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H. Michael Harvey, JD
3 min readMar 21, 2018

So Mark Anthony Conditt Is Not A Terrorist He’s An Anarchist?

An anarchist by definition seeks to disrupt government functions, it does not seek to destroy human life.

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How is it that a 24 year old white male can strike fear in the capitol of Texas for 19 days and not be labeled a terrorist?

I have been shaking my head over this one since the FedEx photo showing a white male in a yellow wig wearing gloves at a FedEx drop off facility near Austin, Texas was released.

I figured the FBI and local authorities knew all along they were trying to catch a white person because of their reluctance to label the unfolding horror as acts of terror. The unknown assailant was called a bomber, which he was, but his bombs left pure terror in its wake.

Terrorism dates back to the French Revolution. Usually, terrorism involves some act by private citizens or groups of citizens against their government.

Another form of terrorism is where guerrilla attacks are leveled against a foreign government that is imposing its well over another nation’s sovereignty. A prime example would be the Algerian Revolution, where in a reversal of roles, the French were on the receiving end of the terrorist acts.

In the last quarter of the nineteenth century in the United States, terrorism took the form of white hate groups reigning terror on former enslaved Africans by burning up their homes, businesses, schools and hanging…

H. Michael Harvey, JD
H. Michael Harvey, JD

Written by H. Michael Harvey, JD

Harvey is Living Now Book Awards 2020 Bronze Medalist for his memoir Freaknik Lawyer: A Memoir on the Craft of Resistance. Available at haroldmichaelharvey.com

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