The new hate: a history of fear and loathing on the populist right

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A history of the role of organized hate in American politics delineates the origins of extreme belief systems as well as the economic and social factors that have contributed to their popularity.;Introduction: birthers, birchers, and death panels -- The paranoid style of hatred -- What is "conspiracy theory?" -- Henry Ford and the protocols of the Elders of Zion -- The apron, the trowel, and the knife in the back -- Freemasonry and the great conspiracy -- The whore of Babylon and stealth Jihad -- The New Deal, the Old Right and the pseudo-conservative revolts -- White supremacy and black separatism -- exceptional hatreds, separate but equal. Introduction: birthers, birchers, and death panels -- The paranoid style of hatred -- What is "conspiracy theory?" -- Henry Ford and the protocols of the Elders of Zion -- The apron, the trowel, and the knife in the back -- Freemasonry and the great conspiracy -- The whore of Babylon and stealth Jihad -- The New Deal, the Old Right and the pseudo-conservative revolts -- White supremacy and black separatism -- exceptional hatreds, separate but equal.