You May Be A RightWing Extremist If...

If you don't follow any of the links below, at least read this.

You perhaps heard about the Missouri bulletin telling its Protect & Serve types to look out for, oh, say, Ron Paul supporters, because they might be violent right wing extremists. That was retracted within a week or two due largely to outrage on the blogosphere. Supposedly it hadn't gone all the way up the chain of command for approval.

Well if you thought that was an isolated beaurocrat's opinion you were wrong. By now you may have also heard of the same sentiments being expressed by the Department of Homeland Security in a report titled "Rightwing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment." that report basically says "if you are a traditional conservative, you just might be a potential enemy of the State". Michelle Malkin has the report in .pdf form and she spent some time trying to find out if it was real. Her sources say It's real. If you trust Roger Hedgecock and WorldNetDaily, read his take on it at worldnetdaily.com.

You might be a terrorist if you don't like the new President's agenda, including on immigration/citizenship, the exporting of jobs overseas, expanded socialist handout programs, and restrictions on firearms. If you think it's a bad economy, and if you think it would be a good idea to have a stockpile of food, weapons and ammunition, you might be in an eeeEEEEeeevil right wing extremist militia. If you are a returning war veteran you're automatically lumped in there as a danger.

I read the whole thing (why not, it's only 9 pages) and I note a heavy emphasis on the "first African American President" line. Here let me hold up my mirror. Do you see a racist? I also note a repeated reference to the potential for stirring up the extremists if the government were to try to ban guns again. The solution to this threat would seem obvious, unless banning guns in private hands were one of your goals.

A good summary of the attitude behind this sort of thing coming from the government of the "freest country in the world" can be found in the last two paragraphs of More Political Persectution from TriggerFinger.

Hat tip to: Frikken Everybody

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In related news: to the DHS flunky who may be reading this: Hi there and have a great day. I'm sure if you look around at my older posts you'll find ample reason to put me on your list. Fly More Flags has a message for you: