Extremists and Coatesville

Here in Coatesville we were forced to explore the nuances of the extreme right because they were so very deeply involved in the political climate in Coatesville.

I believe that former and possibly current John Birch Society members bombarded Coatesville voters with false information prior to the 2005 Elections and that they were mostly responsible for the election of the “Bloc of Four” Coatesville City Council members in 2005.  

In most areas of the USA extremist right wing candidates are unpopular and can’t win if the voter turnout is large and reflects the will of the majority of voters. A tactic of extremist right wing politicos is to run their candidates in local off year elections where a low voter turnout is expected. 

Off year election voter turnout is usually very low in Coatesville.  But  the voter turnout in 2005 was extremely low in Coatesville and the candidates promoted by the extreme right won the elections. I believe the extremists got what they wanted. The next four years brought some of the darkest times in the history of Coatesville.

The extreme right is no longer very active in Coatesville politics. But since the election of a black president they have become very active in Chester County politics. Whether the extreme right gains momentum in Chester County government depends mostly on voter turnout.

If voter turnout is low the extreme right in Chester County will make political gains.

Some Dare Call It Conspiracy: The John Birch Society and the SPLC

The political extreme right and their many conspiracy theories, most of which involve a Jewish international cabal of some sort, is something have lived with for a long time in Chester County.

The extremist right wing terrorists that extremist political groups and extremist religious groups may spawn are another thing that we have had and I believe still exist in Chester County.

Two KKK/Skinhead bomb makers from Parkesburg are now doing time for teaching pipe bomb making and plotting to blow up the Peach Bottom Power Plant:

“During the trial, Hull was described as devising plans to bomb abortion clinics, police departments and the Peach Bottom nuclear power plant.”

Agents also recorded a KKK cross-burning ceremony.

"Bullets, bombs, bloodshed and the Bible. That’s the only way we’re gonna to win this," he preached before the ceremony. "Anybody who goes down to their death fighting for this great cause, it’s a one-way trip to heaven."

Read more at Daily Local News:

Klansman faces sentencing on weapons, bomb charges

Published: Friday, February 25, 2005