Janet Napolitano, 3rd Secretary of Homeland Security and refugee from the state of Arizona.Let's see, what did I do today? I waved at my son as he left this morning for school. I read a few chapters. I kissed my wife. I taught a class on the Roman Republic. I taught a class on the history of religions. I made a few art prints for one of my clients. And, oh yes, I became a right wing extremist and a potential terrorist.
How did I accomplish all that in one day? Thanks to our very own former governor and now Secretary of Homeland Security, all I had to do was be a political and social conservative. In a document sent to police agencies across the US, the Department of Homeland Security warns of possible terrorism because of right wing extremists:
Rightwing extremism in the United States can be broadly divided into those groups, movements, and adherents that are primarily hate-oriented (based on hatred of particular religious, racial or ethnic groups), and those that are mainly antigovernment, rejecting federal authority in favor of state or local authority, or rejecting government authority entirely. It may include groups and individuals that are dedicated to a single issue, such as opposition to abortion or immigration.The document goes on to include such subversives as returned US veterans or Christian Identity organizations.
Janet doesn't have to sneak around to find people who may fit her category of a right wing extremist. She can ask me any questions she wants. I'll tell her anything she wants to know:
Yes, I am a Christian and go to church to boot. Yes, I support the definition of marriage between one man and one woman. No, I do not support gay activists who try to change the definition of marriage or to inculcate gay propaganda on children. Yes I own a gun. Several of them. Yes, I also buy ammunition. Yes, I think that the 10th amendment should be upheld - you know - the one guaranteeing states rights over the federal government. Yes, I am pro-life. No, I don't think people who are in the US illegally should be extended benefits paid by tax dollars. No, I don't like the French. Yes, I support limited government. Yes, I store food in the house. Yes, I exercise my 1st amendment right peaceably to assemble and to petition for redress in such occasions as tea parties.
Here's an idea, Janet, that's really right wing, extremist, and scary:
That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these Ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or abolish it, and to institute a new Government, laying its Foundation on such Principles, and organizing its Powers in such Form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. (Declaration of Independence)Thomas Jefferson wrote that and he owned guns too. And do you know what? Back in his day, he was called a Left Wing Extremist.
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