What are you, like 15 years old? You CERTAINLY couldn’t have lived through that time period as a cognizant adult if you think “Timothy McVeigh” is some sort of proof that the whole country is filled with “right-wing terrorists.”

McVeigh was not part of any greater movement. The fear of his “militia” connections was disproven.

So, my statement that you excerpted was 100% on target. The fear of the “militia” was largely fictitious.

Tim McVeigh was a nazi. A socialist. Not a right winger. Not a fighter for freedom. A fighter for a racist, all-powerful, fascist government.

He sold the Turner Diaries. That’s a mark that he was no right winger by any stretch of the imagination.

Who would have thought that the Oklahoma City bombing was in the ’90′s. It helps to have an encyclopedic memory.

Of course no militia had anything to do with the bombing but don’t let that stop you. The prosecution turned up, what. one other guy, no militia. To the best of my knowledge and despite liberal hysteria, nothing new there, McVeigh never joined a militia group and attended about one meeting. Overdone publicity, congressional hearings, the whole bit, and no militia threat.

So given the facts what else should one be except “literal”, that’s what normal people do, they take facts literally. You mean you don’t ?

I would suggest that you be more concerned with the rise of the new American version of the ’30′s German SA, ACORN. You might want to keep your eyes on these Democrat supported s—bags.

…Ruby Ridge and Waco occured in that crazy decade of the 90′s as well.

The report in question is talking about terrorist groups using the current situation as a recruiting tool.

The double standard is as plain as day.

What does this comment even mean, carcas? Explain.

Unless you can explain how these deaths that you liberals are actually *celebrating* is related to this “Republicans are terrorists” meme the Obama Administration is diverting the Intelligence Community’s resources away from “Man Caused Disasters” to push …

I threw that together from photos from my files. Not a real T-Shirt, but not a bad idea for one, eh?

Less war time repression, Lincoln, Wilson, and Roosevelt, this could be unique in our history. The creation of an internal enemy through lies and exaggeration provides seeming justification for repressive measures. New here but tried and true in other countries.

The germ for this was apparent during the Bush years where to the left the real enemy, the real target for their congenital hatred, was Bush, Republicans, & the Right, not islamic murderers.
The socialist thugs, Obama & co, may be overreaching on this, or they may be hoping that enough provocation will cause a reaction from the normal Americans to give them cause for more stringent, extra legal, action.

actually were involved to some degree in paramilitary and terrorist activity, yet Hitler’s criminalization of them is still seen as an atrocity. I only hope that those in the US have the same level of distaste for a potential equivalent in the US, assuming this document is real.

The subversive part is that this thing attempts to equate right-wingers with extremists, defaming right-wingers in the process. And it does it by implying that being “rightwing”–having belief in peaceful, rational, and legal right-of-center principles–is an indicator of extremism, and by implying that unidentified “extremists” of all stripes are flocking to membership in “rightwing” organizations.

They are apparently doing things like “bemoan[ing] the decline of U.S. stature” and “the loss of U.S. manufacturing capability to China and India….” Scandalous! Many people, including some unsavory ones, are “learning the art of warfare in the [U.S.](sic) armed forces.” And “parties on all sides have deeply held, sincere, but vastly divergent beliefs,” yet only “violent extremists may attempt to co-opt the debate and use the controversy as a radicalization tool.” They left out “rightwing,” this time.

“[A] correlation may exist between the potential passage of gun control legislation and increased hoarding of ammunition, weapons stockpiling, and paramilitary training activities among rightwing extremists.” No sh*t, Sherlock. Any possibility, do you think, that those activities might also increase among ordinary law-abiding citizens who are just trying to avoid
complications from a drawn-out Court process to determine if all these proposed laws are Constitutional or not?

“Rightwing extremists were concerned during the 1990s with the perception that illegal immigrants were taking away American jobs through their willingness to work at significantly lower wages. They also opposed free trade agreements, arguing that these arrangements resulted in Americans losing jobs to countries such as Mexico.” Wow, all those ARGUMENTS were pretty scary, weren’t they? Only “extremists” would argue THAT way.

Actually, I could go through the whole document and refute most of every paragraph. I didn’t even mention the claim that there are “violent Christian Identity organizations.” They are the scariest. Wonder why I’ve never heard of them or their terrorists acts? Those doggone militant Christians.

This “assessment” is propaganda based on circular reasoning, pure and simple, and it’s propaganda aimed at stifling legitimate, peaceful, political discourse. It has all the earmarks of Communist double-speak.

We cannot tolerate violence aimed to disrupt the government.
Some dissent can become violent.
Therefore, we cannot tolerate any dissent against the government.

As usual, you said it best, Martin, but I had to chime in in agreement.

of leftist groups like Acorn, Move-On.org, Code Pink, infiltrating the tea parties and provoking violence and upheaval?

And why are they trashing our returning soldiers as potential terrorists?:

“Returning veterans possess combat skills and experience that are attractive to right-wing extremists,” the report says. “DHS/I&A is concerned that right-wing extremists will attempt to recruit and radicalize veterans in order to boost their violent capacities.”

Where is our Republican leadership? Why are they not calling for an investigation of the how and why this report was put together?

Just a few simple questions.