The right wing is literally up in arms about a DHS report warning about right wing extremist behavior and that it might be on the rise in America. Most of my favorite conservative blogs have either written about it or referenced it. They are intentionally taking it as the federal government is trying to clamp down on potential Republican behavior. What the right wing, including the militant part of the right wing, fails to admit is that this report was requested and ordered by the Bush administration not the Obama administration. And that a similar report was written in 2008 about left wing extremism as well. As Steven Benen notes, the FBI produced a very similar report in 2008 outlining right wing extremism and no one seemed to care about it then. What's changed since 2008 that now has the right wing so inflamed? Oh yeah, they are the minority now and have absolutely no say in government. They are so victimized.
On a totally unrelated note, the Republican governor of Texas has called for his state to secede from the Union. Republican Congresswoman from Minnesota Michelle Bachman has called for a revolution. Tea Baggers in Sacramento called for the hanging death of Democratic members of Congress. Tea Baggers in Phoenix called for the murder of President Barack Obama. I have no idea where the concern for right wing extremism is coming from.
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