Since
at
least
the
Bush
administration,
designating
someone
or
something
as
a
terrorist
or
terrorism
has
been
our
equivalent
of
the
John
Wick
universe’s
being
declared
excommunicado.
Due
process,
the
notion
that
someone
would
come
to
your
aid
if
you
were
physically
harmed,
out
the
window.
And
while
the
designation
hasn’t
lost
any
of
its
gravitas,
the
threshold
you
need
to
cross
before
getting
called
a
terrorist
has
rapidly
fallen
over
time.
Per
a
recent
White
House
release,
merely
having
“anti-American
views”
—
otherwise
known
as
thought-crime
—
could
get
you
on
the
list.
As
it
turns
out,
even
active
members
of
the
government
aren’t
safe
from
the
suspicion
that
they’re
actually
terrorists
in
wait
using
their
positions
for
dastardly
ends.
For
example,
here’s
Stephen
Miller
tweeting
about
judges.
A
day
after
this
tweet,
Judge
Diane
Goodstein’s
home
went
up
in
flames.
AP
News
has
coverage:
State
investigators
are
trying
to
find
the
cause
of
a
fire
that
destroyed
a
judge’s
home
on
a
South
Carolina
island.The
Saturday
blaze
nearly
burned
to
the
ground
the
house
listed
in
property
records
as
owned
by
Circuit
Judge
Diane
Goodstein
on
a
remote
part
of
Edisto
Island,
authorities
said.
…
Three
people
were
hurt
in
the
blaze
and
one
of
them
was
taken
by
helicopter
to
the
Medical
University
of
South
Carolina,
according
to
Colleton
County
Fire-Rescue.
She’s
received
death
threats
since
she
blocked
the
DOJ
from
accessing
South
Carolinians’
voter
data.
An
investigation
is
underway,
so
it
is
too
early
to
say
definitively
that
her
home
was
attacked
over
her
rulings,
but
the
threats
and
recent
acts
of
violence
do
suggest
a
connection
between
Democrats
and
terrorism
—
namely,
that
they
are
the
ones
being
targeted:
This
isn’t
to
say
that
the
only
political
figures
who
are
concerned
with
their
safety
are
Democrats
—
a
guy
who
tried
to
assassinate
Kavanaugh
was
just
sentenced
on
Friday.
But
it
is
to
say
that
the
Trump
administration
is
doing
their
damnedest
to
pretend
the
violence
only
matters
when
Republican
lives
are
targeted.
Surprise,
surprise:
Miller
didn’t
seem
to
take
Goldman
up
on
that
opportunity.
Doesn’t
take
a
high
level
of
reading
to
see
that
Miller
side-stepped
the
opportunity
to
condemn
all
political
violence
with
a
moral
grandstand
about
how
much
the
administration
is
doing.
Say
what
you
want
the
regime,
but
one
of
the
things
about
Trump
is
that
he’s
so
transparent
with
his
disdain
that
he’s
incapable
of
pulling
the
“we’re
the
real
good
guys!”
shtick
Miller
is
going
for
here.
Not
only
is
Trump
not
capable
of
caring
less
about
right-wing
extremism:
There’s
no
reason
to
believe
he
isn’t
happy
to
see
his
enemies
get
their
comeuppance:
Long
story
short
—
don’t
expect
a
heartfelt
condemnation
of
what
happened
if
it
turns
out
that
Judge
Goodstein’s
home
was
set
ablaze
for
political
reasons.
Unless,
of
course,
an
unused
Molotov
cocktail
is
found
nearby
with
the
words
“I
am
doing
this
for
antifa!”
are
found
in
handwriting
that
looks
eerily
similar
to
Kash
Patel’s.
Agents
Investigate
Cause
Of
Fire
That
Destroyed
Judge’s
Home
On
South
Carolina
Island
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