[lbo-talk] Rise of Nasty Right

[Sheldon]

On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 1:04 PM, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
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> On Apr 15, 2009, at 3:46 PM, Sheldon wrote:
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>> Even the mainstream conservative movement is becoming unhinged.
>> Perhaps DHS has been collecting alot of data on extreme right chatter?
>> Sure they have been around for awhile, but they seem to percieve a
>> massive shift to the left and have rather extreme reactions when
>> politics shifts slightly to the center.  I would not be surprised at
>> all if we see some major incident of home grown right-wing terrorism
>> happening in the next couple years.  We'll see.
>
> Dems also thrive on this stuff. "Vote Dem, or the fascists will take over!"
> Gold in the mail for the likes of Morris Dees.
>
> Doug

Not to detract from the facinating conversation about language.  But
you seem to ignore or dismiss my point.  I am not sure about how Dems
thrive on this stuff, and I am not too worried about these particular
fascists actually taking over.

However, it does seem like there is a sub-culture of right-wing
paramilitary types that are persistently present in American society,
and they occasionally demonstrate their propensity for violent acts in
American society.  With a deep recession and other factors their next
resurgance could be dangerous.

And if a genuine left could ever get any traction in this country, it
could be their favored targets.