People both inside the Pentagon and out are worried that extremism is on the rise in the U.S. military. But there's evidence they're about to take their crackdown too far and target decent people as well.
A recent Department of Defense study gave several examples of active duty white supremacists it found. Some in Congress fear the possibility of rising extremism enough to call a hearing about it this week. During that House Armed Services Committee hearing, a representative of the far-left Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) rang some alarm bells.
SPLC chief of staff Lecia Brooks stated, “We have the report or survey results from the Military Times last year that reported over 50 percent of service members of color say that they witnessed racist or white supremacist behavior within the ranks.
One worry among conservatives and civil libertarians is that Biden administration officials overseeing the armed forces might consider those particularly loyal to former President Trump and his ideology “extremists.” And these officials might consider military members who are deeply opposed to the Biden administration as “anti-government radicals.”
That’s why these conservatives and libertarians are particularly concerned about the present push by Democrats in the White House and Congress to wage a more active campaign against “domestic terrorism.” They’re worried millions of ordinary citizens and troops could get lumped in with actual domestic terrorists.
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