The main thing wrong with the JBS is that the RINO community in the Republican Party considered them too extreme to be "politically incorrect" and put so much pressure on actual conservative Republicans that some prominent ones "dissed" the JBS'ers under powerful duress.
They are about as ridiculous and radical as Dr. Ron Paul's foreign policy and another congressman JBS'er got shot down by the Chi-Coms in that Korean Airlines attrocity during Reagan's Presidency. Not that that makes any difference or has any relevance to what's being discussed here. I just don't recall Reagan ordering them out of the Garden of Eden!!! (Republican Party)
The only place these far-out fringe elements hurt the conservatives is in the insidious MSM and DBMedia!!!
The John Birch Society is a fringe extremist organization. Historically, the JBS is a group of conspiracy paranoiacs. Frankly, I see no difference between the JBS and other fringe extremist groups promoting minanarchy, anarchy, libertarianism, paleolibertarianism, southern confederate rebel secessionism, 150 year old Dixiecrat-Slavocrat agenda, anti war, anti Semitic agendas. JBS has ties to some of todays best known fringe wackos like Ron Paul, Thomas DiLorenzo and Lew Rockwell. Along with the late and infamous Reagan hater, Murry Rothbard. Not to mention that antisementic fascist and co-founder of the JBS, Revilo P. Oliver.
Another very good point. Thanks for making it.