• Hate groups have grown 755% since Obama was elected
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[quote] Fears that the nation’s first black president will be re-elected has fueled the dramatic growth extremists groups in the U.S. over the past year, according to a report from a civil rights organization that tracks these groups. The number of groups in the anti-government “Patriot” movement have sky rocketed 755 percent since President Barack Obama has been elected, the Southern Poverty Law Center’s (SPLC) [URL="http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-report/browse-all-issues/2012/spring/the-year-in-hate-and-extremism"]yearly report[/URL] found. “These groups are becoming more and more aware as they watch the primary season unfold that Obama is fairly likely to win and some of them are having meltdowns over this,” Southern Poverty Law Center senior fellow Mark Potok told Raw Story. “They’re looking at four more years under a very hated black president — hated by them. So, we’re seeing signs of real anger over that. People saying we’re at war already, saying go out and buy AK-47s and hollow-point bullets, get tools to derail trains.” Unlike traditional hate groups, “Patriot” groups subscribe to a set of conspiracy theories and see the government as their primary enemy. “Basically what ‘Patriot’ groups think is that the federal government is an evil cabal in the hands of bad people,” Potok explained. “The government is about to impose martial law on the country, very probably with the help of foreign troops, perhaps U.N. troops. They intend to confiscate all guns from Americans. Those liberty-loving Americans who resisted will be thrown into concentration camps that have secretly constructed by FEMA. And ultimately the government will force us all into a socialistic kind of one-world government, the so-called New World Order.” In addition to the staggering growth of groups in the “Patriot” movement, hate groups in general have grown from 926 in 2008 to 1018 last year. Anti-LGBT groups have grown by 27 percent and anti-Muslim groups have triple from 10 to 30 in just one year. Ku Klux Klan groups actually fell from 221 to 152 last year, largely because the second largest Klan group — the Brotherhood of Klans in Ohio — folded after its leader, Jeremy Parker, joined a faction of the Aryan Nations. Overall, Potok said that it was the disturbing growth by ‘Patriot’ groups that shocked the Southern Poverty Law Center. “We were all astounded by the numbers this year,” Potok told Raw Story. “We’ve seen a very, very rapid growth in the ‘Patriot’ movement in the prior two years. We all expected that just had to tail off, that this kind of growth couldn’t continue for another year. But the reality is that we saw something close to 450 new groups appear on the scene last year.” If the president is successful in his re-election bid, Potok sees no reason that the dramatic growth will not continue. “I think if Obama is re-elected, this is very likely to get worse before it gets better,” he said. “We’re already seeing signs of anger in groups that are coming to believe that Obama will probably win the election so they’re going a bit crazy out there.”[/quote] [url]http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/03/09/study-hate-of-obama-fuels-755-growth-in-extremist-groups/[/url]
SPLC is a bullshit organization. Wouldn't trust anything they say.
Good thing these "Patriot" groups are only good at public urination and filing fraudelent tax returns.
[QUOTE=Ridge;35064275]SPLC is a bullshit organization. Wouldn't trust anything they say.[/QUOTE] Um... why?
I used to have a friend on Facebook who was convinced of impending FEMA concentration camps. He blocked me after I convinced him that I was working for one being built in New York.
The US government is run by 'bad people'? You don't have to hate blacks or jews to know that, thanks for trying to separate the masses and cause infighting you asshole. Let me hear what DHS, the FBI, and the ATF think. I hold no sympathy for these groups, but one day it might be my group or ideals they see dangerous. As the branch davidians how this goes over...
[QUOTE=Medevilae;35064329][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Poverty_Law_Center#Criticism_of_political_rhetoric"]A history of political rhetoric.[/URL][/QUOTE] So their fault is that they have a character to their organization? Um, ok.
Haters gonna hate
[QUOTE=macerator;35064355]The US government is run by 'bad people'? You don't have to hate blacks or jews to know that, [B]thanks for trying to separate the masses and cause infighting you asshole.[/B] Let me hear what DHS, the FBI, and the ATF think. I hold no sympathy for these groups, but one day it might be my group or ideals they see dangerous. As the branch davidians how this goes over...[/QUOTE] You act like I wrote the article.
I wonder how many of those are there just because he's black.
The right to weaponry and to form a militia is a fundamental right in the US because it effectively gives us the right to remove government if it becomes too distant from the people. Just because some Neo Nazi's, skin heads, Klan's men, crazy rednecks, and etc can say the same thing about these rights as I do doesn't mean it should diminish the right's importance. [QUOTE=J!NX;35064411]I wonder how many of those are there just because he's black.[/QUOTE] Quite a bit. Racist ignorance is hard to kill.
[QUOTE=Bryanrocks0;35064392]You act like I wrote the article.[/QUOTE] He ain't talking to you.
[QUOTE=macerator;35064355]The US government is run by 'bad people'? You don't have to hate blacks or jews to know that, thanks for trying to separate the masses and cause infighting you asshole. Let me hear what DHS, the FBI, and the ATF think.[/QUOTE] Southern Poverty Law Center is one of the more accurate sources for information on hate groups. The FBI does not publish a list of hate groups, the Department of Homeland Security investigates hate groups but also doesn't publish numbers. i don't think that the ATF apply here. [quote]I hold no sympathy for these groups, but one day it might be my group or ideals they see dangerous[/quote] You sound like the rest of the slippery slope idiots. "Well if they're watching groups that want to overthrow the government, how do I know they won't arrest me for eating a bologna sandwich?"
[QUOTE=J!NX;35064411]I wonder how many of those are there just because he's black.[/QUOTE] And because they think he is a Muslim and a Communist. As well as Kenyan :downs:
Depends on which States they live in.
[QUOTE=Medevilae;35064329][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Poverty_Law_Center#Criticism_of_political_rhetoric"]A history of political rhetoric.[/URL][/QUOTE] ...it's "political rhetoric" to mention a guy who says stupid shit on an article about stupid shit people say? [URL="http://www.browndailyherald.com/2.12258/paying-for-controversy-1.1684606"]They are not unique in thinking Horowitz is a shitheel[/URL]. That's because [I]he is a shitheel.[/I]
[QUOTE=purvisdavid1;35064455]The right to weaponry and to form a militia is a fundamental right in the US because it effectively gives us the right to remove government if it becomes too distant from the people. Just because some Neo Nazi's, skin heads, Klan's men, crazy rednecks, and etc can say the same thing about these rights as I do doesn't mean it should diminish the right's importance.[/QUOTE]Its nothing about diminishing the importance of a right and any attempts to claim that it is are entirely unfounded. This is about groups specifically dedicated to promoting hatred and/or violence towards another group of people based on the characteristics of who they are.
[QUOTE=person11;35064978]Depends on which States they live in.[/QUOTE] Not true. They're all over the place. Even here in humble Connecticut there's 5 groups that have been growing. Interestingly enough, a leader or member of one of the groups was interviewed and said that SPLC was "painting with a broad brush." The group identified itself as Constitutionalist and called for a return to strict Constitutionalism.
They will most likely be shot by the police for obvious reasons, it's fucking terrorism and no better then what were at war to stop.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NltmFRYN9os[/media] If only...
[QUOTE=Omali;35064482]Southern Poverty Law Center is one of the more accurate sources for information on hate groups. The FBI does not publish a list of hate groups, the Department of Homeland Security investigates hate groups but also doesn't publish numbers. i don't think that the ATF apply here.[/QUOTE] The SPLC has designated the US Border Patrol as a hate group. They have also done so for religious organizations. You can select a state on their website and they will provide you with a list of these "hate groups."
[QUOTE=Bassplaya7;35065380][media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NltmFRYN9os[/media] If only...[/QUOTE] That stare... it must beith mine avatar!
[QUOTE=Ridge;35065419]The SPLC has designated the US Border Patrol as a hate group. They have also done so for religious organizations. You can select a state on their website and they will provide you with a list of these "hate groups."[/QUOTE]Nobody here expects you to like a group like the SPLC or anything with a similar goal, Ridge. You would not like them under any circumstances, regardless of what they did.
[QUOTE=Doctor Zedacon;35065441]Nobody here expects you to like a group like the SPLC or anything with a similar goal, Ridge. You would not like them under any circumstances, regardless of what they did.[/QUOTE] I don't like them because they make everything out to be racist. But I guess that is precisely why they would be seen as the perfect group on this forum. A majority of the members here will attribute anything and everything to racism, if there is at least one non-white person involved.
Also a socialist new world order sounds kind of nice, actually. One government, one people? Where do I sign up?
[QUOTE=J!NX;35064411]I wonder how many of those are there just because he's black.[/QUOTE] i'd say most of them
[QUOTE=purvisdavid1;35064455]Quite a bit. Racist ignorance is hard to kill.[/QUOTE] No cyanide or poison on the world can kill the incestuous retardation that is racism.
[QUOTE=Hidole555;35065337]Not true. They're all over the place. Even here in humble Connecticut there's 5 groups that have been growing. Interestingly enough, a leader or member of one of the groups was interviewed and said that SPLC was "painting with a broad brush." The group identified itself as Constitutionalist and called for a return to strict Constitutionalism.[/QUOTE] I meant that they will be treated either as Domestic Terrorists or People's Militias depending on what State they are in. [editline]9th March 2012[/editline] Also the lyrics to half of Megadeth's songs suddenly make sense. I am not sure I can listen to them again. Not only do they support Santorum, they think Liberals are going to take over the world in FEMA camps.
[QUOTE=Ridge;35065485]I don't like them because they make everything out to be racist. But I guess that is precisely why they would be seen as the perfect group on this forum. A majority of the members here will attribute anything and everything to racism, if there is at least one non-white person involved.[/QUOTE]What, because they actually keep a pretty good track on groups that are often at the very least largely comprised of bigoted elements, but quite often very pointed about hating other groups of people simply because of the fact that they are said people? You're trying to turn this in to some kind of persecution movement against innocent people, when this is simply not the case. You are one of the biggest conservative apologists on these forums.
[QUOTE=Bassplaya7;35065380][media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NltmFRYN9os[/media] If only...[/QUOTE] Why am I laughing at this video?
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