West Point center cites dangers of ‘far right’ in U.S.

[Alan C.]

West Point center cites dangers of ‘far right’ in U.S.

A West Point think tank has issued a paper warning America about “far right” groups such as the “anti-federalist” movement, which supports “civil activism, individual freedoms and self-government.”

The report issued this week by the Combating Terrorism Center at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., is titled “Challengers from the Sidelines: Understanding America’s Violent Far-Right.”

The center — part of the institution where men and women are molded into Army officers — posted the report Tuesday. It lumps limited government activists with three movements it identifies as “a racist/white supremacy movement, an anti-federalist movement and a fundamentalist movement.”

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It says anti-federalists “espouse strong convictions regarding the federal government, believing it to be corrupt and tyrannical, with a natural tendency to intrude on individuals’ civil and constitutional rights. Finally, they support civil activism, individual freedoms, and self government. Extremists in the anti-federalist movement direct most their violence against the federal government and its proxies in law enforcement.”

The report also draws a link between the mainstream conservative movement and the violent “far right,” and describes liberals as “future oriented” and conservatives as living in the past.

“While liberal worldviews are future- or progressive -oriented, conservative perspectives are more past-oriented, and in general, are interested in preserving the status quo.” the report says. “The far right represents a more extreme version of conservatism, as its political vision is usually justified by the aspiration to restore or preserve values and practices that are part of the idealized historical heritage of the nation or ethnic community.”

The report adds: “While far-right groups’ ideology is designed to exclude minorities and foreigners, the liberal-democratic system is designed to emphasize civil rights, minority rights and the balance of power.”

[masonman]

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A Royal Military Academy think tank has issued a paper warning England about “far right” groups such as the “Patriot” movement, which supports “civil activism, individual freedoms and self-government.”The report issued this week by the American Colony Center at the Royal Military Academy is titled “Challengers from the Sidelines: Understanding America’s Violent Far-Right.”The center — part of the institution where men are molded into British Army officers — posted the report Tuesday. It lumps limited government activists with three movements it identifies as “a Patriot movement and a fundamentalist movement.”. . .It says Patriots “espouse strong convictions regarding the British government, believing it to be corrupt and tyrannical, with a natural tendency to intrude on individuals’ civil rights. Finally, they support civil activism, individual freedoms, and self government. Extremists in the Patriot movement direct most their violence against the British government and its proxies in law enforcement and tax collection.”The report also draws a link between the mainstream independence movement and the violent “far right,” and describes Loyalists as “future oriented” and Patriots as living in the past.“While Loyalist worldviews are future- or progressive -oriented, independence perspectives are more past-oriented, and in general, are interested in preserving the status quo.” the report says. “The far right represents a more extreme version of the independence movement, as its political vision is usually justified by the aspiration to restore or preserve values and practices that are part of the idealized historical heritage of free peoples.”The report adds: “While far-right groups’ ideology is designed to exclude minorities and foreigners, the British system is designed to emphasize civil rights, minority rights and the balance of power.”

[Dylan Lawrence Moore]

This reads like an Aleister Crowley incantation of deliberate contradictions, recited for the explicit purpose of destroying the reason of the invoker. Oof.

-Dylan