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Thursday, July 12 2018 -46g.,b12-1

Several lawmakers in Washington have proposed a bill known as the "Unmasking A****a Act of 2018" (H.R. 6054) that would criminalize "certain offenses while in disguise." Predictably, the response from the Left has been less than positive.
Proposed by Representative Dan Donovan (R-N.Y.), Representative Peter King (R-N.Y.), Representative Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.), and Representative Ted Budd (R-N.C.), the bill could imprison anyone guilty of wearing a mask while threatening, injuring, intimidating, or interfering with the "free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege" for up to 15 years.
The bill reads: “Whoever, whether or not acting under color of law, while in disguise, including while wearing a mask, injures, oppresses, threatens, or intimidates any person in any State, Territory, Commonwealth, Possession, or District in the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured to him by the Constitution or laws of the United States, or because of his having so exercised the same, shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 15 years, or both.”
The bill was proposed last month but was recently bolstered by a push from conservative commentator Mike Cernovich on Tuesday, the Epoch Times reports.
Many states already have "anti-masking" laws similar to the "Unmasking A****a Act," most of which were passed to address violence from the Ku Klux Klan.
A new bill aims to send masked A****a activists to jail for 15 years
By Dakin Andone, CNN-Updated 2:51 PM ET, Thu July 12, 2018
CNN)A****a activists could be jailed for up to 15 years for wearing masks under a bill introduced by a US congressman.
If passed, Bill HR 6054 would punish anyone wearing a mask or disguise who "injures, oppresses, threatens, or intimidates" someone else exercising a right guaranteed under the Constitution.
The title of the bill -- "Unmasking A****a Act of 2018" -- makes it clear that A****a activists are its intended target, but the bill's text never explicitly mentions them.

What is A****a?
The bill, which was introduced by Republican Rep. Dan Donovan of New York last month, has drawn widespread condemnation from critics who claim it unfairly targets A****a activists, while it could embolden the far-right demonstrators A****a protests against.
"This is another draconian measure to actually criminalize dissent in the United States," said Scott Crow, a former A****a organizer and author.
"Because the law, even if it doesn't explicitly state 'l*****ts who mask up,' that's who the largest potential target of the law is," he said, "far more than white nationalists."
The term "A****a," short for "anti-f*****t," is used to refer to a loose coalition of individuals with left-leaning political views that often fall outside of the mainstream Democratic Party's platform.
The group has no figurehead or official governing body, but members -- some of whom turn to radical or militant tactics to make their views known -- generally oppose the ine******y of wealth by corporations and discrimination against marginalized communities. They often wear black and obscure their faces while protesting.
Schiff on A****a: 'No justification' for violence 01:53
The A****a movement's profile has significantly risen in recent years, especially after members clashed with self-described "white nationalists" in Charlottesville, Virginia, last summer -- a day that ended in tragedy when a James Alex Fields Jr. allegedly drove a car into a crowd of counter-protesters, k*****g one demonstrator, Heather Heyer.
Crow said the bill is an attempt by lawmakers to avoid tackling the issue of h**e speech and instead address a "symptom" of it by targeting protests.
"Instead of dealing with that, they'd just rather deal with this," he said, "which is to put a band aid on something."
Walter Shaub, the former director of the Office of Government Ethics, tweeted about the bill on Tuesday, suggesting it advanced "authoritarianism."
"Two groups go to Charlottesville. A big group chants r****t filth, wields semi-automatic assault rifles, fires a gun into a crowd & murders a woman with a car," he wrote. "A small group wears masks. It's the small group these Congressmen want to lock up for 15 years. Authoritarianism rises."
Unmasking the l*****t A****a movement
Donovan's office sent out a fact sheet that pointed out other instances in which A****a activists exhibited violence, including an instance in February 2017 where they turned up to protest at a speaking event held by right-wing commentator Milo Yiannopoulous at UC Berkeley.
Donovan's spokesman Patrick Ryan also pointed out that the bill would simply add a section to federal civil rights statutes to include a penalty for wearing a mask.
"My bill expands upon long-standing civil rights statutes to make it a crime to deprive someone of Constitutionally-guaranteed protections while masked or disguised," Donovan said in a statement sent to CNN.
"Americans have the natural right to speak and protest freely; it is not a right to throw Molotov cocktails and beat people while hiding behind a mask."
But regardless of whether the bill becomes law, Crow said it won't stop protesters from wearing masks.
"If they take away the right to mask up," he said, "people will still do it anyway to fight against authoritarianism in any form."

The A****a (English: /ænˈtiːfə/ or /ˈæntiˌfɑː/)[1] movement is a conglomeration of autonomous, self-styled anti-f*****t militant[2][3][4][5][6] groups in the United States.[7][8][9] The principal feature of a****a groups is their use of direct action,[10] harassing those whom they identify as f*****ts, r****ts or right wing extremists, both online and in real life.[11]
They engage in violent protest tactics, which has included property damage and physical violence.[7][12][13][14] They tend to be anti-capitalist[15] and they are predominantly far-left and militant left,[16][10] which includes anarchists, c*******ts and socialists.[17][18][19][20] Their stated focus is on fighting far-right and w***e s*********t ideologies directly, rather than politically.[10]
source-wikipedia- Written by Raven Clabough- Epoch Times-Dakin Andone, CNN-

Lonewolf

here we go more laws did you know its against the law for a bank robber to run a light when he's making a getaway.
And do you also know he doesn't give a s**t!!

emarine

No one should hide behind a mask... even Bat Man... as long as egging N**is is still cool... it's all good...