DHS finds right wing terrorist groups are on the rise

[NJmaverick]

Between the economy and the first African American president, Homeland Security is seeing disturbing activity from right wing domestic terrorists.

http://www.fas.org/irp/eprint/rightwing.pdf

[mix]

1. these groups CANNOT be tolerated

This has to be nipped in the bud.

[NeedleCast]

2. DHS finds sun hot, inhospitable to human life

File this under "no shit..."

[anonymous171]

3. We have to be ready for the next RW terrorist attack.

When it happens we need to hang it around the GOP's neck and never stop reminding them of their role in spreading fear and hatred amongst the people.

[winter999]

4. What's interesting is that this study was started last year, before the Obama Presidency.

[TheBigotBasher]

5. The GOP and their hangers on

are already to blame for this. The "he is a muslim" meme, "Resident not President". etc. It goes right to the heart of the extreme right and the hard right Republicans, now they have found that they need a wider base than the religious nuts are going right after the racist nuts.

They are playing with fire.

[arcadian]

6. Same article says they found left wing groups on the rise after Bush was elected.

n/t

[NJmaverick]

8. The left wing groups usually were environmental or animal rights

and tended to be very careful in their targeting. Right wing terrorist groups have historically been far more dangerous.

[arcadian]

12. True.

Calling animal rights groups terrorists is a stretch.

[BR_Parkway]

13. Peace activists, Quakers and grannies - yes, certainly as dangerous

as McVeigh or the guy who went on the shooting spree at the Unitarian church because he thought he'd be doing everyone a favor by taking a few 'libruls' out with him.

[Downtown Hound]

19. Left wing "terrorist" groups haven't done anything beyond property destruction

in a long time. And a lot of that property destruction is limited to broken windows and graffiti. You have a few cases of arson, but that's really the worst of it. Right wingers are not only heavily armed, but in the past they've been known to plan chemical weapons attacks. Fortunately they were intercepted before those attacks could be carried out. May we have as much luck this time.

[DearAbby]

7. JUMPS BACK IN AMAZEMENT!

And the GOP shills of Right wing media is feeding into this, playing with fire.

[NJmaverick]

11. They don't care, I think they want to see the whole JFK thing

all over again.

[aquart]

9. And they plan to do...what?

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

10. What most adolescents do. Strut and tell each other how tough they are.

The ones to watch out for are the ones who take that "double-dog" dare.

[bushmeister0]

14. This bit is really scary:

"DHS/I&A assesses that rightwing extremists will attempt to recruit and radicalize returning veterans in order to exploit their skills and knowledge derived from military training and combat. These skills and knowledge have the potential to boost the capabilities of extremists—including lone wolves or small terrorist cells—to carry out violence. The willingness of a small percentage of military personnel to join extremist during the 1990s because they were disgruntled, disillusioned, or suffering from the psychological effects of war is being replicated today.

— (U) A prominent civil rights organization reported in 2006 that 'large numbers
of potentially violent neo-Nazis, skinheads, and other white supremacists are now
learning the art of warfare in the armed forces.'

— (U//LES) The FBI noted in a 2008 report on the white supremacist movement
that some returning military veterans from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have
joined extremist groups."

The chickens coming home to roost, only there are lot more of them coming back with much more violent experiences and serious trauma. Local police forces would be no match for even several Marines who fought in Fallujah.

[Hugabear]

15. Does this surprise anyone? They're being fueled & encouraged by right-wing radio.

Fuck, Hannity is running a poll about the best way to overthrow the government.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=5453771&mesg_id=5453771

[NJmaverick]

17. More proof conservatives are the TRUE American hating traitors

funny how they try to project that on to liberals.

[shadowknows69]

16. Nice that they're finally noticing someone without a turban on

These dangerous idiots have been out there all along, they just have an excuse now and Rush Limbaugh et al. throwing gasoline on the fire.

[NJmaverick]

18. With Bush controlling things the ONLY domestic terrorists were liberal groups

they totally ignored the dangerous right wingnuts