Posted on 04/17/2013 1:08:58 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Mark Potok, a fellow with the Southern Poverty Law Center, appeared on MSNBC to discuss the rise of right-wing militias over the course of the Obama presidency in connection with the bombing of the Boston Marathon on Monday. He said that foreign nations view Americans as being “insane” for allowing hate speech to continue to be protected by the First Amendment to the Constitution.
Alex Wagner said that it remains unclear whether the attack on the Boston Marathon was perpetrated by foreign or domestic elements. “But the mere fact that both are being treated with the same amount of suspicion is a testament to the rapid rise in the number of home-grown extremist groups in the past ten years,” Wagner said.
She cited an SPLC graph which showed a spike in what she termed “conspiracy-minded, anti-government, quote unquote patriot groups” over the last four years.
“The culture of extremism is on the rise,” Wagner observed in her interview with Potok. “What do you ascribe to that?”
“The jump begins right in early 2009, and it’s dramatic – as you said, 813 percent,” Potok began. “So, that, I think obviously, is tied to the election of Barack Obama.”(continued)
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You gotta knock off the satire.
It’s too close to the truth....
Hate speech = speech democrats don’t agree with
"Hate speech" is any speech that contradicts what Lefties believe.
Oh how adorable..how the left always blames the right for everything..meanwhile those 3 guys arrested in Cleveland for trying to blow up a bridge were Republican right..oh wait..almost forgot..they were OCCUPY WALL STREET PUNKS..since they were leftists, nothing to see here, moving on
Well if they want a country with speech limitations like that they are welcome to move the hell out of ours and into one of the many that think like them.
Ever notice how we never get invitations to join these Militias in our Freepmail?
An SPLC graph? LOL!! Anyone who does not agree with them is a "right-wing kook" and anti-government. Nothing like making up your own "news".
This is how the Left does it: they find a left-wing group, describe them as mainstream (or at least imply such), report their "information", and then let other "news organizations" )other left-wing media outfits) pick up on that and report it as straight news and facts.
“What do you ascribe that to?”
Overzealous government, if it in fact exists. Seems to me people grow more sheepish as time goes by.
“Mark Potok, a fellow with the Southern Poverty Law Center, “
The Southern Poverty Law Center is a hate group itself!
He said that foreign nations view Americans as being “insane” for allowing hate speech to continue to be protected by the First Amendment to the Constitution
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Amendments, Amendments One and Two
Just for me but not for you
“But the mere fact that both are being treated with the same amount of suspicion is a testament to the rapid rise in the number of home-grown extremist groups in the past ten years,” Wagner said.
Yes, the mere fact that we don’t know means that we know, peanut-brain.
I totally agree with you. I never understand why people want to change the USA when there are many countries to which they could move that doesn’t allow freedom of speech, don’t have the right to bear arms, and lack the freedom to freely worship as one pleases. Go there. Do not bother us!
It is hard to find a group that spews more hate then the Southern Poverty Law Center...
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