What makes you an extremist? #IMustBeAnExtremistBecause I want the world to be a better place.?

[Falkland G]

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This is from an article titled "DoD Training Manual: ‘Extremist’ Founding Fathers ‘Would Not Be Welcome In Today’s Military’ "

"“Nowadays,” the manual explains, “instead of dressing in sheets or publicly espousing hate messages, many extremists will talk of individual liberties, states’ rights, and how to make the world a better place.”"

And this is from an article titled "Conservative ‘Extremists’ Force Twitter Trend"

"People who espouse conservative ideologies, such as “wanting to make the world a better place,” were recently surprised to learn a lot of the values they embrace actually make them potential “extremists,” “racists” or “terrorists” in the eyes of the Department of Defense, according to a recently exposed training manual.

In response to the full-frontal demonization campaign, the hashtag #IMustBeAnExtremistBecause has taken off as a trending Twitter topic, with quite a few people making some insanely extremist statements, such as “#imustbeanextremistbecause I believe the Constitution is still relevant,” and “#IMustBeAnExtremistBecause I think the government wastes entirely too much of our money.”"


So what makes you an extremist?

[RockIt]

I am an extremist because I actually believe in meritocracy.

[Sherry Smith]

Well then I must be one because I'm all for individual liberties, states’ rights, and how to make the world a better place. I did read that story and I think it's despicable of our govt

Our politicians sure aren't making it a better place

[Cat]

I'm an -extreme- bookworm.
Why you ask? No one without a psychiatric disorder has ever seen me with out a book!

[evilwax]

I guess what makes me an extremist is that I get very irritated that we don't really dig deep to figure out how to fix our problems. We just point our fingers and blame a certain group when the problem actually goes a lot deeper and eventually makes it to ourselves. Also, nobody can take a joke unless the joke is on somebody different.

[GOPVoterFraud]

i read the bible and koran and keep forgeting the
fairy tales