The Company We Keep

Sheesh, would you look at who plans on rubbing elbows with some tea baggers this weekend?

New York, NY, July 2, 2009 ... White supremacists and neo-Nazi hate groups plan to take advantage of the anti-tax "Tea Parties" set to occur in more than 1,000 cities and localities over the July 4 holiday weekend to disseminate racist fliers and other materials and attempt to recruit others to their cause, according to the Anti-Defamation League (ADL).

ADL's Center on Extremism, which monitors extremist groups and provides information to law enforcement and the public, has released information on its Web site describing the attempt by white supremacists to co-opt the anti-tax message of the events as a means to spread racism and anti-Semitism.

On Stormfront, the most popular white supremacist Internet forum, members have discussed becoming local organizers of the "Tea Parties" and finding ways to involve themselves in the events. Many racists have voiced their intent to attend these rallies for the purpose of cultivating an "organized grassroots White mass movement," with some suggesting that they would do so without openly identifying themselves as racists.

You know, when you got these kind of people crashing your party and envisioning it as an opportunity to recruit the kinds of wackos that they do, you might want to sit down and say to yourself, "Self, why do these kind of extremists relate to people like me?"

Make sure you answer honestly.

- via Americablog, graphic courtesy Jesus General


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