Are far-right groups taking over small-town America?
Are far-right groups taking over small-town America?
ABC News speaks with Sasha Abramsky, author of "Chaos Comes Calling," as he investigates growing extremism in the U.S.
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Here in Oregon, militia groups have been a problem in small rural towns since the 80s.
Have you been to battleground, wa? 😅
Oh, yeah, I helped a school there re-build their library.
They have schools? I thought everyone was homeschooled up there!
Well, that was like 30 years ago... ;)
They must not have built a door on the library 😇
80s?
Southern Washington and the majority of Oregon were hot spots for white supremacist "utopia" migration dating back to before the Civil Rights movement.
As a white dude, it's fucking scary visiting some of those small towns in both states. My wife will even suggest not going to areas due research she's done to verify that were not stepping into a social trap.
I was coming back from Eastern Oregon and stopped for lunch in Umatilla:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umatilla,_Oregon
Bar food, fine, enough to get back on the road. Hit the mens room on the way out.
I shit you not, white power graffiti all over the bathroom. 1" from the floor to 1" from the ceiling.
That's not an accident.