Labels as Unconstitutional Weapons of Miss- and Mass Destruction

Labels as Unconstitutional Weapons of Miss- and Mass Destruction

“People in the Western world are accustomed to threats being confined to external enemies, such as the Soviet Union and today Putin’s Russia, China and Islamists in Iran. But the real threat to the West has nothing whatsoever to do with these countries. The threat to the West is internal in the structure of Western ideas that have been unfolding for a century and that demonize the existence of the western world as a racist collection of white supremacists who exploit and suppress people of color. This narrative creates hatred both internal and external of white Western Civilization. It destroys white self confidence and deprives white ethnicities of the ability to defend themselves. The demonization of Western Civilization is institutionalized in Western education.” 

Paul Craig Roberts. Former United States Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy

We have devolved into a society where those currently in power believe that if they use the right label, they can literally justify murder, declare war as a fabricated defense strategy and justify taking away fundamental rights accorded to American citizens and those residing within the United States. We have rightwing legislators telling us that those “settlers” from Europe were not immigrants (huh?) but destined to control this new land and those living in it as a natural right. They challenge the “rule of law” (enacted statutes where everyone is protected by and accountable to the law), preferring to manufacture fiats, justified by those labels, imposed on everyone (except themselves) by authoritarian elites (they prefer “rule by law” which they designate by non-democratic means).

Their excuses are manifold. Some claim that those not part of that rule-making elite are simply not qualified to rule. The Irish, Italian and Jewish immigrants to the United States in the 19th and 20th centuries were battered by the descendants of white “settlers” that preceded them. Blacks? They say the 14th Amendment only applied to slaves. These European white immigrants were described as undesirables, incapable of being assimilated into American “values,” individuals that would infect the purity of those prior settlers. That seems to have been a mistaken assumption. People of differing races/ethnicities and non-Christian beliefs continue to fall under that “they cannot assimilate” or ‘will dilute and ultimately destroy the purity of Western civilization” rubric We used to scoff at these attitudes – firmly held in countries like Hungary today – and rising in popularity in many Western allies. Today, these attitudes are everywhere in this country.

All Donald Trump has to do to annihilate small-boat-purported narco-traffickers is to label them as terrorists, whose drugs wage war on innocent Americans, adding that fentanyl is now “officially” a “weapon of mass destruction.” Don’t need congressional or judicial approval as long as the right label is used. We can take back citizenship, or deny that it was ever appropriate, if those who are American citizens exercise their rights under the Constitution (particularly the “Bill of Rights”) in a manner that offends the elite taking or who have taken power. For those who have applied for US citizenship, met all the requirements of citizenship and were about to attend that sacred swearing in ceremony, they are seeing ceremonies cancelled.

Writing for the December 10th Time Magazine, Rebecca Schneid reports: “Lawyers for legal aid groups and individuals seeking citizenship have reported across the country that their naturalization interviews and oath ceremonies have been cancelled, some at the last moment as they waited in line… These cancellations, at the last stage of a bureaucratic journey that can last for years, have caused chaos and confusion for thousands of immigrants who did everything by the book.

“The cancellations stem from sweeping new restrictions on legal immigration introduced by President Donald Trump in the aftermath of the killing of a National Guardsman in Washington, D.C., particularly targeting immigrants hailing from the 19 countries listed in a June White House proclamation that imposed new travel and visa restrictions on countries ‘of concern.’” Writing for the December 11th Associated Press, Rebecca Santana tells of this paranoia, just as the US is about to host World Cup Competition and the Olympics, of a travel industry killer, if the government actually imposes such rules:

“Foreigners who are allowed to come to the United States without a visa could soon be required to submit information about their social media, email accounts and extensive family history to the Department of Homeland Security before being approved for travel… The notice published Wednesday [12/10] in the Federal Register said Customs and Border Protection is proposing collecting five years’ worth of social media information from travelers from select countries who do not have to get visas to come to the U.S. The Trump administration has been stepping up monitoring of international travelers and immigrants.

“The announcement refers to travelers from more than three dozen countries who take part in the Visa Waiver Program and submit their information to the Electronic System for Travel Authorization, or ESTA, which automatically screens them and then approves them for travel to the U.S. Unlike visa applicants, they generally do not have to go into an embassy or consulate for an interview.”

It also seems that the Department of Homeland Security, which has arrested more than a few American citizens in their immigration sweeps, is hell-bent on changing the rules for all US citizens: “The dispute flared after [senior U.S. Border Patrol officer, Greg] Bovino responded on social media to online criticism surrounding a widely shared incident involving a young man described as a U.S. citizen who was detained by federal agents. In his response, Bovino wrote: ‘One must carry immigration documents as per the INA. A REAL ID is not an immigration document.’…

“Because the comment was posted in reaction to complaints about a U.S. citizen being questioned or detained, critics interpreted it as implying that citizens, too, should be prepared to show documentation proving lawful status—effectively a ‘papers, please’ standard… Federal law does impose a “carry your papers” requirement—but it applies to non-citizens, not U.S. citizens.” Thomas Smith, writing for the December 20th, Newsbreak.com.

Labels from the oft and misused “creeping communism,” “radical leftists,” “haters of America” and the use of the most mysterious “Antifa,” a purported organization with no known address, no identified members or leaders, that is generally a fabricated terrorist group that simply disagrees with Trump and his policies. But Trump uses these labels to rile up his base… and the result appears to foment and justify political violence. Perhaps, Trump may want Americans to learn German so that they fully understand these new rules and where they seem to have originated.

I’m Peter Dekom, and if my blog and/or podcast stop for some unknown reason, perhaps I didn’t have my papers on me when I was detained.