There's an interesting article at the American site, Freedom Politics. It seems that in the state of Missouri at least, libertarians are seen as potential terrorists. There's a list of "red flags" that law enforcement officials should be on the look-out for. They're all based on the American situation, but translated into a UK context they are as follows:
- Support for minor parties like the Libertarians and UKIP
- Talk of “New World Order” conspiracy theories
- Opposition to the Bank of England and support of the gold standard
- Opposition to Army involvement in national security
- Opposition to the EU
- Opposition to universal military service
- Tax resistance
- Possession of subversive literature: “pictures, cartoons, bumper stickers that contain anti-government rhetoric. Most of this material will depict the HR Revenue and Customs, ACPO, HSE, UN, Police and EU in a derogatory manner.”
I don't know about you, but I would sign up to the majority of these. I wonder if I'm on a terrorist watch list somewhere?
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