In the past, people only had a limited array of methods to spread and promote their beliefs; however the main difference today is that thanks to recent advancements in technology people now have access to a wider array of resources in spreading their ideologies. People today are bombarded with emotion triggering news stories and aggressive political campaigns which can influence their line of thinking, which ideologies they will side with, and the kind of people they will surround themselves with.
In regards to past publications, one book that comes to mind is William Luther Pierce’s (A.K.A. Andrew Donald) The Turner Diaries in which have been linked to known lone wolf terrorists like Timothy McVeigh and various white supremacy groups as one of the possible influences for their violent actions.
While some people would prefer not to allow any hate literature and violent thinking to remain in public view, there are justifiable reasons to permit this action. There have been arguments made that this would benefit officials who are at their wits …show more content…
In accordance with the first amendment I would permit people to exercise their right to free speech, while this may sound conflicting to a task force member like myself, but by placing restrictions in would just serve to aggravate some members of more open-minded of the public who would argue that they have a right to know and discuss the terrorism in detail and would compare the counter-terrorism task force to that of a dictator's censorer. However, putting that aside, there is some benefit this as this would allow us to monitor and indict possible suspects with connections to extremist groups, of course not to the extent like that of agencies like the
In regards to past publications, one book that comes to mind is William Luther Pierce’s (A.K.A. Andrew Donald) The Turner Diaries in which have been linked to known lone wolf terrorists like Timothy McVeigh and various white supremacy groups as one of the possible influences for their violent actions.
While some people would prefer not to allow any hate literature and violent thinking to remain in public view, there are justifiable reasons to permit this action. There have been arguments made that this would benefit officials who are at their wits …show more content…
In accordance with the first amendment I would permit people to exercise their right to free speech, while this may sound conflicting to a task force member like myself, but by placing restrictions in would just serve to aggravate some members of more open-minded of the public who would argue that they have a right to know and discuss the terrorism in detail and would compare the counter-terrorism task force to that of a dictator's censorer. However, putting that aside, there is some benefit this as this would allow us to monitor and indict possible suspects with connections to extremist groups, of course not to the extent like that of agencies like the