“In 2012, the Southern Poverty Law Center identified 1,274 anti-government ?Patriot? “
One of those groups they named is Freerepublic.com.
The SPLC is worse than dangerous.
Yep. Anyone worried about a "list" can quit worrying--you're on (at least) one.
The SPLC is worse than dangerous.
Yes, they are. They have had the ears of the Federal LEOs for a long time, and for all practical purposes have set policy by lumping in genuine patriots and supporters of the Constitution with some dangerous fringe groups making us all appear to be homicidal maniacs or criminals by association.
They even throw some token leftists to the wolves to maintain 'credibility', but by far and away have a pro-left slant.
We have to be careful to present our attitudes as not being "anti-government" per se, but as for the Constitutionally constrained Government the Founders had in mind, and the reduction in spending, debt, and invasiveness that such a Government would bring.
Much of what we say is too easily taken out of context and twisted by those who think they want the Government they see as a fat and and beneficial lapdog, a provider and protector, rather than a ravening predator come to eat our sustenance and destroy.
That is the divide, philosophically, that exists between those of us who want a return to our Constitutional Government and those who want the Status quo.
The latter are deluded anyway, the pendulum never holds still.