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ck4829 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 12:59 PM
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White Supremacists promoting "Birther" conspiracy theories
So far, few direct links have been made between “birthers” and organized white supremacy groups, according to Heidi Beirich, director of research for the Southern Poverty Law Center, which tracks hate groups. But the connection is starting to emerge. In fact, the first red flag jumped out last week, when the white nationalist group Council of Conservative Citizens’ website linked to a copy of a purported Kenyan birth certificate for Obama (later proved a hoax).

“White supremacists are, frankly, freaking out, so I’m not surprised to see them glomming on to the ‘birther’ theory,” Beirich tells SFR. “It provides two things: First, it helps nullify the worst thing that ever happened to them politically—the election of Obama. Secondly, it’s a movement they might be able to tap into.”

Beirich says white supremacist groups have attempted to recruit members from the anti-tax protest “tea parties” springing up across the county, which are often attended by “birther” activists.

“(White supremacists) see those people as their natural constituency: an angry, white backlash movement to the political changes we’ve had,” Beirich says.

http://www.sfreporter.com/stories/birther_of_a_nation/4937/
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OHdem10 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 01:11 PM
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1. Of course the MSM are too busy shoving this dirt under the carpet
for the Right, to have ever investigated.

We are suppose to believe the Militias are defunct and the
White Supremists are a thing of the past.

Their latest harrumph: One Black Man showing up with a Gun
at Presidential Townhall means you absolve all the white
Militia with guns. For Gosh Sakes do not pry into their
backgrounds. You might find out there a connections to
a Militia Group who had Explosive Materials and a plan
to bomb Federal Buildings--making Tim MCveigh look like
child's play. Psst--sweep it under the rug--The, right
after all are the only mainstream people in America.

Do they ever watch the History Channel??


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reverend roy Donating Member (11 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 01:13 PM
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2. White supremacists are crazy?
Who would have thought?
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