Watchdog groups fear increased violence from these organizations as they grow. But perhaps an even greater fear is that the new public relations strategy will let neo-Nazis recast themselves as just another voice on the political spectrum — even when that voice might be advocating genocide.

Watching with mounting alarm, civil rights monitors say these tactics stake out a much bolder, more public role for many hate groups, which are trying to shed their image as shadowy extremists and claim more mainstream support.

Look at some of the places they are getting mailing lists:

The National Alliance even bought a membership list and mailing labels from the Florida Bar Association last year so it could send an eight-page recruitment letter, complete with anti-Semitic cartoons, to 2,500 criminal defense lawyers.

Should groups sell their mailing lists to everyone? Should they use case by case judgment and retain the right to say no in particular instances? Or should they make a pre-emptive strike by turning down the sometimes very-much needed money they get from mailing lists, and refuse to sell the lists to anyone.

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