The Daily Kos on Brandon Raub

There has not been much outrage about the Brandon Raub grab:, from the right or the left,  but Sywtsar at Daily Kos gets it:

As a lifelong progressive, there is lots about Raub I disagree with, but I don't know that I can say that his posts were an example of a clear and present danger.  To me, he seems a bit deluded, but didn't appear to be so deluded that he could present a danger to himself or others.
With my Marxist tendencies, I have often said "eat the rich," and made allusions to revolution myself on Facebook.  My blog is even called "So You Want to Start a Revolution."  But it would appear for some, the government feels there is no difference now between talking about revolution or violence and going on a shooting spree. 

 I have said stupid things on Facebook and online (and in person, too), but I would hope that no one would look to me as a terrorist.  And I am positive I am not the only one.  And I will vociferously defend Raub's right to say stupid things anywhere as well, even though I think he may be a complete twit.  

But this is chilling, that any person, anyone of us, could be labelled a terrorist because we said something ill-conceived on Facebook or on our blogs, or on twitter.  There is a huge difference between words and actions.  But to the authorities, that would appear to no longer matter.   I hope that Raub, although unfortunate, was the isolated overreaction of law enforcement made extremely paranoid from two other terrorist acts committed earlier this month and that Raub gets the opportunity to clear his name and is able to obtain some sort of compensation.
If not, then it could mean that our government means to silence us all.  And permanently.