Defense Department guide calls Founding Fathers 'extremist' | The Daily Caller
Posted by gwcalvert 10 years, 8 months ago to Government
Founding Fathers were extremists, but hardly a mention of Islamic Fundamentalism in guide.
A Department of Defense teaching guide meant to fight extremism advises students that rather than “dressing in sheets” modern-day radicals “will talk of individual liberties, states’ rights, and how to make the world a better place,” and describes 18th-century American patriots seeking freedom from the British as belonging to “extremist ideologies.”
A Department of Defense teaching guide meant to fight extremism advises students that rather than “dressing in sheets” modern-day radicals “will talk of individual liberties, states’ rights, and how to make the world a better place,” and describes 18th-century American patriots seeking freedom from the British as belonging to “extremist ideologies.”
"f. 9-11 – On September 11, 2001, a series of coordinated attacks on America by al Qaeda followers who hijacked planes and crashed them into the Twin Towers of the
World Trade Center and the Pentagon left 2,974 people dead. A fourth plane destined
for Washington D.C. was taken over by passengers and crew members who willingly
sacrificed their lives in order to divert the attack."
Moving right along ...
"Dualism worldview
Extremists tend to see the world in terms of absolute good and evil, for them or
against them, with no middle ground or intermediate position. All issues are
ultimately moral issues of right and wrong, good or bad, with the right and good
positions coinciding with their interests.
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g. Tendency to argue by intimidation
...
i. Assumption of moral superiority over others
The most obvious assumptions are claims of ... Less obvious are claims of ennoblement because of alleged victimhood, a
special relationship with God, or membership in a special or elite class and a kind of
aloof high-minded snobbishness that accrues because of the weightiness of their
preoccupations, their altruism, and their willingness to sacrifice themselves (and
others) to their cause.
j. Doomsday thinking
Extremists often predict dire or catastrophic consequences from a situation or from a
failure to follow a specific course, and they tend to exhibit a kind of crisismindedness. It can be a Communist takeover, a Nazi revival, nuclear war,
earthquakes, floods, or the wrath of God. Whatever it is, it is just around the corner ... "
I recommend that you goto the source and download the document for your own files.
I did.