Domestic Extremism Lexicon

The '''Domestic Extremism Lexicon''' is a reference aid released by the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that defines different classifications of domestic extremists. The document was released on March 26, 2009, but was pulled only weeks later.<ref name="CohenConnon2015">{{cite book|author1=David S. Cohen|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YvVgBwAAQBAJ&pg=PT224|title=Living in the Crosshairs: The Untold Stories of Anti-Abortion Terrorism|author2=Krysten Connon|date=13 April 2015|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-937757-2|pages=224–}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite book |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/antiimmigrationi0002unse_y1w1/page/510/mode/2up?q=%22Domestic+Extremism+Lexicon%22 |title=Anti-Immigration in the United States: A Historical Encyclopedia |publisher=Greenwood Press |year=2011 |isbn=978-0-313-37522-4 |location=Santa Barbara |chapter=White Supremacy}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Johnson |first=Daryl |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZHuIrchi2HEC&dq=%22Domestic+Extremism+Lexicon%22&pg=PA190 |title=Right Wing Resurgence: How a Domestic Terrorist Threat is Being Ignored |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |year=2012 |isbn=978-1-4422-1896-3 |language=en}}</ref> The report identifies six types of active white supremacist groups in the U.S.<ref name=":0" />

The report resulted in backlash, with several right wing congress members complaining it was biased and military supporters concerned about what it said of veteran's potential for radicalization. Among the criticized aspects of the report was its conflation of anti-abortion with right wing extremism and terrorism. The DHS responded to the controversy by retracting the report; one commentator accused them of backtracking on this point.<ref name="CohenConnon2015" /> A revised edition was going to be released the next year, but fearing another controversy it was delayed and eventually shelved.<ref name=":1" /> ==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [https://fas.org/irp/eprint/lexicon.pdf DHS Domestic Extremism Lexicon] * [https://fas.org/irp/eprint/rightwing.pdf Rightwing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence In Radicalization and Recruitment] 7 April 2009

Category:Terrorism in the United States Category:United States Department of Homeland Security Category:Extremism