I actually thought that the violent neo-nazi racist militant aryan nation white supremacist were the “violent far-right”, apparently it’s me. Who knew.

Kind of surprising, nobody called or asked me any questions, but I sure fit into the “espouse strong convictions regarding the federal  government, believing it to be corrupt and tyrannical, with a natural  tendency to intrude on individuals’ civil and constitutional rights. Finally,  they support civil activism, individual freedoms”.
I assumed that was a patriotic….silly me.
Full disclosure, I do not want a civil war nor do I want to raise a weapon against anybody…ever. That being said, I do expect our elected officials to uphold their oath and defend the constitution, not find ways around it.
A Nod to Weasel Zippers for the heads up.

 

A West Point think tank has issued a paper warning America about “far right” groups such as the “anti-federalist” movement, which supports “civil activism,  individual freedoms and self-government.”
The report issued this week by the Combating  Terrorism Center at the U.S. Military  Academy at West Point, N.Y., is titled “Challengers from the Sidelines:  Understanding America’s Violent Far-Right.”
The center — part of the  institution where men and women are molded into Army officers — posted the  report Tuesday. It lumps limited government activists with three movements it  identifies as “a racist/white supremacy movement, an anti-federalist movement  and a fundamentalist movement.” The West Point center typically focuses reports on al  Qaeda and other Islamic extremists attempting to gain power in Asia, the  Middle East and Africa through violence.
But its latest study turns inward and paints a broad brush of people it  considers “far right.”

It says anti-federalists “espouse strong convictions regarding the federal  government, believing it to be corrupt and tyrannical, with a natural  tendency to intrude on individuals’ civil and constitutional rights. Finally,  they support civil activism, individual freedoms, and self government.  Extremists in the anti-federalist movement direct most their violence against  the federal government and its proxies in law  enforcement.”

The report also draws a link between the mainstream conservative movement and  the violent “far right,” and describes liberals as “future oriented” and  conservatives as living in the past.

“While liberal worldviews are future- or progressive -oriented, conservative  perspectives are more past-oriented, and in general, are interested in  preserving the status quo.” the report says. “The far right represents a more  extreme version of conservatism, as its political vision is usually justified by  the aspiration to restore or preserve values and practices that are part of the  idealized historical heritage of the nation or ethnic community.”

The report adds: “While far-right groups’ ideology is designed to exclude  minorities and foreigners, the liberal-democratic system is designed to  emphasize civil rights, minority rights and the balance of power.”

Details about what makes an attack a “far right” action are not clear in the  report, which was written by Arie Perliger, who directs the center’s  terrorism studies and teaches social sciences at West Point.

A Republican congressional staffer who served in the military told The  Washington Times: “If [the Defense Department] is looking for places to cut  spending, this junk study is ground zero. Keep reading…