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Title: The Terrorist Next Door: The Militia Movement and the Radical Right.
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URL Source: http://www.terroristnextdoor.com/
Published: Jan 10, 2010
Author: Daniel Levitas
Post Date: 2010-01-10 16:48:26 by A K A Stone
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Views: 24268
Comments: 43
September 11, 2001, focused America’s attention on the terrorist threat from abroad, but as the World Trade Center towers collapsed, domestic right wing hate groups were celebrating in the United States. “Hallelu-Yahweh! May the WAR be started! DEATH to His enemies, may the World Trade Center BURN TO THE GROUND!” exulted August Kreis of the paramilitary group, the Posse Comitatus. “We can blame no others than ourselves for our problems due to the fact that we allow …Satan’s children, called jews today, to have dominion over our lives (sic).” The Terrorist Next Door reveals the men behind far right groups like the Posse Comitatus – Latin for “power of the county” - and the ideas that inspired their attempts to bring about a racist revolution in the United States.
Timothy McVeigh was executed for killing 168 people when he bombed the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in 1995, but The Terrorist Next Door goes well beyond the destruction in Oklahoma City and takes readers deeper and more broadly inside the Posse and other groups that make up the paramilitary right. It tells the story of men like William Potter Gale, a retired Army officer and the founder of the Posse Comitatus whose hate-filled sermons and calls to armed insurrection have fueled generations of tax protesters, militiamen and other anti-government zealots since the 1960s.
Written by Daniel Levitas, a national expert on the origins and activities of white supremacist and neo-Nazi groups, The Terrorist Next Door is carefully researched and includes rich detail from official documents (including the FBI), private archives and confidential sources never before disclosed. Among other things, Levitas explains how the racist and anti-Semitic campaigns of segregationists in the 1950s and ‘60s gained ground in the Cold War climate that polarized politics following World War II.
The book also traces the history of the right wing tax protest movement and offers the first definitive account of how the radical right preyed on financially troubled farmers during the agricultural crisis of the 1970s and ‘80s.
In detailing these and other developments, Levitas provides a compelling factual narrative while also arguing that the danger posed by the radical right as a social movement goes far beyond the criminality and violence common among its organizers and adherents.
The greatest challenge, he points out, stems from the success that groups like the Posse have had in spreading their ideas from the margins into the political mainstream.
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This guy sounds like an asshole
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MOS please?
No Stems No Seeds That You Don't Need...
#5. To: BobCeleste (#3)
Back in the day the militia would have burned their house down or tarred and feathered them.
I bet you 5 bucks this guy thinks that the American revolution was fought by the Brits and *a bunch of terrorists*. Betcha he is one of those people.
#6. To: A K A Stone (#0)
With the odd exception of McVeigh, the vast majority of 'terror attacks' in American history post WWII were Leftwingnuts of various stripes. Interestingly, McVeigh's attack was in reaction to the Waco standoff, and ending, not about any real 'statement' for or against any political point of view. It was the Clinton Administration's decision to describe him as a 'right winger' that put him 'on the Right' politically, not anything he did or said.
#7. To: Badeye, FredMertz (#6)
It was the Clinton Administration's decision to describe him as a 'right winger' that put him 'on the Right' politically, not anything he did or said.
Riiight...working gun shows selling copies of The Turner Diaries is every left wingers dream job...(grin)
Dead on Balls Accuracy is still a strong suit of yours, I see...(grin)
No Stems No Seeds That You Don't Need...
#8. To: Badeye (#6)
#9. To: war (#7)
He wasn't a political creature. Still have the reading comprehension skills of a third grader, I see....
#10. To: Badeye (#9)
He wasn't a political creature.
Riiight...he just moved from Buffalo because it was too politically liberal...talked politics with his co-workers when he did work...wrote political letters to newspapers...sold right wing political literature...and then made a final deadly political statement...
All because he wasn't political...
No Stems No Seeds That You Don't Need...
#11. To: Happy Quanzaa (#8)
Richard Reid was tried, convicted and sentenced to 10 years in prison...by Boy Blunder's DoJ.
No Stems No Seeds That You Don't Need...
#12. To: A K A Stone (#0)
Meanwhile, the fact still remains that domestic terrorism emanated almost exclusively from the Left of the poltical spectrum post WWII. And liberals have made those that engaged in it 'hero's'. See William Ayers.
#13. To: Badeye (#12)
Meanwhile, the fact still remains that domestic terrorism emanated almost exclusively from the Left of the poltical spectrum post WWII.
Yepper...all those abortion clinics and providers...victims of exclusive left wing violence...church burnings...ditto...anthrax sent to dem senators...ditto...and of course we know that all of the recent religious fanatics exercising their 2A rights dwell exclusively on the left...
No Stems No Seeds That You Don't Need...
#14. To: war (#13)
'church burnings'
lmao
#15. To: Badeye (#14)
'church burnings'
The relatives of the 4 girls killed in Birmingham in 1963, which was post WWII, appreciate your laughter...
No Stems No Seeds That You Don't Need...
#16. To: Badeye (#14)
Kind of late for you isn't it?
No Stems No Seeds That You Don't Need...
#17. To: war (#16)
When you grow up, we can have an adult discussion. Til then, I'll just note you can't tell religious extremism/terrorism (abortion clinic attacks) from POLITICAL, as you've demonstrated here.
btw, check which party the Birmingham bombers belonged to...(laughing)
#18. To: war, Badeye (#13)
You two boys play nice now, you here? ;-)
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#19. To: mel (#18)
You two boys play nice now, you here? ;-)
I'm sure they will, just like you and the "diva".
#20. To: Bickus Dickus (#19)
lol...Careful now - she'll claim that you're me! lmao!
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#21. To: war (#13)
You do know most of those church burnings were just insurance scams don't you?
#22. To: Happy Quanzaa (#21)
Yep. But the bombings were done by upstanding members of the Democratic Party...demonstrating my original point quite neatly that most domestic terrorism comes from the Left of the political world. For each of the handful of attacks on abortion clinics (not much of that going on, but what the hell lets play) there are a dozen eco terror attacks. Same self righteous smuggness among that crowd we see from William Ayers and his band of cowards to this day.
#23. To: Happy Quanzaa (#21)
My reference was to the civil rights movement. But in general, anyone claiming that most domestic terrorism comes from the left side of the political spectrum post WWII is a fruit shy of a loop...
No Stems No Seeds That You Don't Need...
#24. To: Badeye (#22)
... the Democratic Party...demonstrating my original point quite neatly that most domestic terrorism comes from the Left
Riiight...they were so leftist that when they believed that the dems moved to the right on civil rights and integration they moved further left to the GOP...
No Stems No Seeds That You Don't Need...
#25. To: war (#24)
Riiight...they were so leftist that when they believed that the dems moved to the right on civil rights and integration they moved further left to the GOP...
What is it about you that you feel the need to defend all things nigger?
You remind of the asshole white liberals who live in gated communities who never have to deal with these fucking animals on a daily basis who want to wax judgemental about those who do. Just for experiment's sake, get something like a delivery job to a nigger neighborhood for a couple of months and come back on here and try and tell us how wonderful they are.
#26. To: happy fun ball (#25)
I'm you're worst nightmare, padlock...I'm a human being...
No Stems No Seeds That You Don't Need...
#27. To: war (#26)
I'm you're worst nightmare, padlock...I'm a human being...
No, you are a self congratulating dumbass who has no clue.
#28. To: dont eat that (#27)
Stunning retort...
No Stems No Seeds That You Don't Need...
#29. To: war (#28)
I grew up with my parents calling me "nigger lover" for my "progressive" views.
Until I saw in life for myself, and had to agree.
#30. To: dont eat that (#29)
So it sucks to be you. Do you ***think*** I didn't know that?
No Stems No Seeds That You Don't Need...
#31. To: war (#30)
You never have a point to make, do you? Actually, It doesn't suck to be me except for the fucking bad beat NFL bets I've had lately.
I've just had mor experience than you and you are fucking naieve.
#32. To: dont eat that (#29)
I grew up with my parents calling me "nigger lover" for my "progressive" views.
Do tell.
#33. To: padlock (#31)
You never have a point to make, do you?
In your case you do such a fine job making it for me that I simply have to activate you...
No Stems No Seeds That You Don't Need...
#34. To: dont eat that (#31)
I've just had mor experience than you and you are fucking naieve.
[snicker]
No Stems No Seeds That You Don't Need...
#35. To: Badeye (#17)
When you grow up, we can have an adult discussion...
Still suffering from a surfeit of witless, I see...meet my friend e_type yet?
Til then, I'll just note you can't tell religious extremism/terrorism (abortion clinic attacks) from POLITICAL
Abortion isn't a political issue. Got it.
[snicker]
btw, check which party the Birmingham bombers belonged to...
States' Rights...
No Stems No Seeds That You Don't Need...
#36. To: mel (#18)
Keep your optimism in check...
No Stems No Seeds That You Don't Need...
#37. To: dont eat that (#31)
for the fucking bad beat NFL bets I've had lately.
I actually had a good year on that front if not on the personal team front...my Stillers, like Nudd, sucked the big one this year. What makes it worse is given how easily the Bungles went tits up, the two losses to them were as bad as the KC, Brownies and Raiders...
That said, I never bet the Stillers...ever...you shouldn't have any emotional involvement when risking money...
No Stems No Seeds That You Don't Need...
#38. To: war (#23)
But in general, anyone claiming that most domestic terrorism comes from the left side of the political spectrum post WWII is a fruit shy of a loop...
You must be counting the same non-existent bombings & burnings in Arkansas that Slick Willy lied about witnessing when he was a kid.
#39. To: Happy Quanzaa (#38)
You must be counting the same non-existent bombings & burnings in Arkansas that Slick Willy lied about witnessing when he was a kid.
Nope.
No Stems No Seeds That You Don't Need...
#40. To: Badeye, war, a k a stone, fred mertz (#6)
With the odd exception of McVeigh, the vast majority of 'terror attacks' in American history post WWII were Leftwingnuts of various stripes. Interestingly, McVeigh's attack was in reaction to the Waco standoff, and ending, not about any real 'statement' for or against any political point of view. It was the Clinton Administration's decision to describe him as a 'right winger' that put him 'on the Right' politically, not anything he did or said.
OK, that's the stupidest thing I've read in a long time, and it just proves my tag line.
Being a Republican means you get to choose your own reality.
#41. To: go65 (#40) (Edited)
OK, that's the stupidest thing I've read in a long time
Chyea...but don't forget the effort that it took to get there...
The fact I was an RM2 escapes you obviously, and what that implies.
Badeye posted on 2007-01-30 16:42:29 ET Reply Trace
#42. To: go65 (#40)
Owe-Bama's administration just demonstrated what I said in the past ten days.
my anti groupie can't get through life without me.
#43. To: Badeye, go65 (#42)
Owe-Bama's administration just demonstrated what I said in the past ten days.
Can you not help but talk in nonsensical circles?
The fact I was an RM2 escapes you obviously, and what that implies.
Badeye posted on 2007-01-30 16:42:29 ET Reply Trace
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