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Originally Posted by Matt 26z
"engaging in or supporting hostilities against the United States"
Define "hostilities" and just who the United States is. For instance, are protesters (violent or not) engaging in hostilities against the US if only a small percentage of the population agrees with them?
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"engaging in or supporting hostilities against the United States" is not throwing a bottle or a rock at a police officer during a protest. That's a local crime of assault, not a terroist act. What this law is about is people who leave the US and work directly or in support of a terrorist group that plans on attacking the United States. They are talking about people like John Walker Lindh, who was the American Taliban.
Frankly, if you move to the Middle East, work for a terrorist organization and attempt to intentionally cause harm by supporting a terrorist group, well, you fucking deserve to loose your US Citizenship.