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The American Right-Wing much, much better armed than the American Left, it is much, much more likely to use those arms on those whom it perceives to be the reason white, fundamentalist Christian males are losing their long-held privileges over minorities. Privileges right-wingers think of as "rights" for them, and "special rights" for anyone who's not them. Secession talk in Texas, the killing of Dr. Tiller, the Holocaust Museum security guard and the killing of three cops in Pittsburgh, PA have surely made the Department of Homeland Security report on right-wing extremism look prescient now, even though it was originally panned by Fox News and other conservative media outlets.

Much the same thing happened when Clinton became president, and it's only more so since the election of Barack Obama. This phenomenon is particularly evident here in Alaska, where gun store owners have proclaimed, "Obama is the best gun salesman I've ever had." I can attest to this attitude from personal experience. I recently went into the Wasilla Sportsman's Warehouse looking for ammo. Asking why the shelves were empty, the guy behind the counter explained the shortage by confiding to me, "Some people think there's gonna be a war." I was tempted to ask him with whom this war was to be fought, but I already knew. Even stranger days may lie ahead.