This is not surprising to me
Except maybe the scale, and immediacy.
But there's nothing like the combination of economic bad times and cultural change to create some nasty fringe groups. And the responses to the failure of Proposition 8 in California are coming from the same source. It all comes down to blame: when times are rough people look around for someone to blame. And there is nothing like the aftermath of a Presidential campaign where phrases like "palling around with terrorists' were dropped by major party candidates to stir the pot. I thought that McCain hit the right chord with his concession speech, but that doesn't mean that some of his supporters (or Obama opposers) were/are in such a conciliatory mood.
So nothing like the initial return of the Republican 'Culture War' to spawn a return to the 90's era of White Pride movements. And if you will recall the culmination to that was Oklahoma City. I can only hope that the SPLC and law enforcement are more aware of things this time around.
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