Joining Alt-Right, KKK, Open Carry & Boogaloo: White Supremacist Extremists Very Big Threat

CNN Map is Revealing and Worrisome

(Call it CONUS Gun Virus)

Defined by NRA and Ultra-Extremist Gun Nut Groups

This from CNN and map above, with this headlines – damn scary, too and it ties into my previous post here:

White supremacists are officially more of a threat to NJ than

 both ISIS and al-Qaeda

In NJ’s annual Terrorism Threat Assessment report (.pdf) just released, the state raised the threat level for white supremacist extremists to “high” which is the topmost category for threat levels for any extremist group there. The only other threat listed as high as white supremacist extremists are homegrown violent extremists, who also held the top place in 2019's report.

Three key parts of the report:

1.  White supremacists were previously listed as a moderate threat, along with ISIS.

2.  Now in this 2020 report, white supremacists moved up while ISIS receded one level, to low.

3.  White supremacists now outrank Boko Haram, black separatist extremists, and more than a dozen other extremist groups in the report.

What changed from 2019 to 2020? The report specifically discusses a rising threat from white supremacist extremists over the last year, referencing the El Paso Walmart shooting as an example. The shooter in that incident wrote a racist, anti-immigrant four-page document.

The report also mentions local incidents, like the arrest of a man who admitted to instructing members of a neo-Nazi network to vandalize synagogues and was accused of expressing interest in attacking black people with a machete at a New Jersey mall.

Jared Maples, director of the NJ Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness said in a news release: “The ever-changing threat landscape in New Jersey and around the country requires us to adjust our strategies to anticipate new threats while remaining ready to combat those already existing.”

ISIS, on the other hand, was reduced to “low because of the group's focus on a global presence, rather than attacks on the US.”

Black separatist extremists went from “low in 2019 to moderate in a 2020” report, after two people associated with the ideology killed four at a kosher supermarket in Jersey City late last year.

The report outlines the ways white supremacist organizations in the state have actively attempted to spread their beliefs and recruit new members. 

According to the report, since January 2019, there have been 168 reported instances of white supremacist propaganda distribution, compared to 46 reports in 2018.

And it's not just discourse – the report also states that white supremacist groups can turn to violence to create the social change they desire, adding: “Some white supremacist extremists argue that participating in mass attacks or creating other forms of chaos will accelerate the imminent and necessary collapse of society in order to build a racially pure nation.”

New Jersey's report comes just over a week after the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) found increased white supremacist propaganda efforts across the country. The number of times hate groups left flyers, stickers, posters, and other handouts more than doubled between 2018 and 2019 – growing from 1,214 to 2,713 incidents, according to the ADL.

My 2 cents: I’ve said plenty in the past on this subject and this NJ report says it 10-times stronger… this should be a major concern of every American even those hypocrites who claim to be patriots and “love our country.” Seems a bit odd doesn’t it – more guns not less – a crazy slogan to say the least. 

More later I am sure. Thanks for stopping by.