Like I said, Patriot groups aren't necessarily Hate groups (as the SPLC themselves state) and I'm still uncomfortable lumping 1200 groups together under one rather loaded term. Libertarian, Republican, Democratic, Socialist...all can be described as US Political Parties. But that doesn't do a very good job of describing either their similarities or their differences.
Judah On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 1:19 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: > > http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/publications/splc-report-return-of-the-militias > > On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 3:50 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Larry, what in that article do you see that would justify labeling the >> Oath Keepers as a hate group? They may be conspiracy-minded, sure, but >> that isn't the same thing as being a hate group. I disagree with them >> on monetary policy and think their central bank crap is pretty insane >> but as far as I can tell, the group is all about forming a group that >> could actively resist governmental takeover and/or collapse. Given >> that that has happened many times in human history, I don't see that >> as being entirely ridiculous. There are certainly plenty of Patriot >> groups that actively traffic in racial abuse and hatred, no doubt. But >> that doesn't mean that they all do. >> >> Judah >> >> On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 12:29 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> Given what I've seen of some of the literature that the Oath Keepers >>> distribute, I can see the reasoning why however. >>> http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-report/browse-all-issues/2011/winter/are-the-oath-keepers-really-patriots- >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:353108 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
