SPLC: Evidence Grows of Far-Right Militia Resurgence

"Almost 10 years after it seemed to disappear from American life, there are unmistakable signs of a revival of what in the 1990s was commonly called the militia movement. From Idaho to New Jersey and Michigan to Florida, men in khaki and camouflage are back in the woods, gathering to practice the paramilitary skills they believe will be needed to fend off the socialistic troops of the "New World Order."

One big difference from the militia movement of the 1990s is that the face of the federal government — the enemy that almost all parts of the extreme right see as the primary threat to freedom — is now black. And the fact that the president is an African American has injected a strong racial element into even those parts of the radical right, like the militias, that in the past were not primarily motivated by race hate. Contributing to the racial animus have been fears on the far right about the consequences of Latino immigration."

"So-called sovereign citizens are people who subscribe to an ideology, originated by the anti-Semitic Posse Comitatus of the 1980s, that claims that whites are a higher kind of citizen — subject only to "common law," not the dictates of the government — while blacks are mere "14th Amendment citizens" who must obey their government masters. Although not all sovereigns subscribe to or even know about the theory's racist basis, most contend that they do not have to pay taxes, are not subject to most laws, and are not citizens of the United States."

"...the anti-immigration movement is both fueling and helping to racialize the antigovernment Patriot resurgence. More and more, members of nativist groups like the Minutemen are adopting core militia ideas and fears (see next section of this report). And they have contributed their own conspiracy theories — about the secret Mexican "Plan de Aztlan" to reconquer the American Southwest, and another involving the secretly arranged merger of the United States, Mexico and Canada into a " North American Union" — to the long list of nefarious plots already identified by the Patriot movement."

http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=1092
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No surprise that the militia movement is back strong. They were at their peak during Clinton presidency, so you can only imagine how much more threatened they must feel from a Black Democratic president. And hate groups always proliferate during economic recessions when you have to find someone "different" to blame your troubles on.

Always have been assholes. Always will be assholes.

*raises hand*

SPLC needs our help now more than ever....

ruled in favor of Gore and he went on and pulled a Franken (winning the election by actually counting ALL of the valid votes) ...

that Osama bin Laden wouldn't have had to do the strike of 9/11/2001, because the Repugs/Conservatives/Militias would have started the second U.S. Civil War 12/13/2000, and ObL would have been laughing at the comedy he was watching on CNN International as they were covering the "heroic patriots trying to put the Rightfully elected President into the White House ..."

I just was foreseeing the situation which would be 2009 ...

It's always been there. The main stream media just chooses to highlight it now as it makes for a good story. Feeding the left/right division.

as part of them. Now that we have a Democrat in the Whitehouse, the freaky racist fringe once against has their pantis in a bunch. They are violent and dangerous.

Racial hatred is their common principle. Politically their only cohesive element is an incoherent dislike of the "guv'mint". Let them stuff their beer guts into camo fatigues and run around in the woods pretending to be Nazis or whatever. These cowardly clowns are potentially violent, true, but not particularly dangerous. As long as we keep an eye on them, these ignorant dinosaurs can and will thrash and bellow their way to inevitable extinction.

They ought to be treated like "insurgents" and be given a taste of what has been dealt out in Iraq or Afghanistan. That might be enough to dissuade the rest from attempting any similar foolishness.