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The election of President Barack Obama in 2008 triggered an explosion in the number of militias and so-called patriot groups in the United States, the Southern Poverty Law Center reported in its annual tally of such anti-government organizations.
There were 149 militias and patriot groups when Obama took office, compared to more than 1,200 today — an increase of 755 percent, the nonprofit civil rights organization reported.
"The increase has just been astounding," said Mark Potok, editor-in-chief of the SPLC report. "The reality is that many of these groups are becoming more and more fearful that Barack Obama will win the re-election. You can see the anger rising along with that fear."
The SPLC defines the "patriot" movement as made up of conspiracy-minded individuals who see the federal government as their primary enemy. The movement includes paramilitary militias as well as groups of "sovereign citizens," who believe they are not subject to federal or state laws, nor obligated to pay federal taxes, according to SPLC.
The center also reports a steady rise in the number of hate groups in America — from 604 in 2000, to more than 1,000 last year. Those include anti-gay groups, anti-Muslim groups, black separatists and "Christian Identity" groups, which hold racist and anti-Semitic views that overlap with neo-Nazi beliefs.
U.S. News - Election, economy spark explosive growth of militias
Thoughts on this? I hope they get whacked by artillery.
Boys will be boys.
The press loved these kinds of stories in the '90s, too. Exactly these kinds of stories . . . especially when they tried to connect Timothy McVeigh to the Michigan Militia.
Boys will be boys.
Color me cynical. The OP (and associated articles) cite 1200 private militias and [U]2000[/U] different "hate groups".
Anybody have a link to the list that identifies all these different groups.....??
Relation?
Didn't amount to anything then, and it doesn't now. The SPLC is simply trying to stir up trouble.
They're pretty well known for employing the use of fear tactics. Last time I check on their site, if it's the same one I'm thinking of, they had the rebel flag listed in the hate symbol pics.
Didn't amount to anything then, and it doesn't now. The SPLC is simply trying to stir up trouble.
Elelction is coming up. Got to drum up the fear vote on the left. Get out the vote or the militias are coming to get you. Santorum is going to take over by military coup and take your birth control away.
Apocalyptic hypernationalist patriot cults are innocent victims of the government now!
U.S. News - Election, economy spark explosive growth of militias
Thoughts on this? I hope they get whacked by artillery.
A militia, according to some standards, might be a couple of Bubbas in a pick-up truck.
Dude. They formed a militia - they're clearly paranoid and prone to violence.So your for shelling American citizens before they have done anything wrong?Thoughts on this? I hope they get whacked by artillery.
I hop they get hit by the spetnaz and killed in a surgical firefight like ignorant separatists.
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