We’re all right-wing extremists now, according to the Department of Homeland Security’s report, “Rightwing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment.” You may think you’re just an average entrepreneur disgruntled with the debt, but Janet Napolitano is here to tell you you’re so much more. The report, which DHS argues was begun during the Bush administration and is analogous to reports on left-wing extremism, does not just warn of racist hate groups, but of threats posed by returning vets, gunowners, people who prefer local government over federal government, and single-issue advocates on abortion and immigration. Eli Lake at the Washington Times reports that key findings of the report show most of the work was done in the last couple of months, despite DHS claims that it was prepared long ago by non-political appointees. The report alleges a resurgence in right-wing extremism, fueled by hard economic times and the election of Obama, but provided no examples or numbers to local law enforcement, to whom the report was sent. The broad generalities of the report give lie to the equivalence DHS is trying to make to previous reports on left-wing extremists, which were specific in naming animal-rights and environmental groups that had been proven to engage in terrorist activities:
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