A recently released Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) document titled “Domestic Terrorism Symbols Guide”* links common protest symbols to “terrorism” — another marker in a common theme of conflating militant protest for social justice with deadly terrorist violence within the United States. Groups like the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Brennan Center have raised warnings about such documents, citing inadequate protections for people’s constitutional rights.

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    Relatable proletariat boy has his parents murdered by an authoritarian ethnonationalist government and is radicalised to militant extremism by religious leader. Also he’s a farmer from a region of the world known for its deserts, and he ends up using an aircraft to deliver bombs.