Posted on Nov 10, 2014

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In the past few years an organization has surfaced called the Oath Keepers which is basically a bunch of military and 1st responders who swear to uphold their oath to defend the constitution and will not follow unlawful orders. The SPLC or Southern Poverty Law Center has labeled them as a extremist organization and have given similar designations to other organizations. What are your thoughts on the Oath Keepers organization, the SPLC, and SPLC's designation of law abiding organizations as "extremist"?

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CMSgt Marcus Falleaf

Posted 2 y ago

SPLC began as a good idea, but like most of the woke ideas, became the very thing that they fought against

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SGM (Join to see)

Posted 2 y ago

I know this post is 7 years old but clearly SPLC was on to something I think......

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LTC Eugene Chu

Posted 2 y ago

Fast forward several years and Oath Keeper leaders are indicted for seditious conspiracy based on planning violence that occurred on January 6th, 2021...
https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/leader-oath-keepers-and-10-other-individuals-indicted-federal-court-seditious-conspiracy

Leader of Oath Keepers and 10 Other Individuals Indicted in Federal Court for Seditious...

WASHINGTON – A federal grand jury in the District of Columbia returned an indictment yesterday, which was unsealed today, charging 11 defendants with seditious conspiracy and other charges for crimes related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, which disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress that was in the process of ascertaining and counting the electoral votes related to the presidential election.

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CSM Thomas McGarry

Posted 7 y ago

I can tell you that the Southern Poverty Law Center is a very Left leaning organization. If you don't believe me go to their web site and check out how many left leaning extremist organizations it has listed as extremist organizations. I can't believe that the Army used to feature the head of the SPLC in some of it's training films etc on gang affiliation in the military. One would think from these films that the SPLC was an unbiased organization formed to help combat hate crime etc. At one time they attempted to have the NRA labeled a extremist organization but the outcry was so loud they had to renege on that attempt.

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CSM Thomas McGarry

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FYI--Good info on the SPLC:
http://splcinfo.com/hate-map/?gclid=CLTohfySkdUCFQi1wAod2J4J-A

SPLC Hate Map - Southern Poverty Law Center | SPLCinfo.com

The SPLC Hate Map is used not only to display hate groups in America but also to defame groups with a different agenda than Southern Poverty Law Center.

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I hadn't heard about Oath Keepers, SSG(P) (Join to see), so I looked for some info on the web. Here's a pretty good article: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/10/15/oath-keepers-bring-on-the-collapse.html

The SPLC describes the Oath Keepers as "domestic terrorists waiting to happen." And the Oath Keepers say they only want to preserve our country.

From what I've read, I do understand the extremist argument against Oath Keepers. The ten orders they won't obey (http://oathkeepers.org/oath/2009/03/03/declaration-of-orders-we-will-not-obey/) seem a bit far-fetched to me. I guess I could be naïve, but do we really think that sort of stuff is going to happen? That's mostly a rhetorical question.

I wonder what others on RallyPoint thing about this organization. I'd like to hear more.

Oath Keepers: Bring On the Collapse!

A group called the Oath Keepers wants Americans to form armed ‘citizen preservation’ teams before the coming societal breakdown. Caitlin Dickson talks to the movement’s leader.

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