On Tuesday, November 4, 2008, the unthinkable happened… Barack Obama was elected the first African-American President of the United States. African-Americans around the country cried with emotion at the thought that what was once an impossibility, was now a reality. But there was one other group who also cried with emotion that the once impossibility was now a reality — SUPREMACISTS.
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Following the election night victory of Barack Obama, white and right wing supremacists rushed to racially tinged online blogs and forums to vent anger and disbelief that voters had actually chosen a black man to be President of the United States. At one point the online chatter was so heavy it overloaded the server of one of the most popular white supremacist Internet forums, Stormfront, shutting down the site temporarily. In fact, the election of President Obama has “fueled resurgence” of right-wing extremist groups that are seeking new recruits, especially returning veterans. `
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL), which monitors such extremist activity, said racists are in total and utter disbelief that Obama was elected primarily by white voters, and are seething with anger at the prospect of the United States of America being led by a black man. And A newly unclassified Department of Homeland Security report warns against the possibility of violence by unnamed “right-wing extremists” concerned about illegal immigration, increasing federal power, restrictions on firearms, abortion and the loss of U.S. sovereignty and singles out returning war veterans as particular threats.
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“The amount of invective, anger and rage being vented on supremacist sites in the aftermath of the election is startling. Many are convinced that President Obama’s achievement means that whites and right-wingers have lost their place in America, and they are predicting the beginning of a cultural and race war, ” said ADL National Director Abraham H. Foxman. The ADL posted a sampling of comments from white supremacist online discussion boards and Internet forums on its Web site at http://www.adl.org/main_Extremism/rage.htm.
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Former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke and other well known supremacists are blaming everyone from white “traitors” to Jews, minorities, and Republicans for bringing about this event and destroying their vision of a race-divided America, which they believe should be led by the “supreme” (white) race only! Said David Duke on election night: “I believe tonight is a night of tragedy and sadness for our people in many ways … our country is not recognizable any more.”
Janet Napolitano is taking a lotta flack from the right-wing groups for saying their on the rise. But theirs also a lotta groups scared somehow Obamas gonna take their gun and all that. Wise to keep a eye on them.