Protesting, according To Pentagon, is terrorism

I told them. I told the neo-cons and the Statists that they were the real targets of all the domestic wiretapping, all the surveillance, all the civil rights violations. And they said, No! Only terrorists have their rights violated because they didn't have any in the first place! And never mind that these people, who haven't been charged with anything, are considered to be lower than dogs by these ravenous fascists, these useful idiots. But they just weren't capable of putting two and two together. Not even when the MIAC and the DHS memos leaked, which basically painted every American with the same broad brush. I mean, you did read them, didn't you? They didn't leave anyone out. We're all terrorists now. Terrorists with no rights under the Constitution. Oh yes. They're going to be in for a rude awakening and find out the hard way that their fluoride and their vaccines and their prescription drugs haven't completely drained us of our free will and our spirit of resistance. The last thing I want is a revolt that will tear this nation to pieces, but who can deny our options become fewer by the day?

Fox News

A written exam administered by the Pentagon labels "protests" as a form of “low-level terrorism” — enraging civil liberties advocates and activist groups who say it shows blatant disregard of the First Amendment.

The written exam, given as part of Department of Defense employees’ routine training, includes a multiple-choice question that asks:

“Which of the following is an example of low-level terrorism?”

— Attacking the Pentagon

— IEDs

— Hate crimes against racial groups

— Protests

The correct answer, according to the exam, is "Protests."

“Its part of a pattern of equating dissent and protest with terrorism," said Ann Brick, an attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union, which obtained a copy of the question after a Defense Department employee who was taking the test printed the screen on his or her computer terminal.

"It undermines the core constitutional values the Department of Defense is supposed to be defending,” Brick said, referring to the First Amendment right to peaceably assemble.

She said the ACLU has asked the Defense Department to remove the question and send out a correction to all employees who took the exam.

“There were other employees who were unhappy with it and disturbed by it,” Brick said.

Pentagon spokesman Lt. Col. Les Melnyk said the Defense Department is looking into the matter and expects to provide more information later Wednesday.

Here's the best part. I mean, it's like they gave out copies of 1984 to everyone in the government, military, and law enforcement and said, "Get a load of this stuff! This guy had some great ideas! We gotta try em out!"

“We need to determine if it’s something we’re currently doing,” Melnyk said. “A lot of the information in this exam is intended for people stationed abroad. We counsel those people to avoid demonstrations.”

Anti-war protesters, who say they have been targets of federal surveillance for years, were livid when they were told about the exam question.

“That’s illegal,” said George Martin, national co-chairman of United for Peace and Justice. “Protest in terms of legal dissent has to be recognized, especially by the authorities.

"It’s not terrorism or a lack of patriotism. We care enough to be active in our government.”

You're all traitors. You don't grovel at the feet and lick the boots of Leviathan. You all deserve to be hung.