The only choice is to mobilize tendencies that have always been present, though rarely as an organized political force: primarily nativists trembling in fear and hatred, and religious elements that are extremists by international standards but not in the US.
Most importantly, we must together work to confront the roots of extremist violence, including double standards, marginalisation, repression, xenophobia and Islamophobia.
And on Tuesday, they trotted out a group of B-list celebrities in a spot that claimed Franken is an extremist even by the standards of his old profession.
He may be an ideological extremist, even by Arizona standards, but ultimately he's all about making a quick buck, loads of quick bucks, off the stupidity and ignorance of others.
But the EU may need to find a way to enforce minimum political standards, especially if extremists are boosted by the economic crisis and the EU's demands for ever-greater austerity.Peer pressure is the best response.
It's highly probable that the FBI drastically undercounts instances of terrorism perpetrated by right-wing extremists because of cultural double standards.
In a dangerous effort to appease the extremist gun lobby, Mr. Ashcroft has reversed standard F.B.I. procedures so that gun purchase records of suspected terrorists must be kept secret.
Nor did it clarify what, if any, standards it has on which extremist groups are allowed at its hotels and which are not.
Though few here believe that the Taliban will rule anytime soon, the police and residents say that by the standards of counterinsurgency warfare the extremists are doing well.
A few days later, during a meeting with a school administrator, Mr. Loughner said that he had paid for his courses illegally because, "I did not pay with gold and silver" — a standard position among right-wing extremist groups.
