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Texas democrats protesting gerrymandering evacuate Chicago hotel after bomb threat

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JUST IN: Texas Democrats Protesting Gerrymander Evacuate Chicago Hotel After Bomb Threat

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Reminder that conservatives are domestic terrorists.
Calling in bomb threats is standard for the GOP.
- Particularly if there's a ballot box around
This is terrorism, plain and simple.
Oh look, Republican terrorism.
Americans should be calling in bomb threats anytime a Republican legislature meets anywhere in the country. There's more than one way to ensure shitty legislation never gets passed.
Frankly, I'm tired of leaders responding to bomb threats. No one who actually intends on bombing something sends a bomb threat. Giving in to a bomb threat is an act of cowardice. And it gives the terrorists exactly what they want. Unless you actually have some intelligence about a bomb threat being real, they should be ignored in all cases.
And no, before anyone says it, I give zero credence to the spineless attitude of "well, better safe than sorry!" I'm sorry. But letting bomb threats disrupt gatherings is not a neutral act. It is surrendering to terrorism and giving terrorists exactly what they want. It's corporations and organizers covering their asses, nothing more.
The correct way to respond to a bomb threat is to refer it to police and completely ignore it. Today it's just way too easy to send anonymous communications for us to treat every bomb threat seriously. And really, no one that actually intends to bomb something sends a warning in advance.
- Back before left wing protesters got defanged they would call in bomb threats because they wanted to only do property damage, and to demonstrate the capacity to kill without actually having to do it
  It was a big thing in the era of actual eco terrorism.
If anti-fascists don't start using the full range of tactics available to us, we are going to lose.

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