Extremists finding fertile ground in Northwest US

[marmar]

KALISPELL, Mont. (AP) – With its jagged peaks, glistening lakes and lush valleys, the Inland Northwest — stretching from eastern Washington to Montana's Glacier National Park — is a stunningly beautiful and remote part of the country.

It also is a cradle for sometimes-violent anti-government activity — a reputation most recently rekindled by the search for David Burgert. The former Kalispell militia leader is accused of opening fire on sheriff's deputies on a remote logging road in Lolo National Forest.

After a lull following the demise of the Idaho-based neo-Nazi Aryan Nations in 2000, anti-government and white supremacist groups and individuals may be reviving in the Inland Northwest. It's a mostly white, mostly rural area with few job opportunities and a history of extreme activists.

Experts say the number of radical right groups is growing across the country because of the poor state of the economy, rising immigration and fears that President Barack Obama's administration has an agenda to curtail individual liberties. .........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110622/ap_on_re_us/us_hate_groups_fertile_ground

[SoCalDem]

1. People who seek isolation for their "activities" will go where there is room

and where they can live off-grid & avoid attention.. Montana, Idaho etc. have been attractive to them for a very long time.. As more yuppies move there, watch for trouble..

[nichomachus]

2. Why do you think the Mormons settled in that area

There were anti-government extremists

[leftistboy]

3. The Nazis had their jews, the GOP has their muslim "terrarists", and of course the Dems have...

....the oh-so-evil rural white male gun owner....


:sarcasm:


For the life of me I cannot figure out What's The Matter With Kansas...

:sarcasm:

[Puregonzo1188]

4. " a history of extreme activist" I'd like to point out that those extreme activist they're referrin

to used to be on our side.

Northwest was a hotbed for the Wobblies back in the day.

[Hestia]

5. Maybe back in the day, but that day no longer exists in this paradigm

now it is breeding those who hate other than white and want to remake the country in the eyes of their god - all others need not apply.