a lot of the saying really nasty things about people. that is terrible. most people agree with that. it is not a crime. even some of the more militarized people, they are treating with weapons and things like that. that is still protected under 72nd amendment in a lot of ways. so i think that the important point here is that the law has a role certainly. but there is a wider civil society role in sort of policing the spectrum of extremism and the spectrum of republican politics. in terms of that civil society role, one of the things a pat on f to go to the attorney general get prosecuted fire, to go to present another prosecutor filed. taylor justice filed. members of congress with a ton of swag, never listen activities around the stuff comes to light, they threw them out. it s sort of a surprising
so the points on the number line, there aren t that many to connect. i have to ask you. i don t want to assume because you just said those nice things, that you agree with every point of it. let me ask if you agree with that basic thesis. the justice department clearly has a role but they shouldn t be seen as the silver bullet. there have been real weaknesses in the way they ve approached it in the past. there s one thing. you point this out, a lot of activity we re talking about, up until the point where people are committing sedition or other crimes is constitutionally protected. first amendment, second amendment, a lot of the groups we re talking about are saying really nasty things about people. that s terrible. most people agree with it but it is not a crime. even some of the more militarized groups when they re training with weapons, it is still protected second amendment activity. so i think the important point here is that the law has a role certainly but there s a wider civi
crimes is constitutionally protected. first amendment, second amendment, a lot of the groups we re talking about are saying really nasty things about people. that s terrible. most people agree with it but it is not a claim. even some of the more militarized groups when they re training with weapons, it is still protected second amendment activity. so i think the important point here is that the law has a role certainly but there s a wider civil society role in sort of policing the spectrum of extremism, the spectrum. our politics. in terms of that civil society role. one of the things that i was really heartened by and for anyone partially listened to the podcast and hasn t gotten to the end. there are ways in which it has a bad ending. but one of the surprise good endings is that there are all these members of congress who are really powerful, powerful enough to go to the attorney general and get a prosecutor fired. to go to the president and get another prosecutor fired. to get a j