Flashback: April 14, 2009

Libertarian Leanings flashes back to early in the Obama administration, April 14, 2009. The left has been waging an information war for decades, but a new track opens when government officials associate the Tea Party with Right-wing Extremism, and warn of the potential terrorist threat posed by military veterans.

DHS Prepares for the Tea Parties

On the eve of the Taxpayer Tea Parties the Department of Homeland Security has published a new report and distributed it to state and local law enforcement agencies.  The report, entitled "Right-wing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment," warns that returning military veterans may pose a potential terrorist threat.

'The report, titled "Right-wing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment," dated April 7, states that "threats from white supremacist and violent anti-government groups during 2009 have been largely rhetorical and have not indicated plans to carry out violent acts."

However, the document, first reported by talk-radio host and WND columnist Roger Hedgecock, goes on to suggest worsening economic woes, potential new legislative restrictions on firearms and "the return of military veterans facing significant challenges reintegrating into their communities could lead to the potential emergence of terrorist groups or lone wolf extremists capable of carrying out violent attacks."

The report from DHS' Office of Intelligence and Analysis defines right-wing extremism in the U.S. as "divided into those groups, movements and adherents that are primarily hate-oriented (based on hatred of particular religious, racial or ethnic groups) and those that are mainly anti-government, rejecting federal authority in favor of state or local authority, or rejecting government authority entirely. It may include groups and individuals that are dedicated to a single issue, such as opposition to abortion or immigration."'

In other words, if you should happen to hold any conservative or libertarian views, you are a terrorist threat in the eyes of DHS.

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Today there are people who consider anyone not wearing a Covid mask a terrorist threat.

On the eve of the Taxpayer Tea Parties the Department of Homeland Security has published a new report and distributed it to state and local law enforcement agencies.  The report, entitled "Right-wing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment," warns that returning military veterans may pose a potential terrorist threat.

'The report, titled "Right-wing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment," dated April 7, states that "threats from white supremacist and violent anti-government groups during 2009 have been largely rhetorical and have not indicated plans to carry out violent acts."

However, the document, first reported by talk-radio host and WND columnist Roger Hedgecock, goes on to suggest worsening economic woes, potential new legislative restrictions on firearms and "the return of military veterans facing significant challenges reintegrating into their communities could lead to the potential emergence of terrorist groups or lone wolf extremists capable of carrying out violent attacks."

The report from DHS' Office of Intelligence and Analysis defines right-wing extremism in the U.S. as "divided into those groups, movements and adherents that are primarily hate-oriented (based on hatred of particular religious, racial or ethnic groups) and those that are mainly anti-government, rejecting federal authority in favor of state or local authority, or rejecting government authority entirely. It may include groups and individuals that are dedicated to a single issue, such as opposition to abortion or immigration."'

In other words, if you should happen to hold any conservative or libertarian views, you are a terrorist threat in the eyes of DHS.