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June 12, 2009 Homegrown hate on the risePosted: 09:10 AM ET
NEW YORK – The shooting at the U.S. Holocaust Museum by a self-described anti-government racist is just the latest example of the rising tide of hate in America. Barack Obama may be the President, but we'd be foolish to we think that racial hatred is a thing of the past. It's not.
FBI investigators in front of the bullet-ridden door at the Holocaust Memorial Museum Extremism is undeniable to those who have the courage to look at the facts. According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, which tracks hate groups across America, rising unemployment, anti-immigrant sentiment, and the fact that we have our first African-American president are inspiring a new generation of angry young men - and no small number of women - to extremism and hate. Today marks the anniversary of the execution of Oklahoma City bomber Timothy Mcveigh; but white supremacism and anti-government hate did not die with him. The militia movement receded from the headlines post 9/11, but it is alive and well. The shooter at the Holocaust Museum, James von Brunn, had a long history of hate. A security guard there, Stephen Johns, was shot and killed doing the job he was hired to do, protecting citizens at a museum dedicated to tolerance. Ultimately, Johns was defending our freedom, including the freedom of people like von Brunn to harbor hate. Extremists do not, however, have the freedom to act on their hate; so, we must be vigilant about exposing it - and stamping it out. -Jami Floyd, In Session anchor Filed under: Uncategorized |
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