"I wear as a badge of honor any criticism I receive from the left-wing Southern Poverty Law Center. Neither I nor The League of the South will have anything to do with liberals and socialists who hate the long-standing traditions of Western Christendom, which includes the American South, and the people who uphold and cherish them."
Three Alabama men are among 30 people from around the nation profiled in a report released Wednesday by the Southern Poverty Law Center on what the group characterizes as key leaders of radical right groups.
"Their divisive propaganda, which is being embraced by opportunistic politicians and pundits and exploited for partisan gain, is doing real damage to our country," Mark Potok, senior fellow at the Montgomery-based center and editor of the new report, said in a prepared statement.
Potok said the profiles are not intended to be a definitive list. "The idea was to give a broad synopsis of players today on the radical right scene," he said.
The report is part of the summer 2012 issue of the center's quarterly journal Intelligence Report.
The Alabama men highlighted in the report are Michael Vanderboegh of Pinson, described by the report as a "Patriot leader;" Michael Hill of Killen, with League of the South, described as a neo-Confederate group; and Timothy Turner of Ozark, described as being with the Sovereign Citizens Movement.
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