I'm so over straight up right wing domestic terrorists being treated with kid gloves by the media, like they're obvi murderous but omg they're fragile so be careful not to hurt their feelings while they hurt society.

Show threadJoanna CzechowskaDec 27, 2022
@killfile They are Christian terrorists.
Show threadTC Won't Give In To LiesDec 27, 2022
@killfile
You're talking about Russia destroying Ukrainian infrastructure in the dead of winter, right?
#SupportUkraine
Show threadAaron RocoDec 27, 2022
@killfile I'd say technically they're saboteurs, probably fascist saboteurs but they're not Terrorists. To be a terrorist you have to attack unarmed civilians, actual people. As far as an act of war they'd have to be militarized agents of a foreign nation. Not sure we're there yet. Is this a problem? Yes. But it's not terrorism or war.
Show threadRev Dr Kathleen Raphael DD LPNDec 27, 2022

@killfile

Wholly agreed.
What's with the current minimization of criminality these days?

Show threadDanie van der MerweDec 27, 2022
@killfile something perpetrated that effects most of the economy though is termed as sabotage. Vandalism and burglary is extremely small scale and insignificant to the greater whole.
Show threadYahia LababidiDec 27, 2022
@killfile Thank you, for your #activism as a member of the human family and global citizen.
Can I ask you how you feel about #palestine?
Show threadPeteDec 27, 2022
@killfile If weโ€™d catch them, that would be even better.
Show threadLeianoraDec 27, 2022
@SomeOldLady @killfile Hydrolic despotism!
Show threadJarvis SlacksDec 27, 2022
@killfile It's crazy this isn't a bigger story! CRAZY.
Show threadgft77Dec 27, 2022
@killfile 100% agree with what you wrote. The people behind what's being done here need to be found and prosecuted immediately because they are terrorists. People are going to freeze to death and using soft terms to describe these folks isn't going to change that. Let's hope the FBI is on the case.
Show threadSam I AmDec 27, 2022
@killfile just depends on how much money ratepayers are willing to spend. https://www.ferc.gov/media/e-27-rd23-2-000
E-27 RD23-2-000

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Show threadJoachim FrankDec 27, 2022
@killfile I was thinking the same. Attacking a power station with firearms? With bombs? Last time that happened was in South Tirol, by terrorists.
Show threadKyDemGalDec 27, 2022
@killfile They arenโ€™t vandalsโ€”they are domestic terrorists.
Show threadTim MurphyDec 27, 2022
@killfile
Exactly!
Show threadAutisticMumTo3Dec 27, 2022
@killfile
That is what Russia is doing to Ukraine to try to force Ukraine to surrender.
@amiserabilist
Show threadAndrew PardoeDec 28, 2022

@killfile NB: this may be a copycat of the Midwest attacks in 2020 by white nationalists meant to spark a race war.

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/three-men-plead-guilty-conspiring-provide-material-support-plot-attack-power-grids-united

Three Men Plead Guilty to Conspiring to Provide Material Support to a Plot to Attack Power Grids in the United States

Three men pleaded guilty today to crimes related to a scheme to attack power grids in the United States in furtherance of white supremacist ideology.

Show threadRiley S. FaelanDec 28, 2022
@killfile: Shouldn't the analogue go by the several people called "Dr Death"? As in, we'll call the depraved people who shoot at infrastructure for their amusement, and kill people in the process, "Shooter Death"? Perhaps "Private Death", if they have military background? "Cad Death", if they have neo-Nazi background?
Show threadVoronDec 28, 2022
@killfile they are traitors, undermine their support, upend their rhetoric. These f&$ks use patriotism undercut it. Attacking the nations infrastructure, harming their fellow citizens health is the opposite of patriotism which is sacrificing for your fellow citizens