Are they trying to declare everyone an 'Extremist'?

It sure seems that way. [Link]

Perhaps this broad-ranging assault on political thought will wake up the Left to the noxious ideological bent of Napolitano’s DHS. It should at least give Chris Dodd something to do, since he scored big political points on Hillary Clinton for her support of Eliot Spitzer’s plan to give licenses to illegal aliens. Is Chris Dodd being trailed by DHS?

(U) anti-immigration extremism: (U//FOUO) A movement of groups or individuals who are vehemently opposed to illegal immigration, particularly along the U.S. southwest border with Mexico, and who have been known to advocate or engage in criminal activity and plot acts of violence and terrorism to advance their extremist goals. They are highly critical of the U.S. Government’s response to illegal immigration and oppose government programs that are designed to extend “rights” to illegal aliens, such as issuing driver’s licenses or national identification cards and providing in-state tuition, medical benefits, or public education.

The definition of right-wing extremism is back:

(U) rightwing extremism: (U//FOUO) A movement of rightwing groups or individuals who can be broadly divided into those who are primarily hate-oriented, and those who are mainly antigovernment and reject federal authority in favor of state or local authority. This term also may refer to rightwing extremist movements that are dedicated to a single issue, such as opposition to abortion or immigration.

The following demographics get mentioned, but not Muslims:

• White nationalists
• Black nationalists
• Mexican nationalists
• Puerto Rican nationalists
• Violent religious sects
• Jewish extremism

Hey, I’m not going to argue that there aren’t threats within all of these groups, and at least this focuses on actual known groups rather than just political discourse. But doesn’t this list seem a little … incomplete? And is Jewish extremism really more of a threat than Muslim extremism? Here in the Twin Cities, we haven’t seen Jewish immigrants suddenly disappear and conduct suicide bombings in Somalia. Isn’t DHS just a wee bit curious about that?

According to Raw Story, DHS recalled this memo as soon as it went out in late March, which makes their April 7 memo on right-wing extremism even less understandable. If this is the quality of work being done at DHS, then Janet Napolitano needs to get the axe — and she’s not alone.

Either they believe there are NO Muslim extremists or they have fear of being attacked by them. Sounds pretty extreme to me.