There was a noteworthy piece on this yesterday in the Washington Post:
Now, as McIntyre prepares to retire from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, he and other analysts are warning that the threat from hate groups and splinter organizations connected to the Klan should not be underestimated, especially at a time of economic unrest.
"In society, you have a very small number of people who are going to push the envelope and take it to the next step," said McIntyre, the resident ATF agent in charge in Roanoke.
Veteran investigators say they have advocated for increased attention to the problem since late September, when the nation's economic troubles widened, giving white supremacists a potent new source of discontent to exploit among potential recruits.
The number of U.S. hate groups has increased by 48 percent, to 888, since 2000, according to experts at the Southern Poverty Law Center, an independent organization that monitors racist movements.
Although questions persist about the ability of such groups to carry out violent plans, several recent national developments have combined to worry analysts, said Mark Potok, chief of the law center's Intelligence Project. In addition to the economic downturn, he cited rising immigration, demographic changes that predict whites will not be a majority within a few decades, and what some might see as "the final insult -- a black man in the White House."
Arch: How much free speech do we want?
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I might drive around the block a few times, keep that meter running for a while it's passive-aggressive, but it's also kind of like making them pay for using that word.
posted by arjay on 01/13/2009 @ 8:18
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So I used to live close to NYC and visited often now I live near Philly and go to NYC once every 2-3 months needless to say he tried that drive around the block thing on the wrong girl... he got no tip for that BS
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now about this blog ... well Are we considering organizations like PETA and ACORN hate groups? b/c if we are then that number should be increased another 48% ... these people are some of the most hate filled and violent people ever
Moderator Hate Group-now that is the ticket. LOL!
Maybe I should start the u4prez hate group..any joiners?
You hate to see it here? Are you in a hate group too? Maybe that is hate group #889. lol
It's a shame there has to be so much prejudice in this country. I can't talk about other countries because I haven't traveled enough to see, but I hate when I see it here.
I guess that one way to fight "the man". Take his tips. LOL
Once they called him the N-word, I just bit my lip. Usually they were just drunk and lippy and think they're cool by talking like that. For the record, I made it a point to not use dirty tricks on customers, but guys like that, if they pass out in the back of my cab, I might drive around the block a few times, keep that meter running for a while before I wake them up. Not often, but once in a very great while, I would do something like that, it's passive-aggressive, but it's also kind of like making them pay for using that word.
Well then why don't you kick them out of your cab in a black neighborhood then.
I don't know if you can measure Obama's street cred by the amount of hate groups vowing to kill him or to make blacks pay for suddenly being so "uppity" about it. I don't know how many people got in my cab over the last six months and referred to Obama as the N-word. If I had a dollar for every time, rent would be paid for February.
I guess this is better than 1 giant hate group. 888 sounds like a made up number. Something to do with hitlers birthday. I guess Arch finds what he wants to find. Why don't you add Lou Dobbs to the list. I am sure there is a group tattooing a photo of Lou Dobbs on their chest or something. All in all just an attempt to make Obama seem "sexy".
That comment wasn't about Obama's politics, if you know what I mean, Hawk. After 43 straight white guys in the White House, certain segments of the population get used to things the way they are, someone upsets their version of the natural order of things...
I wonder if they will be as venomous as the large group of Bush haters, I doubt it. They probably won't blame a terrorist attack on him, I doubt they will say he causes hurricanes. I wonder just how hate filled the new group will be.
How much do you want to bet, the election of Barack Obama has spawned a whole new generation of hate groups, just waiting for their moment to shine?
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