GOP Right Wing Hypocrisy of Bigotry and Hatred Drives Outrage at DHS Report About Terrorist and Extremists Groups
Right wing, fundamentalists who claim they are "religious" were livid with the Department of Homeland Security report about the rise of far right terrorist and extremest groups.
Since these reactionary fundies beliefs and actions are completely antithetical to Jesus Christ's teachings, they wrap themselves in hypocrisy to protect their bigotry and hatred that motivates criminal acts like murder against those of whom they "disapprove."
They've even infiltrated the US military as this report from the Southern Poverty Law Center's Hatewatch site indicates:
"The incident is the latest disturbing account that suggests extremists are infiltrating the military — even as officials deny there’s a problem.
"The SPLC first brought the problem of extremists in the military to the attention of Pentagon officials in 1995, when three neo-Nazi soldiers stationed at Fort Bragg murdered two black North Carolinians. Then-Defense Secretary William Perry responded forcefully, saying there was “no room for racist and extremist activities within military.” A major investigation and crackdown followed in 1996.
"But a decade later, military recruiters, under intense pressure to meet quotas for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, began to unofficially lower entrance standards. As a result, in 2006, the SPLC issued a major report, “A Few Bad Men,” that revealed that large numbers of neo-Nazi skinheads and other white supremacists were joining the armed forces to acquire combat training and access to weapons and explosives."
On the civilian front they demand that they be allowed to continue their right wing "Christian" right to kill and instigate murder.
As John Avarosis writes at AmericaBlog: "The religious right is simply besides themselves over the news that the Department of Homeland Security has reported the fact that for yearswhite supremacists have tried to exploit social issues like abortion and same-sex marriage.
"Would the religious right, and the Republican party it runs, prefer that America's law enforcement community not investigate all terrorist threats facing America. Here is what the religious right is claiming in an email I received today:
"Considering the fact that the religious right is now demanding that civil rights laws preserve a conservative Christian's right to kill people he doesn't approve of, it's no wonder that a simple study from the Department of Homeland Security is giving the extremist who control the Republican party such angst."
Since these reactionary fundies beliefs and actions are completely antithetical to Jesus Christ's teachings, they wrap themselves in hypocrisy to protect their bigotry and hatred that motivates criminal acts like murder against those of whom they "disapprove."
They've even infiltrated the US military as this report from the Southern Poverty Law Center's Hatewatch site indicates:
"Marine Lance Cpl. Kody Brittingham, stationed at Camp Lejuene, N.C., was arrested in mid-December on an unrelated armed robbery charge and, as a result, separated from the service on Jan. 3. But a search of Brittingham’s barracks also turned up a journal containing white supremacist material and a plan to kill Obama, according to a newspaper account. That reportedly prompted a Secret Service investigation of his alleged threats against the president that is ongoing.
"The SPLC first brought the problem of extremists in the military to the attention of Pentagon officials in 1995, when three neo-Nazi soldiers stationed at Fort Bragg murdered two black North Carolinians. Then-Defense Secretary William Perry responded forcefully, saying there was “no room for racist and extremist activities within military.” A major investigation and crackdown followed in 1996.
"But a decade later, military recruiters, under intense pressure to meet quotas for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, began to unofficially lower entrance standards. As a result, in 2006, the SPLC issued a major report, “A Few Bad Men,” that revealed that large numbers of neo-Nazi skinheads and other white supremacists were joining the armed forces to acquire combat training and access to weapons and explosives."
On the civilian front they demand that they be allowed to continue their right wing "Christian" right to kill and instigate murder.
As John Avarosis writes at AmericaBlog: "The religious right is simply besides themselves over the news that the Department of Homeland Security has reported the fact that for yearswhite supremacists have tried to exploit social issues like abortion and same-sex marriage.
"Would the religious right, and the Republican party it runs, prefer that America's law enforcement community not investigate all terrorist threats facing America. Here is what the religious right is claiming in an email I received today:
'When the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) made the outrageous claim - labeling pro-life supporters as ''extremists'' in a report on domestic terrorism - we sprang into immediate action. We're fighting back."That is a lie. And typical of the false witness that religious right leaders bear on a regular basis. Here is what the Homeland Security report actually said:
To brand pro-lifers as ''rightwing extremists'' and ''domestic terrorists'' is more than offensive ... it's incorrect as a matter of law and completely wrong as a matter of policy.'
'Paralleling the current national climate, rightwing extremists during the1990s exploited a variety of social issues and political themes to increase group visibility and recruit new members. Prominent among these themes were the militia movement’s opposition to gun control efforts, criticism of free trade agreements (particularly thosewith Mexico), and highlighting perceived government infringement on civil liberties as well as white supremacists’ longstanding exploitation of social issues such as abortion, inter-racial crimes, and same-sex marriage. During the 1990s, these issues contributed tothe growth in the number of domestic rightwing terrorist and extremist groups and an increase in violent acts targeting government facilities, law enforcement officers, banks, and infrastructure sectors.'"The religious right is not made up of good Americans who simply disagree with you and me. They're not even good Christians. They're angry, intolerant, hateful bigots. They're America's Taliban. They are the offspring of the racists who supported slavery and miscegenation laws. The Internet is their fire hose, but other than that, they are no different than the hate that came before them.
"Considering the fact that the religious right is now demanding that civil rights laws preserve a conservative Christian's right to kill people he doesn't approve of, it's no wonder that a simple study from the Department of Homeland Security is giving the extremist who control the Republican party such angst."
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