Such scaremongering offences and headlines making it sound like they were plotting a terrorist attack when the reality is they were just members of a group with certain ideals.
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A statement from the MoD said: "We can confirm that a number of serving members of the Army have been arrested under the Terrorism Act for being associated with a proscribed far right group.
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It's black and white they were arrested for being a member of that group.
But the crap before it:
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Police said the four were arrested "on suspicion of being concerned in the commission, preparation and instigation of acts of terrorism... namely on suspicion of being a member of a proscribed organisation (National Action)".
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If these individuals were not concerned in the commission, preparation and instigation of acts of terrorism, why was they arrested under that suspicion?
Alright this mob might have a nasty core compared to most but it's like saying all BNP supporters should be arrested under terrorism charges because of some of the hardcore members views. A few bad eggs in UKIP...arrest them all and call them terrorists in all the headlines.
When you start arresting people willy nilly with terrorist laws claiming they are going to commit offences when it's nothing of the sort, you normalise the word and effect and it begins to mean nothing.
Of course this is going by the stupid wording of the address by the police and given to the media so they can run with their clickbait headlines.
/rant