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Have a Political Bumper Sticker? The FBI Might Be Snapping Photos of You (muckrock.com)

Posted by timothy on from the join-the-club dept.

v3rgEz writes: Tomorrow marks the 35th anniversary of Food Not Bombs, the peace organization that seeks to democratically divert military spending into free food for the needy. But as documents recently obtained by MuckRock show, even such tepid support as a bumper sticker for the outspoken anti-violence organization could land you in FBI files. Read on for yet another example of how the FBI puts war protesters, Juggalos, and animal rights activists in the same category as organized crime and terrorist groups.

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  1. Well... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    To be honest, i think Vegans, PETA, and Juggalos, should all indeed be put on terrorist organization lists.
    Especially Vegans. Their urge to invade everyone's hearing space like cockroaches invade houses is a terror to the ears and mental stability of people who only want to go with their lives without some foodie equivalent of ISIS/ISIL following them and screaming that eating meat is HARAM.
    Frankly, even cockroaches are more tolerable.

    1. Re:Well... by Salgak1 · · Score: 4, Funny

      I've found, purely by instinct, a way to deal with passive-aggressive Vegans. I threw a party several years ago, and had no idea that the date of a guy I had known from a previous job, was a hard-core vegan. Things had already gone wrong (kitchen set off the smoke alarm, and a neighbor's dog had gotten into the yard. . .), when she loudly complained that there were no Vegan Entrees. I opened the back door, pointed to the lawn, and told her to graze to her heart's content. . . When she stomped out, I got a small ovation from the other attendees. . . (grin)

  2. Re:The counter strategy... by MightyMartian · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's because the only time anyone will notice the bumper sticker on your front bumper is when you're about to mow them down.

    "Ah, he's against fossil fuels. That's kind of.... Aggghhhhh!"

    --
    The world's burning. Moped Jesus spotted on I50. Details at 11.
  3. Overstated hype by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    You can ask for a copy of your FBI file and any information the FBI has about you any time you want- and I do this regularly. In spite of tons of activities that tinfoil-hatters would swear would get me noticed, there is not a shred of information about me maintained by the FBI.

    Of course, if you're a true conspiracist, you think the FBI is routinely (and, in my case, annually for the last 20 years) lying to people like me.