This is an especially useful concept since the same type of paramilitary far right groups that assisted government agencies in spying on civil rights and antiwar dissidents in the 1960's were busy forming anti-government armed militias and blowing up federal buildings in the 1990's. It is erroneous to conclude that since there are often shared themes on the right that all right-wing groups work together. The far right views both the activist right and conservative right as weak-willed wimps or active agents of the global conspiracy to enslave patriotic White Americans. Far right groups such as the LaRouche network, Liberty Lobby, and the Christian Identity movement attempt to join more moderate activist right and conservative coalitions, but guilt by association is unethical and inaccurate, despite its popularity as a direct-mail fundraising pitch by liberal watchdog groups. It is not fair to presume that all conservatives are on a slippery slope toward reaction, nor that all reactionaries are inevitably borne on a transmission belt toward fascism.
Migrations do occur, but they occur in both directions, just as on the left.
A number of analysts over the years have suggested variations of a chart that arrays political groups on multiple dimensions. When analyzing any social or political movement multiple aspects must be assessed independently with an eye toward establishing where on a polar continuum the movement is currently located. The polar dimensions listed in Chart Four are just a few of the more important dimensions that can be considered. To make matters even more complicated, any movement will experience drift back and forth along these continuums over time. A complex analysis must consider topic, method, and historic moment.