Curb Your Revolution

Good ol’ progressive South Carolina recently passed a law called the Subversive Activities Registration Act. It reads, in part:

Every subversive organization and organization subject to foreign control shall register with the Secretary of State on forms prescribed by him within thirty days after coming into existence in this State.

“Subversive organization” is defined as:

means every corporation, society, association, camp, group, bund, political party, assembly, body or organization, composed of two or more persons, which directly or indirectly advocates, advises, teaches or practices the duty, necessity or propriety of controlling, conducting, seizing or overthrowing the government of the United States, of this State or of any political subdivision thereof by force or violence or other unlawful means

Under this new law people like Thomas Jefferson and George Washington would have to pay $5 to register with the S.C. Secretary of State, if they lived in S.C., or face a fine of $25,000 or no more than 10 years in prison. I should point out that unions, fraternal or patriotic societies, organizations or associations or religious institutions would be exempt.

Could this be a reaction from fear of the so-called Tea Party Movement? Fear of militias? Or just silly politicians with nothing better to do. I’ll go with the latter.