Homegrown terrorism in the U.S. gets less attention than terrorism overseas. In reality, the United States is fighting a “silent war” against its own extremist groups. Here in the U.S., hate groups are growing like mushrooms.
The latest militia group calls themselves “Christian warriors,” was plotting a war against the US government, and has Jesus Christ as Commander in Chief. Is this supposed to be a religious group with religious values or is this an association of mentally unstable people?
It is true that, in bad economic times, the election of the first man of color is too much to handle for those who believe that America belongs to a certain ethnic group. It makes some white people “nervous” — scared of losing their privilege of being white. The Tea Party movement illustrates this despite the denials of its leaders that it is an extremist group.
To me there is no difference between the extremist militia and the Tea Party movement which uses insults and hatred against other ethnic groups toward the president and US institutions. As the Acholi people of Sudan say, “A crazy man can be recognized not by his words, but by his actions.”
