Gov. Strangeabbott task force notes: terror fears 1, Immigrants and First Amendment 0

So, Gov. Strangeabbott has named an anti-terrorism task force.

Two problems. One of them is getting a lot of play.

The other, sadly, very little so far.

First, in the wake of the racist, anti-immigrant terrorist shooting by Patrick Crusius, the task force is stacked with anti-immigrant hardliners. So no, Strangeabbott, the ACLU of Texas has legitimate concerns and your snide dismissal is unwarranted.

Second, banning Internet message boards by 8chan or whomever, or banning individual acts of specech unless they contain specific, overt calls to violence, is UNCONSTITUTIONAL. It's a shame, but no surprise, that our gov and former state AG doesn't understand, or else doesn't accept, the First Amendment.

Related to both of these issues, but specifically to Point the Second, I wait seeing what (if anything) the Snooze and other major dailies say on their editorial pages.

Sadly, per the Snooze, ACLU of Texas legal director Andres Segura only, and ONLY mentioned the anti-immigrant issues. No comment on the first amendment issues. Glenn Smith of Progress Texas, in supporting a crackdown on 8chan, didn't mention the First Amendment himself.

This sets aside issues of how much this is real, and how much is head fakes, on the bottom line issue of GUNZ. Abbott has dismissed red flag laws in the past, and Danny Goeb is even more a nutter on gunz than he is.

In other words, expect, per Shakespeare, much ado about nothing.