Homegrown terrorism -- on the heels of Obama Presidency?

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The election of a progressive administration may usher in a new age of homegrown radical rightwing terrorism. This editorial analysis is enough to make me want to buy a gun:


"How will the next president deal with the terrorist crisis of 2010-11? No, not those terrorists. I mean the domestic extremists who, history suggests, are due for a resurgence.

Forecasting a wave of political extremism might sound like apocalyptic prophecy, but it has a sound basis in American political history. In November, it is possible that a liberal Democratic administration will be elected to replace the long-established conservative Republican leadership. Such a transition has occurred three times in the past 80 years, in 1932, 1960 and 1992. (For various reasons, the defeat of Gerald Ford in 1976 does not fit the model.) In each period, within two to three years, the nation had a frightening upsurge of radical right-wing, paramilitary movements.

In each case, these angry movements spun off terrorist cells that plotted assassinations and bombings. Significantly, these upsurges only characterize the shift from conservative to liberal administrations. Paramilitaries remain few in number and marginal under GOP administrations."


http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-jenkins10mar10,0,65846.story

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1. Well if you believe that "might makes right", attacking anyone

who doesn't think or do what you want them to do and that using a gun is the answer, I guess you have a neo-con or a outlaw biker.

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2. It's sad that contemporary reporters aren't students of history.

1932 was unique and has nothing to do with contemporary culture (still largely agricultural economy, segregation, depression, etc.)

But it was in the 60's that the good old GOP began with their "southern strategy," thus giving tacit encouragement (the wink and nod) to the radical right in hopes of fomenting fear in the populace, and they could run with that as their talking point (blaming democrats for the "breakdown in law and order.")

I'm surprised the article's author isn't aware of how the radical right's political agenda dovetails with the GOP platform.