"The New World Order will be led by the anti-christ Obama. They're flying black helicopters and they're coming for your guns. Armageddon is right around the corner. The government is handing over the country to evil foreigners...."
This right wing crowd is not considered extremist mainly because there are so damn many of them. But it is precisely from this crowd that Timothy McVeigh came from and it is these types of beliefs (replace Obama with Clinton) that led him to do what he did.
It is not unreasonable to at least keep an eye out for potential terrorists from within. That by no means implies law abiding people who happen to believe this nonsense need fear anything. I think our constitution and rights are in much safer hands now than they have been in about 8 years.
There are probably a couple left wing groups that have paranoid views that could fuel reactionary elements too.
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- New Homeland Security warning on right-wing extremism
- I can not get the PDF to come up... (n/t)
- Here's a more rational take on this
- Have you read this one?
- Well, Bush and Cheney wrecked the country. The warning is too late. (n/t)
- From the American Legion
- Frankly, I don't see much difference between Communism and Fascism. Just different labels for dangerous nutcases. (n/t)
- Maybe shutting down Gitmo is premature? (n/t)
- Sounds reasonable to me
- Right, completely baseless concern