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shane77m
03-14-2013, 06:33 AM
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There are, in increasingly frightening numbers, cells of angry men in the United States preparing for combat with the U.S. government. They are usually heavily armed, blinded by an intractable hatred, often motivated by religious zeal.

They're not jihadists. They are white, right-wing Americans, nearly all with an obsessive attachment to guns, who may represent a greater danger to the lives of American civilians than international terrorists.

The Southern Poverty Law Center, which has been tracking hate groups for 30 years, released its latest report on the growth of these organizations this week. Its findings were, to say the least, alarming. The center divides its subjects into militias, which are mostly groups of weekend warriors who train for combat against imaginary foes; hate groups, which target minorities; and "patriot" groups, whose beef is with the U.S. government. Patriot groups first began surfacing after the massacre of a bizarre sect by federal agents in Waco, Texas, in the early 1990s. They showed their teeth in 1995, when a patriot adherent blew up the federal building in Oklahoma City.

Since then, the patriot movement has been growing at a blistering pace, especially following the election of President Obama in 2008, according to the report. From just 149 groups in 2008, the number jumped to 512 in 2009 and has been rising sharply since. In 2012, it hit 1,360. Now that Obama is seriously pushing for tougher gun laws, further growth is a near certainty. The result? There's no knowing, but some kind of serious attack is increasingly possible.

Patriot groups are motivated by a host of anti-government attitudes, but their primary focus is guns. They are convinced that the government is out to seize their weapons, even though most legislation is focused on keeping guns out of the hands of criminals or restricting the types of weapons that can be sold. Many are also united by belief in an outlandish one-world government conspiracy theory positing that the United Nations is poised to strip away American property rights and impose socialism on us all.

What can be done to reverse this tide of belligerent ignorance? Not much. The typical patriot acts within his free-speech and 2nd Amendment rights, and in fact most patriot activity consists of venting steam by meeting with like-minded Neanderthals and firing off blog posts threatening civil war. Yet such blather tends to get under the skin of the Timothy McVeighs of the world. These groups should be closely monitored, with resources adequate to the task, even if it means shifting some homeland security money from the hunt for foreign terrorists.

Copyright © 2013, Los Angeles Times


This is quite possibly the best piece of writing I have ever read. :rolleyes:

Voting people out of office that has the same mindset as the writer of this LA Times article is going to take a very long time. There is a huge mountain of stupidity of the voting public that will have to be scaled.

A Son of Liberty
03-14-2013, 06:39 AM
The narrative develops...

kathy88
03-14-2013, 06:46 AM
Perhaps a map of the homes of all these journalists is in order. LOL. Watch them shit.

DamianTV
03-14-2013, 11:15 AM
Perhaps a map of the homes of all these journalists is in order. LOL. Watch them shit.

Great idea! Just like when they released records of people who own guns publicly!

MSM is Pro Government Bullshit.

Anti Federalist
03-14-2013, 11:23 AM
outlandish one-world government conspiracy theory

LOL - This is funny.

If people only had the slightest idea of how much "UN mandated global governance" they have to comply with each day.

Just another one:

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Bern
03-14-2013, 11:28 AM
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TonySutton
03-14-2013, 11:37 AM
What can be done to reverse this tide of belligerent ignorance?

obey the damn constitution! its pretty simple :)

phill4paul
03-14-2013, 11:39 AM
LA? meh............sink or swim


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8vmaj75xzE

BAllen
03-14-2013, 11:43 AM
SPLC is a hate group. The marxist groups always accuse others of what they themselves, are guilty of.

Athan
03-14-2013, 11:47 AM
OH THANK GOD! I'm not white, I'm Tejano hispanic with most of the other similarities. If I was white... I'd be like "erghmehgherd... I'm a patriot". Time to collect some serious welfare checks and take some jobs from the white man.

Brian4Liberty
03-14-2013, 11:54 AM
I will be repeating this for the next four years, until Hillary or Michelle (or both) are in office:

Tea Party and GOP: angry, mean, straight, white men. Divide and conquer, demonize and attack. The talking points are out, and the narrative is rolling.


...increasingly frightening numbers, cells of angry men in the United States preparing for combat with the U.S. government. They are usually heavily armed, blinded by an intractable hatred, often motivated by religious zeal.

They're not jihadists. They are white, right-wing Americans,

Lucille
03-14-2013, 11:56 AM
I hope once the Kochtopus buys this rag, the first thing they do is shitcan the entire editorial board (www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-op-edboardbios23oct23,0,4130157.htmlstory).


Today, William Diamond's drum again beats the long roll. We do not seek a civil war, but one is being thrust upon us. If we do not now stand, then when will we? We must defy these intolerable acts, whatever their source, and challenge the collectivist revolutionaries to come work their will upon us if they do not like it -- and they most assuredly won't. We must give a final rattle of the tail before striking. They may pass whatever "laws" they wish, then watch what happens when they try to enforce them. The next moves will be up to them. May God have mercy on their corrupt, heathen murderous souls, for they are unlikely to receive any in the ghastly civil conflict their tyrannical appetites seem to crave (http://sipseystreetirregulars.blogspot.com/2013/02/can-you-hear-it-yet-long-roll-of.html).

Acala
03-14-2013, 12:06 PM
"We must stamp out drapetomania!!"

HOLLYWOOD
03-14-2013, 12:55 PM
corporate-Fascist media... how adoring Goebbels would be proud of the LA Times. Let's look how the military works with media...

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