White supremacist caught at the White House.

Assault with a dangerous weapon
Reckless operation of a motor vehicle
The threat to kill, kidnap, or inflict bodily harm on a President, Vice President, or family

Many of you, even here, take issue when I call these people domestic terrorists

Missing the forest for the trees and getting upset over semantics

Let me make myself clear. White supremacists are domestic terrorists

If you see it otherwise then you’re part of the problem

@flexghost where tf did this happen?
@Leroy White House
@flexghost nightmare nightmare nightmare πŸ™ƒπŸ™ƒπŸ™ƒπŸ™ƒπŸ™ƒπŸ™ƒπŸ™ƒπŸ™ƒ
@flexghost @Leroy the one with the great big The.
@StrangeNoises @flexghost I completely missed the first sentence lol that's on me
@Leroy @flexghost This happened last night in D.C. right outside of a White House barricade. https://tinyl.io/8eX1
Man with Nazi flag who crashed U-Haul near White House praised Hitler

The driver, 19-year-old Sai Varshith Kandula, told authorities he planned to seize power and kill the president if he had to, court records allege.

MSN
@flexghost Stochastic terrorism. β€œAn army of one.”
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@beckett that is absolutely terrifying

@flexghost

Timothy McVeigh used a van similar to that to bomb OKC. I'm surprised that terriorist got that close to the White House.

@GoatRoper I am too

@flexghost

Did they bother to lift the door and see if there was a bomb in it before they towed it?

@GoatRoper I mean… They’ll find out
@flexghost @GoatRoper
Just out of curiosity, which one are you "likewise" ... goat rancher, retired card player, minimalist blogger, or never heard your wife fart before you got married" 🀣🀣🀣
@flexghost south Asian from Missouri, where he was nazified. The comments on Twitter are horrendous. Thanks, Elmo 🀬
@jonjimama I mean… Delete Twitter
@flexghost I'm a masochist ☠️
@flexghost The state of the nation is getting worse. In the last administration the list of white supremacist targets only went as high as the Vice President.

@flexghost agree πŸ’―.

The caveat here is giving someone like Trump the ability to define who a terrorist is.

I.e. tools that make sense for the 'good guys' to use can be wielded by the fascists if they take power.

It's a war we have to win, but we won't win every battle and hopefully we keep that in mind when putting the tools in place.

U-Haul driver arrested for crash near White House, police say; apparent Nazi flag found on scene

Police arrested the Missouri man on multiple charges, including attempting to kidnap or kill the president, vice president or family member.

POLITICO

@cassidy CNN and politico? Owners and chief officers openly supporting trump and courting fox viewers

I would be hesitant sharing your sources as well.

But do you πŸ†

@flexghost ffs I shared FOUR different sources because I *knew* someone would claim bias. Basically, just demonstrating that yes this is a story that exists instead of just completely trusting some random source-less social media post. I don’t actively follow any of those shared, but they were the quickest to come up with a quick web search.

You could, you know, just include *a* source instead of perpetuating placing blind trust in famously-reliable social media. πŸ™„

@flexghost
They are domestic terrorists and the NRA is a terrorist affiliated organization.
@flexghost πŸ‘πŸ» Totally agree.

@flexghost seeing that some folk on Twitter are claiming this is a false flag to make them look bad

"Excuse me, you are identifying with the flag of Nazi Germany, you ARE bad"

@flexghost
But he has dark skin so he can't be a white supremacist (or so I've seen in numerous comments about this incident on a different app).
@flexghost So an officer "found" this flag in an otherwise empty van. And lovingly unfolded it and laid it out to provide a photo op. The "white supremacist" is "Sai Varshith Kandula", apparently?

@vandys what’s the leader of the proud boys name and heritage? Nick Fuentes? His dads heritage? You can be a white supremacist and another race

Go back to Twitter

@flexghost May all our terrorists be this incompetent.
@flexghost I mean, I'm glad there were no explosives, weapons, etc, but what exactly did this brain-genius think he was going to accomplish?
@stephenczetty he believes he was part of a bigger plan that included other people bringing weapons and or explosives
@flexghost IOW, "I'll start an insurgency with a U-Haul!" Brain. Genius.
@flexghost ty for saying this as i want us to expand domestic terrorism legislation federally to include hate crimes and domestic abuse cases. enough is enough already.

@flexghost

Of course they are. A terrorist is one who uses violence or the threat of violence to effect political change. They're US citizens. That makes them domestic terrorists.

@flexghost And to be very clear it means nothing that they had no chance to succeed. It is that they exist and they are trying that is cause for serious concern.

@flexghost

I dream of a world where nazis are shitting their pants afraid for their lives 24/7 and take sharp vegetable peelers to their tattoos on the evening news as atonement.

@marq the defining characteristic of a white supremacist is being afraid of everything

@flexghost @marq Every little thing has them quaking in their boots. Take books for instance. The most innocuous title, no matter its classic status, is an offense to them.

When you cite the books that have been called to be banned, sane people can't believe what they're hearing. Titles that have been bedtime reading fare for ages have been targeted, e.g., The Little Prince (critiques grown-ups), Winnie-the-Pooh (talking animals), Little Red Riding Hood (wine in picnic basket.)

@SharonGibson3 @flexghost

Apparently they're not afraid enough of our laughter and scorn to not organize and act to get laws passed and make other's lives hell.

Belittling them, however rightfully, isn't working.

@SharonGibson3 @flexghost @marq

They haven't ever read a book, that's why they fear them!
@joao @flexghost @marq You're right about that. Whenever you run up against some idiot who's wants a title snatched from a library shelf, it's a sure bet they haven't read it. And if they have, it's some passage that they've read without context.
@SharonGibson3 @flexghost @marq

As someone said here, we should ban politicians and lawmakers from using pens because they are dangerous!
@flexghost I don’t get that either, that’s exactly what they are.
@flexghost Well at least he didn't have a Nazi flag. Oh waitβ€”
@flexghost Was the policeman the guy driving the UHaul?
@flexghost White supremacists are domestic terrorist & should be treated as such.