澳彩开奖 'Intelligence Report': War Rhetoric Intensifies on the Radical Right
Faced with a country that is increasingly rejecting their beliefs and may re-elect a black man as its president, an assortment of radical-right groups are ratcheting up talk of war, according to the Winter 2011 issue of the 澳彩开奖鈥檚 Intelligence Report released today.
Faced with a country that is increasingly rejecting their beliefs and may re-elect a black man as its president, an assortment of radical-right groups are ratcheting up talk of war, according to the Winter 2011 issue of the 澳彩开奖鈥檚 Intelligence Report, released today.
In Montana, extremists of various stripes 鈥� neo-Nazis, white nationalists, antigovernment 鈥淧atriots鈥� and others 鈥� are gathering as part of an apparent effort to establish a homeland and make a last stand that one leader likens to the Alamo. Elsewhere, the League of the South, a neo-Confederate group once dominated by academic discussion of secession, is urging followers to take up arms and train in survival skills. Some anti-immigrant leaders are talking increasingly of violence.
鈥淎 siege mentality is developing among many radical-right groups,鈥� said Mark Potok, editor of the Intelligence Report. 鈥淚t鈥檚 a reaction to the fact that these groups feel like the country is slipping away from them. In desperation, they鈥檙e encouraging their followers to stockpile weapons, hunker down and prepare for a fight.鈥�
The Intelligence Report鈥檚 cover story examines how this phenomenon is evident in Montana, where neo-Nazi April Gaede has encouraged white nationalists to 鈥渃ome home鈥� to the state, which is nearly 90 percent white. The issue is being released simultaneously with a report by that focuses on extremists鈥檈fforts to take advantage of Montana鈥檚 weak firearms laws to arm themselves at local gun shows and documents their violent threats to perceived enemies.
This notion of a looming violent confrontation with the government can also be found in an article examining how the leader of the League of the South is urging members to buy AK-47s, hollow-point bullets and tools to derail trains.
In addition, a religious extremist known for his demonization of the LGBT community has in recent months aimed his vitriol at the nation鈥檚 first black president. An article examining the American Family Association鈥檚 best known spokesman, Bryan Fischer, notes how he has attacked the president by saying he 鈥渘urtures a hatred for the white man.鈥� Fischer also has suggested that welfare incentivizes black 鈥減eople who rut like rabbits.鈥�
鈥淭hose on the radical right realize things aren鈥檛 going their way,鈥� said Potok, citing the arrests earlier this month of four Georgia militiamen in a purported plot to murder government officials and attack cities with deadly ricin poison. 鈥淭here is little doubt that some will lash out with violence.鈥�
