John Tyler, Right-wing Extremist

The Register-Guard ran a guest viewpoint from some right-wing extremist railing about the DHS report on right-wing extremism in the US in the paper yesterday. Hilarious stuff, if only because John Tyler clearly doesn't see himself as a right-wing extremist and then proceeds to prove step-by step that he is, indeed, crazy a right-wing extremist.

Let's run through it:

Disgruntled doesn’t begin to describe my fury after reading the recently leaked intelligence and analysis assessment from DHS, headed by Janet Napolitano. Titled “Right-Wing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment,” this nine-page document, dated April 7, 2009, in essence profiles nearly half of U.S. voters.

I'm going to go ahead and not even try to point out that the report was commissioned and complied under Bush, as that is beside the point. The point here is that John seems to think that nearly half of the people of the US are just like him. Who is he? Well:

I happen to believe that abortion of an unborn baby is murder. Late-term and partial-birth abortion is barbaric murder. Only in special cases like rape, incest, or likely death of the mother in childbirth should abortion be considered. Otherwise, I believe Roe vs. Wade should be overturned.

Not even close to half of Americans support overturning Roe v. Wadebut we can agree that being anti-choice does not make for extremism.

I believe God intended marriage to be only between one man and one woman. The Bible says so. Period. Every child needs a father and a mother. Not two mothers, not two fathers. Gays, lesbians, transsexuals, bisexuals, transgendered people, and every other sexual variation possible can have their civil liberties. But it’s my firm position that the claim that there is biblical, moral or legal equivalency of their relationships to my own 42-year marriage is rubbish.

Alright, anti-gay marriage. Probably in the mainstream, although maybe not with all the hate. But, again, no real worries so far.

We will never have national security until we control our borders. An employer who knowingly hires illegals should be fined so much that it dries up that source of jobs or forces them out of business. Targeted inspections should be conducted. Illegals who have falsified their records should be immediately deported, along with their families.

Again, John holds some conservative viewpoints, but nothing for the government to worry about.

President Obama wants to turn this country into a socialist state and is creating a sense of dependency on government to solve all our problems. The average taxpayer will finance it all through redistribution of our wealth — i.e., taking it from those of us who work hard and play by the rules and giving it to those who don’t. Their coming taxation is just a form of legalized theft, codified in law.

Okay, thinking Obama is a socialist and that taxation is codified theft puts you in a small minority. Unless John is just taking talking points and going over the top with them. Nothing that Rush doesn't bray about every day.

Because the entire nation of gun owners and hunters is afraid that the Obama administration is going to find a way around the Constitution, or raise taxes on ammo and guns to the point where no one will be able to afford ownership, or that a national registry law will eventually lead to confiscation. I will never, ever, allow my guns to be confiscated, or registered, by this government.

Okay, now we have a problem. John is telling us that he will not comply with a law passed by the United States Congress? And just how will he "not allow" this imagined registration to take place?

We stockpile food in our pantry and our freezer. I have multiple weapons in my home and lots of ammunition. Connect the dots here: I believe we are in the end times, and I believe in end-time prophesies recorded in the Bible by the Apostle John in Revelation. I could no more dismiss this than I could disavow that Christ came to Earth, was crucified for our sins, and resurrected from the dead, or that his death was the gift of grace that we can never earn.

Now we're officially off our rockers. How a man can write those words and think he is writing for "nearly half of U.S. voters" is beyond me. Well, not beyond me, as I follow politics, so I know that there are extremists out there that think they are mainstream, but Obama and the Dems won the big election because of the media or white guilt or the media or some such crap.

Let me say this plain, you John Tyler, are a right-wing extremist whose political views match approximately 1% of the population of the US. Given your position on guns and the fact that you are preparing for the end times, the government has good reason to worry about you. Not so much because the government needs to fear you - it doesn't - but because you are a danger to the vast majority of people around you. Who knows when you will decide that the forces of Satan have taken over and you need to start blasting away?

And thank God Eugene has a "citizen of its community" that gives this yahoo a platform to rant this bullshit.