The FBI s Catholic Canard – WSJ

The Richmond document cites open source reporting as evidence of a growing overlap between the far-right white nationalist movement and some Catholics, and it advocates the exploration of new avenues for tripwire and source development.

Some 70 million Americans are Catholic, and it s no shock that they are a diverse church. The intellectual sloppiness and danger of the report is its embrace of the false leftist political narrative that religiously inspired support of traditional marriage or pro-life views amount to a rising domestic terror threat.

The document is notable for its lack of evidence that radical traditionalist Catholics have done anything to warrant targeting beyond noting that some outside extremists have popped up in places of worship or online forums. This feels like a repeat of the Justice Department s shoddy rationale for targeting parents for objecting to school shutdowns or mask mandates.

The document s open source reporting comes from the Southern Poverty Law Center, which has spent years branding mainstream conservative groups as hate organizations and has no credibility outside progressive circles. The FBI gumshoes also point to articles in Salon and The Atlantic, which shows they need to expand their reading lists.

via www.wsj.com

Good grief.