Patriot Action Network

Patriot Action Network was a batshit crazy networking site where any radical right activist could post their opinions or start their own blog and receive validation from fellow wingnuts. The site's stated purpose was to unite Tea Party activists and "patriots". The site appears to have given up the ghost sometime in 2015.
==Conspiracy theories==
Conspiracy theories, ranging from chemtrails, global warming denialism, and the New World Order, to the Illuminati, and NAFTA littered the site.ANONYMOUS ILLUMINATI COMMITTEE 300. Archived from the original at patriotaction.net, 28 April 2012."The photos are proof we tell you!"AHHHH CHEMTRAILS!You didn't think they'd believe in it, did you? Conspiracy theories centered around Barack Obama were especially popular: Birtherism is well-represented,Birthers' Delight - Part 2. Archived from the original at patriotaction.net, 28 December 2010.Obama might not even be his real name as was the fear that Obama is going to take everyone's guns.Obama Has NOT Given Up on Taking Your Guns Away. Archived from the original at patriotaction.net, 21 May 2009.
The site also attacked the theory of evolution.Evolution. Archived from the original at patriotaction.net, 16 May 2009.
==LGBT issues==
Patriot Action Network makes National Review Online look liberal on LGBT issues. They were vehemently homophobic; one blogger believes that "sodomites are a bigger threat to the United States than terrorism".Sally Kerns Oklahoma Representive (R) is Right Sodomy Will Doom America. Archived from the original at patriotaction.net, 25 November 2012. Another encouraged people to harass the President of the Richmond Federal Reserve Bank until the bank took down a gay pride flag that was flying outside.Why Is There a Gay Pride Flag Flying at the Federal Reserve in Richmond, VA? Archived from the original at patriotaction.net, 3 June 2011. Darla Dawald posted "Patriot Action Alerts" about gays being allowed to join the Boy Scouts and supported a petition to continue the ban.What do they call an ACTUAL alert? Archived from the original at patriotaction.net, 4 February 2013.
The attitude towards transgender people is arguably even worse and wacky conspiracy theories about homosexual recruitment were not uncommon.Help Stop The First 'Transexual' Cartoon Being Pushed To Indoctrinate Our Children To Homosexual Lifestyle. Archived from the original at patriotaction.net, 21 June 2013.
==Notable members==
*Darla Dawald:Darla Dawald at c-span.org. The nutty "National Director" of the site. She has promoted the idea that there is a War on Christmas,Do you hear what I hear? No one is saying Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays or Seasons Greetings this year! Archived from the original at patriotaction.net, 19 December 2010. global warming denialism,Al Gore Prevented a US Revolution, Created the internet, and has warned the world about Global Warming. Archived from the original at patriotaction.net, 1 May 2013. and John Hagee's New World Order nonsense.John Hagee, Coming of the New World Order Part 1 of 3. Archived from the original at patriotaction.net, 6 December 2009. She likes to address the site's users as "patriots" and likes exclamation marks even more.
*Sarah Pitta: The Massachusetts state director. Her posts are usually about the progressive War on Christmas and Christianity.Public Schools...The Anti-Christ? Archived from the original at patriotaction.net, 18 December 2009. She's also pushed conspiracy theories around healthcare rationing under ObamaCare and compares Obamacare to Nazi eugenics.Health Care Rationing and Eugenics in New Breast/Cervical Cancer Screening Guidlines (sic) Archived from the original at patriotaction.net, 20 November 2009.
*Carl Gottstein: A moderator on the site who is constantly paranoid that Obama is trying to give illegal immigrants amnesty.BY PRESIDENTIAL DECREE! Obama orders Backdoor amnesty....YOU OK WITH THAT? Archived from the original at patriotaction.net, 20 August 2011.
There are many more members but documenting all their nuttiness just isn't worth the effort.
==See also==
*Free Republic
*WND
==References==
Category:Birtherism
Category:Conspiracy theorists
Category:Denialist websites
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Category:Global warming denialists
Category:Gun nuts
Category:Homophobia
Category:Internet hate sites
Category:Internet kooks
Category:Media
Category:Misnomers
Category:Paleoconservatives
Category:Right-wing activists
Category:Tea Party
Category:Transphobia