Posted on 10/03/2020 10:34:04 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
The Department of Homeland Security will grant millions of dollars in funding to outside organizations focused on combating far-right extremism and white supremacy.
The department's program, called Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention, agreed to provide $10 million in grants to organizations including Life After Hate, which was founded by reformed white supremacists and helps people trying to leave the far right, the School of Communication at American University to develop a strategy for combating disinformation circulated by the far right online, and others, according to the Wall Street Journal.
A Homeland Security spokesman said the funding is meant to help prevent “violent white supremacy alongside a number of recognized and emergent forms of terrorism and targeted violence.”
The issue of white supremacy has made waves in recent weeks following comments from FBI Director Christopher Wray as well as President Trump.
Wray, in testimony in front of the House Homeland Security Committee in September, warned that the majority of people who commit deadly or violent incidents against others in 2018 and 2019 have been racially and ethnically motivated. He also said such attacks are “the most lethal of all domestic extremists since 2001.”
Wray's comments stand in contrast to those from the president, who earlier this week at the presidential debate with Democratic candidate Joe Biden downplayed the threat of right-wing violence and hyped up the threat of left-wing violence.
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Only one group is both:
1. Identified by their race
2. Labeled a negative
F’n Wray. Trump not firing that rat a year ago could be his undoing.
Not a good idea. The definition of “terrorists” or “extremists” can change with the party in power.
When Trump’s away, deep-stater Chad Wolf will play?
So the U.S. government is starting to go after people for thei thoughts.
Why is Wray still the FIB director, and not stripped of his pension and out panhandling for spare change like the stinking bum that he is?
Would that be groups labeled as such by the Southern Poverty
Law Center?
“Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice...and moderation in pursuit of justice is no virtue.” - Barry Goldwater
A government pension is pocket change to Wray. He was making $9 million a year at King & Spalding, which he left to take the $200k FBI job. Pure selflessness, I’m sure.
Another lie for our time. Right Wing Extremism. Hillary said it, so it must be true down through the ages.
The splc should be wearing that label. Minimum a ‘H8’ group.
How about left-wing extremism, any money for that how about just go up to Seattle or any of the Cities that they’re burning down ask the people where are they the FBI Homeland Security how come they’re not doing anything this my bunch of malarkey
This is a VERY bad idea.
If I told you on 09-11-2001 this would be the narrative 19 years later you would have said that’s crazy - yet here we are
How about left-wing extremism
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No need. There isn’t any, just ask Joe.
The communists continue to control the political and ideological battle field...
The communists are winning the long-term battle and are getting bolder with final victory in sight...
Soviet communism’s longevity was, in no small part, thanks to a massive government bureaucracy staffed only with “true & dedicated” believers...
Exactly as we see here now in the U.S...
We are giving our tax dollars to destructive organizations to fight us. Is anyone paying attention in the hill
Where is the Boogeyman they call White Supremacy?? All Ihave seen for Decades is Wild Eyed Fascist, Socialist and Communist violent Leftists. WHERE ARE THEY????
No violence: Go after them.
Tons of violence: Eh, they’re just peaceful protestors...
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