Sowing Doubt

Because everything deserves criticism.
At a news conference FBI agents warn of threat from anti-government extremists, sometimes known as "sovereign citizens," [who] believe they can live outside any type of government authority. →

The extremists may refuse to pay taxes, defy government environmental regulations and believe the United States went bankrupt by going off the gold standard.

“We are being inundated right now with requests for training from state and local law enforcement on sovereign-related matters,” said Casey Carty, an FBI supervisory special agent.

FBI agents said they do not have a tally of people who consider themselves “sovereign citizens.”

No this is not the onion. I find it absurd that they’re using the word sovereign as though it’s a negative thing. WTF.

— 3 months ago