DEFENSE DEPARTMENT EDUCATION MATERIALS WARN OF ‘EXTREMISTS’ THAT SPEAK OF ‘INDIVIDUAL LIBERTIES, STATES’ RIGHTS, AND HOW TO MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE’

08/26/13

U.S. Department of Defense education materials obtained by Judicial Watch, a conservative watchdog group, warn of “extremists” that will “talk of individual liberties, states’ rights, and how to make the world a better place.” Judicial Watch and other conservative media outlets claim the disclosure indicates the department is teaching that conservative views are “extremist” in nature.

The guide is reportedly authored by the Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute, a Defense Department-funded diversity training center. Further, the documents cite the left-leaning Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) when identifying “hate groups.”

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