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I love when stories like this break and hate when I find out about them so late. The Department of Homeland (In)Security (DHS) released a memo titled, “Rightwing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment.” (PDF)
You’ve got to read this thing. According to the 10-page piece of dreck, DHS “has no specific information that domestic rightwing* terrorists are currently planning acts of violence, but rightwing extremists may be gaining new recruits by playing on their fears about several emergent issues. The economic downturn and the election of the first African American president present unique drivers for rightwing radicalization and recruitment.”
DHS contends that “Rightwing” extremists are, among other things, “mainly antigovernment, rejecting federal authority in favor of state or local authority, or rejecting government authority entirely. It may include groups and individuals that are dedicated to a single issue, such as opposition to abortion or immigration.”
According to the definition, I am a rightwing extremist. I am generally “antigovernment” when it comes to Big Government, and to the degree which the federal government violates the U.S. Constitution, I reject “federal authority in favor of state or local authority.” I detest child killing – nothing less than legalized murder (which God will deal with accordingly) – and I believe allowing illegal aliens to roam free (porous border – that’s some kind of homeland security!), and receive free health care and in-state tuition is appalling (strong word, and I mean every syllable), especially when one considers that people are waiting in line, and have been for years, to become Americans the legal way.
It’s quite possible DHS was referring only to so-called hate groups and not to conservatives like me. Regardless, the memo is a singular bit of stupidity, coupled with a comical case of paranoia brought on by the complacency and make-work condition of government employment.
Memo to DHS: rightwing, and proud it.
