Assuming you mean ALF/ELF, the difference is that rich developers with congresscritters on speed dial probably had some input into getting the FBI to take an aggressive stance against eco-terrorists. Similarly, there are a lot of folk who’d probably take the FBI to task for investigating what are obviously gun enthusiasts exercising their 2nd Amendment rights while also goosestepping, reading Mein Kampf and engaging in what’s obviously protected speech that involves planning attacks on protesters.
But even if you look at all of the FBI’s work against ELF, it was basically all arson charges and conspiracy charges.
But there should be a vector for designating groups domestic terrorists the same way we designate groups foreign terrorists, and I really really hope that AOC starting this convo leads us there.
