Hate Groups In America
http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2012-08-08/hate-groups-america
The number of active hate groups in the U.S. has doubled in the last 10 years. New studies indicate there are now more than a thousand of these groups in America today. High unemployment, changing demographics and anger at a black president are among the factors attracting new members. The shooting rampage by a white supremacist at a Sikh temple in suburban Wisconsin has raised concerns about the danger posed by these groups, which are treated differently than foreign terrorists by law enforcement. Diane and guests discuss the rising threat of hate groups and what can be done to track their members.
Guests
David Gomez
president and CEO of HLS Global Consulting Group, and a former FBI Special Agent.
Mark Potok
senior fellow at the Southern Poverty Law Center.
Michael Greenberger
founder and director at the University of Maryland Center for Health and Homeland Security, and professor at the University of Maryland Carey School of Law.
Arno Michaelis
former Wisconsin white power leader and author of "My Life After Hate."
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If an organization is called a hate group by a bunch of intolerant politically correct haters, what good is the label?. The NAACP, La Raza (the race) and the National Socialists, is there any difference?
The 'Nuns on the Bus' should be billy clubbed for their mission to prevent T-Party cuts to the poor.
"Puff the magic Negro". "I don`t know for sure,but I hear Obama hates White people".
"Don`t retreat,RELOAD".......
"I hope Obama fails". What was the Obama mission? Keep America safe from another terrorist attack,and get Americans back to work. "I hope he fails'? NO Mr.T-Partier,I hope your mission of hate fails !!!!
Only a partial list.....
1) A guy, using an fertilizer bomb blows up a federal building in Oklahoma City.
2) A group of religious nuts lock themselves in a compound and shoot it out with ATF agents and finally destroy themselves by setting fire to the building.
3) A young man goes on a shooting spree at a college (just insert the number of times__________)
4) Another young man begins blazing away at a crowded shopping mall killing several people and wounding a congresswoman.
5) Yet another young man blazes away with semi-automatic weapons in a crowded movie theater
6) And now we have a guy simply walking into a house of worship and opening up possibly because people looked "different".
7) A poor addled young man shoots and wounds a president
Where in this list was the crazed liberal, the nutty progressive, the lunatic moderate, and the armed and dangerous anarchist? When were people gunned down at a Tea Party political rally? When was someone gunned down at a meeting of the National Rifle Association? The local meeting of American Crossroads? Or any of a list of thousands of right wing organizations? When?
Hmmmmm (Crickets)
The T-Party/Republican convention will be here soon. Will they be grown up adults and enlighten American? Will they show America they are again worthy to lead?Or will this be another Limbaugh/Beck/Fox,WE HATE THE BLACK GUY IN THE WHITE HOUSE clown act?
Watching and listening for the last 4 years...The clown act is my bet and coming to our tv`s..
I love our local Shriners.They do good work. Maybe the T-Partiers can borrow their little clown cars,fez hats,and clown costumes?
Teece Bowman wrote:"Where in this list was the crazed liberal, the nutty progressive, the lunatic moderate"
Sounds like your trying to pin these crimes on the political right, despite the best efforts of the liberal media to do just that, these murdering lunatics almost always turn out to be apolitical, to say otherwise is a deliberate deception. The main stream political right is just as intolerant of murder and violence as is the best of the political left, if anything it does appear that the occupy movement has been given a pass however, their behavior would have never been seen as acceptable to republicans or conservatives should such a movement arise from the right. Murder, rape and property destruction are hallmarks of the democrat party embraced occupy movement.
The lamb stream media`s cover`s up of the countless numbers of attacks should be quite evident by now . Right wing extremist radio talkers said,Obama`s coming to take your guns.Results,police officers shot and killed in Pennsylvania,Oregon and Washington. Beck says Tides Foundation is evil.A pinhead follower gets into gun battle with police while attempting an attack at the Tides HQ. In Toledo Ohio,a par-military whacko group broken up by the F.B.I.,the goal,kill cops.How about the anti-government right wing extremist flying his plane into an IRS building.How about the Gabby Giffords assassination attempt,by a guy who was permitted to plead out without telling us it was the Rush Limbaugh`s voice he heard in his empty head.Those cold blooded murders came just days after the Palin,"Don`t retreat,RELOAD" speech.How about Beck on Armed forces radio telling military chaplains to disregard military orders,and preach a venomous message.Result,a U.S. soldier goes out into the Afghan streets and guns down innocent men,women, and children.The target audience of Fox News types.Dumb and ginned up with right wing hatred.
Just last week Mitt Romney says,Obama doesn`t get Anglo-Saxon ? Is that just more Fascist "Master Race" talk others have used? We don`t get how full of themselves the uber rich are? Oh yea,we know.
I am not aware that the NAACP ever called for violent actions, Partisan. Can you supply us with some information about that?
While there is certainly a history of violence from "the left", there needs to be some context. Back in the 50's and 60's leftists were being bombed in their churches, hung from trees, sprayed with hoses and attacked with dogs. They were killed for registering people to vote, their bodies wrapped and sunk in swamps.
Now the whining far right is being attacked by whom? I can listen to right wing radio for hours a day, and they will talk about how liberals are ruining this country and how our 2nd amendment rights should help us out with this "problem". They dehumanize and ridicule their neighbors for HOURS daily. The only thing that is surprising to me is that there are not more attacks highlighted in our "liberal media".
Wow! What a great line up today. So interesting, gonna be a good show. I am a long time fan of the SPLC. Check their website at least once a month to see what's going on my state. Appreciate their hard work doing an essential job. It's too bad that the general public are not aware of who they are and what they do.
I could be wrong, but I think the Dept of Homeland Security was formed by a conservative president and confirmed by congress.
This is from a 2009 report from the DHS-
"The DHS/Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A) has no specific information that domestic rightwing* terrorists are currently planning acts of violence, but rightwing extremists may be gaining new recruits by playing on their fears about several emergent issues. The economic downturn and the election of the first African American president present unique drivers for rightwing radicalization and recruitment."
In January of the same year DHS released a similar report about left wing groups. in 2001 the Dept of Energy released a report entitled " "Left-Wing Extremism: The Current Threat."
Now, guess which spectrum of our politics the violent attacks and deaths has come from in the last 3 years?
Gun sales are up almost 100%, but crime has been trending down for a decade, and continues to fall. Why the up-tick in gun sales?
Lastly, will Rep Issa be holding hearings on the provenance of the gun used in the latest mass killing in Wisconsin?
Here is a link to the 2009 report.
http://www.fas.org/irp/eprint/rightwing.pdf
Returning veterans possess combat skills and experience that are
attractive to rightwing extremists. DHS/I&A is concerned that rightwing
extremists will attempt to recruit and radicalize returning veterans in order to
boost their violent capabilities.
We have a president that has successfully divided the country into voting blocks of hate. If there is blame to go around surely Obama is at the top of the list.
Seems that Germany indulged in a lot of domestic terrorism during the 1930s. Their population, after losing a major war and going through serious economic problems, was in a mood to find someone, anyone to blame it on.
Does that scenario remind you of any country in existence today?
I would add the Southern Poverty Law Center as a HATE group.....they're just experts at hiding their true agenda.
http://www.diggersrealm.com/mt/hateandslanderforprofit/hate-and-slander-...
How is homeland security money distributed to say for surveillance equipment for mosques etc that might be targeted by hate groups? I have read that Senator Joseph Lieberman I believe the chair of homeland security has distributed those funds disproportionately to Jewish organizations. Can your guest discuss how funding is distributed to protect those who are being threatened by these hate groups
How is homeland security money distributed to say for surveillance equipment for mosques etc that might be targeted by hate groups? I have read that Senator Joseph Lieberman I believe the chair of homeland security has distributed those funds disproportionately to Jewish organizations. Can your guest discuss how funding is distributed to protect those who are being threatened by these hate groups
How is homeland security money distributed to say for surveillance equipment for mosques etc that might be targeted by hate groups? I have read that Senator Joseph Lieberman I believe the chair of homeland security has distributed those funds disproportionately to Jewish organizations. Can your guest discuss how funding is distributed to protect those who are being threatened by these hate groups
How is homeland security money distributed to say for surveillance equipment for mosques etc that might be targeted by hate groups? I have read that Senator Joseph Lieberman I believe the chair of homeland security has distributed those funds disproportionately to Jewish organizations. Can your guest discuss how funding is distributed to protect those who are being threatened by these hate groups
The KKK is the oldest terrorist group in America. It should be labled as such. Under the umbrella of the KKK are now Skinheads, neo nazis, white power groups, etc.
sorry folks not sure why my comment is up there five times. Hope the moderator takes off four. Tried to erase
Dear Diane, I think the U.S. needs to stop putting people in a box and trying to divide us by having to "check boxes" on all government forms. I was born in Florida,I am white and Hispanic, and yet on every test since middle school i have not been able to fill out my personal information because ethnicity has nothing to do with race, just like religion. Why do Jewish people identify themselves as Jewish and not by race? I am white (race) Hispanic (ethnicity) and most of all American! I find the shameful that the U.S. find ridiculous ways to seperate people instead of unifying. We also need to teach World religion in the U.S.. How people have been to India to the Golden Temple, where volunteers feed 40,000 people a day! My heart goes out to the Sikh's in this country that have once again been stereotyped and treated poorly because of color or clothing.
Unfortunately, the lovely dept of Homeland Security is now militarizing the police departments all across the country and labeling ordinary white males as domestic terrorist. A sure sign that the U.S. has metamorphosed into a Police State....
Hate groups are the least of our problems...
Your guests are being disingenuous. The FBI and Homeland Security has been tracking and infiltrating left wing progressive groups for years since 2001. Just ask Amy Goodman. Those groups were involved in totally peaceful protest. It's an established fact that DHS was coordinating the police response to the Occupy Movement in places like Oakland, California. So I find it extremely hypocritical for your guests to say they can't do anything about extreme right wing terrorism for fear of infringing on their first amendment rights. Just recently the US Supreme Court affirmed the conviction of an American pacifist group for providing material support for terrorism by teaching non-violent resistance to Hezbollah I think it was.
When political opponents are labeled as enemies and accused of treachery, it is just an encouragement for weak individuals to act violently.
It is the violent political discourse that generates physical violence.
Ok so you determine that there are hate groups that you need to watch. Then federal Homeland Security funds are allegedly distributed to provide surveillance and other needs that groups or individuals that a hate group may target. I am reading the first U.S. Conference of Mayors Report to the Nation: Tracking Federal Homeland Security Funds Sent To the 50 State Governments.
Can your guest please discuss how these funds are distributed and has the distribution of these funds been based on appropriate and proven need
Patsy Nomore wrote:
The T-Party/Republican convention will be here soon. Will they be grown up adults and enlighten American? Will they show America they are again worthy to lead?Or will this be another Limbaugh/Beck/Fox,WE HATE THE BLACK GUY IN THE WHITE HOUSE clown act?
Sadly, we already know the answer to that.
If you want to know the TRUTH about timothy mcvey, read 'A Noble Lie' ......
The governments story is a total fabrication, as was Ruby Ridge, Waco, 911
Just look at what's happened to our country since all these 'terrorist' events....
Connect the dots and come to your own conclusion.
Our government has been taken over by foreign bankers.
Even President Bush was promoting the NWO...not a conspiracy.
Where are the statistics on actual violence from the difference groups that commit violence? What about gang violence pervasive throughout the US? What groups statistically are most violent? Most Americans can see these hate groups for what they are.
sane wrote:
When political opponents are labeled as enemies and accused of treachery, it is just an encouragement for weak individuals to act violently.
It is the violent political discourse that generates physical violence.
Please tell that to the Republicans.
partisan politics wrote: "If an organization is called a hate group by a bunch of intolerant politically correct haters, what good is the label?. The NAACP, La Raza (the race) and the National Socialists, is there any difference?"
Really? The NAACP and La Raza are hate groups? What about NOW, ADL, PFLAG, and NGLTF?
You're twisting the quest for equal rights into hate and using the "politically correct" smear to cover up your animus for those you believe to be inferior to yourself.
urbanrage wrote:
"Just look at what's happened to our country since all these 'terrorist' events...."
Oh, you mean the greedy white people? Don't try to pin this on an international banking conspiracy. We have enough greedy white folks right here in our own back yard. We have more millionaires in America than any other country in the world.
You want to find a solution to all this hate and violence? Redistribute some of the money that the wealthy folks are hoarding.