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Dead Constitution See other Dead Constitution Articles Title: The truth behind the surge in conservative ‘extremism’ The truth behind the surge in conservative ‘extremism’ Posted on May 24, 2016 by Brandon Smith mobviolence The definition of “extremist” is a rather ambiguous issue primarily dependent on opinion rather than fact. That is to say, it is generally the people in power and their propaganda mouthpieces that determine who is an extremist and who is not. There is no set standard. Generally, if you are a quiet and passive sort of citizen with no political deviations and no thoughts outside of what is considered “mainstream,” then you are probably considered a non-threat to the establishment. If, however, you promote an ideal that is opposed to the establishment agenda and display a potential to actually act to fight for that ideal, then you will eventually be labeled an extremist. So who sets the standard for extremism in America today? The responsibility of enforcement has been undertaken by the Department of Homeland Security. But, the actual profiling of extremism and the engineering behind the farcical talking points that the DHS often uses and spreads to local law enforcement agencies is the work of the Southern Poverty Law Center. The SPLC’s profiling guidelines on extremism and terrorism often end up in DHS and fusion center reports that are usually not meant for the eyes of the public. A more well-known example would be the exposure of the Missouri Information Analysis Center (MIAC) Report back in 2009 which listed Ron Paul supporters as being potential terrorists. The SPLC lamented that the MIAC report should not have been abandoned after the uproar from conservatives, but instead, should have been pursued. The SPLC lists “active anti-government groups” on their website with a nicely made but meaningless graph which would have you believe that such groups have exploded in number since 2008. How the SPLC designates groups as “anti-government” is entirely dependent on their own baseless opinions rather than any discernible practical method. They could easily make their graph say anything they want it to say and pretend there is some kind of science to it. Hilariously, the SPLC lists my own website, Alt-Market, as an “anti- government group” under Pennsylvania, the state I lived in when Alt-Market was first established. Apparently, they consider a website a “group,” and I suppose I should be flattered that my individual efforts have been effective enough to constitute a group-sized threat in their minds. I am also not “anti-government.” I am anti-corrupt government, but the SPLC does not seem to care at all about this kind of distinction. I can say that Alt-Market is certainly not a group. I do promote the formation of private barter groups as well as mutual aid and community security groups, but these groups are in no way under the control of Alt- Market. If the SPLC considers me, all by my lonesome, as an anti-government group, then I question the validity of their list. If they had some confusion as to what Alt-Market was, all they had to do was ask me, but they never have. I addressed the SPLC directly and outlined the corruption inherent in their institution years ago in my article ‘A Message To The SPLC From A Montana “Extremist.”’ To summarize, the SPLC’s goal is to promote Cultural Marxism while incessantly demonizing the opposing belief system — true conservatism. They do this through the use of an old propaganda ploy called ‘false association.’ If you examine the SPLC’s list of people they consider prominent extremists in the U.S., you will find a mixture of liberty movement proponents with their photos pasted right next to white supremacists and Klu Klux Klan members. This is not an accident. The strategy is to associate liberty activists with racists in the minds of the SPLC’s gullible readership without risking lawsuit by defamation. For example, the SPLC has never (as far as I know) directly labeled liberty voices like Stewart Rhodes or Chuck Baldwin as “racists” or supremacists. However, they will work very hard in various media including their magazine ‘Intelligence Report’ (equating “intelligence” with the SPLC is a laughable premise) to influence the public to attach ideas of liberty to racial supremacy as if they are part of the same ideological movement. Now frankly, I do not care if an individual or group “hates” another individual or group. As long as they do not harm anyone, invade their privacy or impede their constitutional rights, then it is none of my business. This does not mean I agree with them, but they have a right to believe whatever they want to believe. The SPLC, along with the “extreme left,” does not think they have a right to believe what they want to believe, and this is where problems start to emerge. The movement to criminalize “hate speech” may be a paper tiger, it may not. According to some polls, 41 percent of Americans and over half of Democrats support the criminalization of hate speech. Again, if such speech is criminalized, then who gets to determine the definition of what hate speech is? Yes, most likely it will be social justice think-tanks like the SPLC. That which constitutes “hate speech” and that which constitutes “extremism” is invariably conservative in nature… according to the SPLC and the DHS. Though you will see far more race-hate related speech from groups like Black Lives Matter, you will probably never see them listed on the SPLC’s website. Conservative opposition to illegal immigration, to the medieval tyranny of Islamic sharia law, to government enforcement of transgender ideology on private property, along with conservative support of 2nd Amendment rights of firearms ownership and 1st Amendments rights in the face of “hate speech” legislation have all been categorized as extremism or racism by the SPLC. This is not simply a battle of ideas with no tangible consequences outside of the academic. The poison of cultural Marxism championed by the SPLC is leaching into everyday life. A recent example I have come across is a story out of Washington D.C., in which a man in a wig entered the women’s bathroom at a Giant supermarket (private property). A female security guard at the establishment forced “Ebony Belcher” to leave the bathroom according to policy after the man refused to heed verbal warnings and cited that there was no law allowing transgenders to violate said policy. Ebony BelcherThe man then proceeded to file a complaint with D.C. police. Instead of shrugging off the incident as a matter of private property policy as they should have, police arrested the guard pursuant of “hate crime” charges. This is merely one incident, yes, but it is representative of where the entire nation is headed if the SPLC and the federal government get their way. The position that private property owners have the right to restrict a person who has the genetics and biology of a man to male bathroom facilities in order to protect the privacy and safety of their female customers is now being called a hate crime. That which is entirely practical and sane today will be labeled dangerous “extremism” tomorrow. Poster Comment: Out here, I was picking some recyclables from the dumpster across the road. When I was in front of where I lived, a cop pulled up and asked if I was picking stuff out of the dumpster over there. I said, "What if I was?" Then he said, "They don't want you picking stuff out of their dumpster." I'll tell you what. If he had run me in, I would have had a 4th Amendment claim against the city. And that would have cost them big time. Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest Begin Trace Mode for Comment # 4.
#2. To: NeoconsNailed, Lod, Artisan, BTP Holdings (#0)
The SPLC is the one creating the 'Death List' of Americans who need to go to FEMA camps in case of a national emergency. Back during the Bush years Democracy Now said that list was for 8 million Americans.
Nice, I wonder if I am on that list? An old trucker like me that carried a pistol frequently when I lived in Chicago. I believe in the 2nd Amendment and the right to keep and bear arms. If that makes me a target, so be it. ;)
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