Posted on 03/30/2010 5:08:26 PM PDT by Kaslin
Homeland Security: Forget about foreign jihadists getting nukes or planting bombs in their underwear. The real enemies, some say, are domestic militia groups who play at war and those nasty Tea Party racists.
The raid on a Michigan militia group accused of plotting war against the government will no doubt feed into the arguments of those who claim in the wake of health reform that the vast right-wing conspiracy is not only angry, but armed and dangerous.
According to an Associated Press report, "Authorities said the arrests underscored the dangers of homegrown right-wing extremism of the sort seen in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing that killed 168 people."
We do not minimize the threat of domestic terror, whether it's a Tim McVeigh blowing up a federal building or eco-terrorists using violence to deter the use of animals in medical experiments and otherwise protecting the Earth. Apparently there are no left-wing extremists.
We do object when political opponents of the liberal agenda are lumped in with these loonies, painted with a broad brush as dangerous right-wing extremists. Violent and mindless opposition to the government is to be fought and condemned; mere political dissent should not be.
Rush Limbaugh was accused by many on the left of being a motivating force behind McVeigh's decision to bomb the federal building in Oklahoma City in 1995 by fomenting anti-government sentiment on his radio show. Today, Tea Party activists and opponents of health care reform are accused of doing the same thing. No one knows if the Michigan militia oppose health care reform.
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Stay on your toes, folks. All this demonizing can’t be just politics; big brother’s planning something.
Thanks doll. I just learned something new!
Candor, Davis’s book is a hell’uva read. The part that chilled me was finding that my government knew ahead of time that the Murrah Building was a target of ME terrorists.
The Third Terrorist, by Jayna Davis. A must read for everyone at Free Republic who craves truth.
This might be the most embarrassing pic I’ve seen of our government. It looks like a group photo after a gay wedding.
No wonder the terrorists think we are weak. Look at that! holy crap.
Have any of THEM made a statement on camera about their supposed cockamamie plan? Until I hear it from them, the whole thing sounds like a setup to associate "Christian Militia" = "Right Wing Extremists" = "All Tea Party Members". We're not buying it. . .
What Good Can A Handgun Do Against An Army?
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