A short while ago, the Vatican agreed with President Barack Obama concerning the need for gun control. Recently, West Point did an in-depth study on conservatives and liberals.
The Combating Terrorism Center at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point released a study warning against American far-right groups, including the anti-federalist movement and strong limited government activists. It was also concerned with the ease with which they so flagrantly can obtain weapons.
The analysis was conducted by West Point Professor and CTC Director of Terrorism Studies Arie Perliger. The report was titled “Challengers from the Sidelines: Understanding America’s Violent Far-Right.”
The report also draws correlation between past mainstream conservatism and what it dubs as today’s violent far-right. The study then goes on to laud liberals as forward-thinking while maintaining that conservatives harbor a more archaic mindset: “While liberal worldviews are future- or progressive-oriented, conservative perspectives are more past-oriented, and in general are interested in preserving the status quo.”
He also characterizes the liberal-democratic system as inclusive and “designed to emphasize civil rights” while far-right ideology inherently “excludes” minorities.
Perliger also identified limited government activists as belonging to one of three categories: “a racist/white supremacy movement, an anti-federalist movement and a fundamentalist movement.”
First, the Vatican aligns with the liberal gun-control advocates, and then the military-breeding West Point applauds the liberal approach to government.
What could be next?
Watch out National Rifle Association: The good guys are coming for you.
Nicholas Zizelis
Bayside
