Patriot Action Network

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'''Patriot Action Network''' was a batshit crazy networking site where ''any'' [[radical]] [[Right-wing|right]] activist could post their opinions or start their own blog and receive validation from fellow [[wingnut]]s. The site's stated purpose was to unite [[Tea Party]] activists and [[Nationalism|"patriots"]]. The site appears to have given up the ghost sometime in 2015.

==Conspiracy theories==
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[[Conspiracy theories]], ranging from [[chemtrail]]s, [[global warming denialism]], and the [[New World Order]], to the [[Illuminati]], and [[NAFTA]] littered the site.<ref>[https://archive.is/4niOc ANONYMOUS ILLUMINATI COMMITTEE 300.] Archived from the original at patriotaction.net, 28 April 2012.</ref><ref>[https://archive.is/EJYoQ "The photos are proof we tell you!"]</ref><ref>[https://archive.is/d3YYN AHHHH CHEMTRAILS!]</ref><ref>[https://archive.is/rVjca You didn't think they'd believe in it, did you?]</ref> Conspiracy theories centered around [[Barack Obama]] were especially popular: [[Birtherism]] is well-represented,<ref>[https://archive.is/f9i0b Birthers' Delight - Part 2.] Archived from the original at patriotaction.net, 28 December 2010.</ref><ref>[https://archive.is/qSEbt Obama might not even be his real name]</ref> as was the fear that Obama is going to take everyone's guns.<ref>[https://archive.is/DHjn9 Obama Has NOT Given Up on Taking Your Guns Away.] Archived from the original at patriotaction.net, 21 May 2009.</ref>

[[Crank magnetism|The site also]] attacked the [[theory of evolution]].<ref>[https://archive.is/OqEzr Evolution.] Archived from the original at patriotaction.net, 16 May 2009.</ref>

==LGBT issues==
Patriot Action Network makes [[National Review Online]] look [[liberal]] on [[LGBT]] issues. They were vehemently [[homophobic]]; one blogger believes that "[[sodomite]]s are a bigger threat to the [[United States]] than [[terrorism]]".<ref>[https://archive.is/3kDNv Sally Kerns Oklahoma Representive (R) is Right Sodomy Will Doom America.] Archived from the original at patriotaction.net, 25 November 2012.</ref> 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.<ref>[https://archive.is/2hYMO 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.</ref> Darla Dawald posted "Patriot Action Alerts" about gays being allowed to join the [[Boy Scouts]] and supported a petition to continue the ban.<ref>[https://archive.is/QvYAP What do they call an ACTUAL alert?] Archived from the original at patriotaction.net, 4 February 2013.</ref>

The attitude towards [[transgender]] people is arguably even worse and wacky conspiracy theories about [[homosexual recruitment]] were not uncommon.<ref>[https://archive.is/pPZaM 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.</ref>

==Notable members==

*Darla Dawald:<ref>[https://www.c-span.org/person/?darladawald Darla Dawald] at c-span.org.</ref> The nutty "National Director" of the site. She has promoted the idea that there is a [[War on Christmas]],<ref>[https://archive.is/e6DZu 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.</ref> global warming denialism,<ref>[https://archive.is/RyDBw 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.</ref> and [[John Hagee]]'s New World Order nonsense.<ref>[https://archive.is/sXYcR John Hagee, Coming of the New World Order Part 1 of 3.] Archived from the original at patriotaction.net, 6 December 2009.</ref> 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 [[Persecution complex|War on Christmas and]] [[Christianity]].<ref>[https://archive.is/c1jX6 Public Schools...The Anti-Christ?] Archived from the original at patriotaction.net, 18 December 2009.</ref> She's also pushed conspiracy theories around healthcare rationing under [[ObamaCare]] and compares Obamacare to [[Godwin's law|Nazi eugenics]].<ref>[https://archive.is/Ptjz8 Health Care Rationing and Eugenics in New Breast/Cervical Cancer Screening Guidlines (sic)] Archived from the original at patriotaction.net, 20 November 2009.</ref>

*Carl Gottstein: A moderator on the site who is constantly paranoid that Obama is trying to give illegal immigrants amnesty.<ref>[https://archive.is/CEEns BY PRESIDENTIAL DECREE! Obama orders Backdoor amnesty....YOU OK WITH THAT?] Archived from the original at patriotaction.net, 20 August 2011.</ref>

There are many more members but documenting all their nuttiness just isn't worth the effort.

==See also==
*[[Free Republic]]
*[[WND]]

==References==
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[[Category:Birtherism]]
[[Category:Conspiracy theorists]]
[[Category:Denialist websites]]
[[Category:Fascism]]
[[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]]

Categories: Birtherism, Conspiracy theorists, Denialist websites, Fascism, Global warming denialists, Gun nuts, Homophobia, Internet hate sites, Internet kooks, Media, Misnomers, Paleoconservatives, Right-wing activists, Tea Party, Transphobia