Word: extremist
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...urge the government to fix the real problems that cause people to get this angry. If we eliminate the true violation of our rights, then all we have to fight is right-wing extremist paranoia, and we can save a lot of lives...
Fully aware of the danger of its $2.5 million riflery program, the government continues to aid its domestic adversaries by providing extremist groups with cheap weapons, free bullets and Army training facilities. Despite some futile battles in Congress to eliminate the program, it has existed unchecked since its establishment in 1903, when American marksmanship in the Spanish-American War was deemed terribly below standard. The program itself was designed for a blameless purpose then--but that was 92 years ago. Today, such a program is ludicrous, especially since the end of a Cold War that never led to open conflict...
...money, along with the precision and power of the explosion, are leading the feds to believe that McVeigh and his missing accomplice -- still known only as John Doe No. 2 -- were far from lone bombers. Instead the feds suspect the men were members of some sort of organized extremist group that provided them with financial and tactical support. McVeigh, say federal law-enforcement officials, could not have masterminded the plot alone. "He's not smart enough to have thought it would come out the way it did," one investigator told TIME...
...have started fighting for voters, creating such a political hullabaloo that it is difficult to sort things out. As a result, sometimes those who are not the right people get into the State Duma. Therefore, we decided to cut off both the left and the right wings of the extremist movement and create two centrist blocs, because as you understand, one centrist bloc would be too big. This would be a model of the bipartisan system you have had for the past 200 years, resulting in a civilized state based on civilized principles. It will be a powerful force that...
...about to be overthrown by a United Nations force made up of Hong Kong police and Russian troops? It is tempting to dismiss people with such paranoid beliefs as sick, demented individuals. But that doesn't explain the widespread membership in the U.S. in militias and other extremist groups. Experts in psychology and group behavior warn that anyone can fall prey to paranoia-given the right combination of peer pressure and repeated exposure to one viewpoint...