Rage on the Right - Southern Poverty Law Center

[Swede]

The radical right caught fire last year, as broad-based populist anger at political, demographic and economic changes in America ignited an explosion of new extremist groups and activism across the nation.

Hate groups stayed at record levels — almost 1,000 — despite the total collapse of the second largest neo-Nazi group in America. Furious anti-immigrant vigilante groups soared by nearly 80%, adding some 136 new groups during 2009. And, most remarkably of all, so-called "Patriot" groups — militias and other organizations that see the federal government as part of a plot to impose “one-world government” on liberty-loving Americans — came roaring back after years out of the limelight.

http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-report/browse-all-issues/2010/spring/rage-on-the-right

[Dogtown]

1. K&R for the SPLC n/t

[jotsy]

2. In my home state of Oregon,

Last year there were 7, this year 10. I was stunned to learn last year that two were in the county I live in. When I checked out the site, it listed some 500-700 members nationally, but stated in a nasty and unsigned letter to the president that they spoke for millions of Americans. Just the recollection is enough to leave me feeling tainted for having looked at the crap these people spew.

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[DevonRex]

3. I love the SPLC. They do great work. nt