Far-right anti-government group grows significantly (Ammon Bundy)

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"A far-right group launched by anti-government activist Ammon Bundy is rapidly expanding nationwide and making inroads into Canada, according to a new report from the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights."

Report: Far-right anti-government group grows significantly
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A far-right group launched by anti-government activist Ammon Bundy is rapidly expanding nationwide and making inroads into Canada, according to a new report from the Institute for...
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8:01 PM · Oct 21, 2021

https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-canada-health-public-health-idaho-0d2015c826bb01a2cd04b31254c870c5

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A far-right group launched by anti-government activist Ammon Bundy is rapidly expanding nationwide and making inroads into Canada, according to a new report from the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights.

The quick growth happened despite legal problems faced by some prominent People’s Rights leaders, and continued even as some of the organization’s Facebook groups were removed from the social media platform. The organization has grown by roughly 53% in the past year in large part because of continued anti-public health sentiment, according to the report.

People’s Rights started in deep-red Idaho, which remains one of the least-vaccinated states with only about 43% of its population fully vaccinated against COVID-19, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The group now includes activists in 38 states, according to the report.

“I think the report underestimates their overall strength, because they’ve also built out alliances with a range of groups from the Tea Party to the Proud Boys and anti-vax groups,” said Chuck Tanner, IREHR’s research director. “In certain places they are able to mobilize at levels that make an impact on policy.”

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[Midnight Writer]

1. Who could imagine that "anti-public health sentiment" would be embraced as a political statement?

Public health is not about "the others", as most right wing hate propaganda is.

It is about themselves, their own families, neighbors, friends, co-workers.

Republicans have not only been persuaded to vote against their own economic interests, they have been convinced that basic healthcare is an evil plot.

[2naSalit]

3. Some of it...

Has to do with their "religion" which preaches an upcoming end time and they are supposed to help their neighbors. They are intending to engage in that "self deportation" of nonmembers of their sect because this is their holy land blah blah blah. So by reducing the number and character of their neighbors it gets easier for them to take control in that area. They've been working on this for a long time, now they see their goal approaching and they are on it.

You really have to examine what they actually say, they have a different interpretation of many words that appear in our legal directives. Just as we see the Rs twisting narratives every day, so do these dangerous clowns with our legal language. They weaponize everything.

[Buckeyeblue]

2. They aren't anti-government, the are anti-democracy

They want a government based on hate-based suppression. They are fascist scum.