The number of anti-government groups in the United States is at an all-time high and has increased 800 percent since President Barack Obama took office, according to a Southern Poverty Law Center report.
The SPLC identified 1,360 so-called patriot groups on the “radical right” in 2012, compared with only 149 in 2008. Much of the growth came in Obama’s first term, but there was a 7 percent jump from 2011 to 2012. The group, in its report on Tuesday, said it expects numbers to spike again in the wake of the Obama administration’s gun control proposals, noting a similar spike after the passage of the assault weapons ban in 1994.
The SPLC wrote a letter to the departments of Justice and Homeland Security asking for the creation of a task force to examine the resources devoted to battling domestic terrorism.
“On October 25, 1994, six months before the Oklahoma City bombing, we wrote Attorney General Janet Reno about the growing threat of domestic terrorism,” SPLC President Richard Cohen wrote in the letter to Attorney General Eric Holder and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano. “Today, we write to express similar concerns. In the last four years, we have seen a tremendous increase in the number of conspiracy-minded, antigovernment groups as well as in the number of domestic terrorist plots. As in the period before the Oklahoma City bombing, we now also are seeing ominous threats from those who believe that the government is poised to take their guns.”
In 2009, conservative lawmakers criticized DHS for a report arguing the election of the first black president could cause a resurgence in right-wing extremism. Napolitano eventually apologized for issuing the report.
The center counts many militia and white black separatist groups in its total, along with secessionist groups in Texas and elsewhere.
There has been a decline in one category of hate group, according to the SPLC. The number of groups that harass immigrants has declined by 90 percent since 2010, with only 38 groups still operating.
"As in the period before the Oklahoma City bombing, we now also are seeing ominous threats from those who believe that the government is poised to take their guns."
ReplyDeleteA Huffington Post Headline from the other day "Colorado Lawmakers Advance Seven Sweeping Gun Control Measures In Senate Committee"
From those "who believe that the government is trying to take their guns?" It seems pretty clear from the headline in Huffington Post that the government IS moving in that direction.
Get busy People! We can get this up to 1000% in no time!
ReplyDeleteDeth to the NWO.
Go Humanity!
The Southern Poverty Law Center is a joke. I strongly suggest watching one of their group sermons. Not only is the group clearly a cult and a very wacky one at that, but they also somehow serve Jesus and preach hate the rest of the time. Thus, they are the wolves in sheep's clothing they clearly appear to be. What takes the cake though is one has to wonder if they listed themselves on that list. The hypocrisy is deafening!
ReplyDeletethe only Domestic Terrorists i know is the US Government!!
ReplyDeleteAnti-government sentiment is shared by all Americans, not just those who join groups and get counted. That's because the government is corrupt, evil and dangerous and run by psychopaths. Do you know anyone who thinks the government works? Tells the truth? Has their best interest at heart? Spends their tax dollars wisely? Has a F'in CLUE what they're doing in Washington besides signing bills they don't read? Of course anger is growing, we're being raped and robbed and told to shut up or else. How long do they think that will last?
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