SPLC: 7 Hate Groups In Panhandle

The Southern Poverty Law Center identified a total of 54 hate groups operating in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana in 2010. The Alabama-based human rights group found 15 such groups in Oregon, and 13 each in Washington, Idaho and Montana. Hate groups are defined as those that follow ideologies of the Ku Klux Klan, neo-Nazis, white nationalists, racist skinheads, Christian identity, neo-confederate, black separatist or general hate. By state, in Washington there were two hate groups in the Spokane area, one in the Wenatchee area and 10 in Western Washington. In Idaho, there were seven in the Panhandle, five around Boise and one around Idaho Falls/ Associated Press . More here. (AP file photo of Richard Butler & Aryan Nations)

Question: Are you surprised to see that there are 7 hate groups listed for Idaho Panhandle?