Wrex. Shepard.

I've always respected Shepard Smith. He seems to be the only voice of sanity on Fox. He's done things like calling Joe the Plumber out on his bullshit, calling out the phoney paranoia about the non-existent liberal media conspiracy, he's made fun of Glenn Beck for his complete insanity. He's basically awesome.

Hardline conservatives love making up controversies, and they've really been on a roll lately. They just love being victims. In response to the DHS's report about neo-nazi extremists, people like Limbaugh, Hannity, and Dobbs suddenly think they're neo-nazi extremists. They are just shocked, shocked, that the libruls would target the teabaggers like this! Because just like everything else on the entire planet, this report was only about them. All of it.

LIBRUUUUULLLLZZZZ!!!!!!!!!!!11
(throws hat on the ground and stomps on it before angrily shaking fist in the air)

Anyway, Shepard did something rarely seen on Fox News. He actually did his job as a reporter. He called these people out on their bullshit. It was beautiful.



I will guarantee you that anyone who's buying into this crap hasn't even read the thing. Not that they can read all dat gewd anyway. There are three key points the report makes. Quotes:

• Threats from white supremacist and violent antigovernment groups during 2009 have been largely rhetorical and have not indicated plans to carry out violent acts. Nevertheless, the consequences of a prolonged economic downturn—including real estate foreclosures, unemployment, and an inability to obtain credit—could create a fertile recruiting environment for rightwing extremists and even result in confrontations between such groups and government authorities similar to those in the past.
  

• The current economic and political climate has some similarities to the 1990s when rightwing extremism experienced a resurgence fueled largely by an economic recession, criticism about the outsourcing of jobs, and the perceived threat to U.S. power and sovereignty by other foreign powers.
  

• The possible passage of new restrictions on firearms and the return of military veterans facing significant challenges reintegrating into their communities could lead to the potential emergence of terrorist groups or lone wolf extremists capable of carrying out violent attacks.
  

It goes on to say,

A recent example of the potential violence associated with a rise in rightwing extremism may be found in the shooting deaths of three police officers in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on 4 April 2009. The alleged gunman’s reaction reportedly was influenced by his racist ideology and belief in antigovernment conspiracy theories related to gun confiscations, citizen detention camps, and a Jewish-controlled “one world government.”

It's not often you get to see such blatant propaganda in action. Behold:



I love how they all say this attacks conservatives, when the word "conservative" isn't anywhere in the entire report. Information-gathering for this began back during the election, when George Bush was president. You know what that means. The people behind this report are targeting... THEMSELVES!! THE PLOT THICKENS.

I don't get it. How are you supposed to argue against this stuff? As soon as a conservative thinktank lie is exposed for the lie it is, the damage is done, and they already have a new lie out there. It's genius. These are some real fucking evil people doing this.