The number of 鈥渘ativist extremist鈥 groups dropped from 33 to 19 in 2014, continuing a long fall from a peak of 319 such groups in 2010.
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The number of 鈥渘ativist extremist鈥 groups dropped from 33 to 19 in 2014, continuing a long fall from a peak of 319 such groups in 2010.
The New York Times titled its Nov. 5 postmortem on the midterm elections, 鈥淩epublicans鈥 First Step Was to Handle Extremists in Party.鈥 The GOP didn鈥檛 鈥渉andle鈥 everyone, though. Here鈥檚 a look at some of the more radical figures elected on Nov. 4, 2014:
The most violently racist internet content isn't found on sites like Stormfront and VNN any more.
Hate and antigovernment 'Patriot' groups are down by about a fifth as activism shifts to cyberspace and lone wolf actions
鈥淭he good old boys they kept their trust despite the rising crime / Clean white robes, good strong ropes, they鈥檙e just doing fine,鈥 sing Ian Stuart and the Klansmen in 鈥淔etch the Rope,鈥 the title track from the band鈥檚 rollicking 1989 release. 鈥淚 said, don鈥檛 give up hope / Well they can cope / Don鈥檛 give up hope / Fetch that rope.鈥