1955: When Militia Meant “The Good Guys”

JohnJacobH RKBA Commentary ^ | 08/07/09 | JohnJacobH RKBA Commentary

[Copernicus]

Did you hear it?

A real shocker.

Embedded in popular culture, broadcast every week for four years, broadcast for years afterwards in reruns, now available on Youtube, the word “Militia” used as an honorific, not an expletive.

[Copernicus]

Seems the "truth really is out there" in old TV programs and movies.

Best regards to all,

[GeronL]

That is very interesting

[LearsFool]

Hmm, “militia”...When men shoulder the responsibility themselves instead of always farming it out to “professionals”.

Yes, I guess you’d have to go back half a century to find that - or to find it applauded in America anyway.

[Copernicus]

I would love to know which States referred to their highway patrol as "militia"

Best regards,

[myknowledge]

Patriots are the most noble nationalists of all time.

[GeronL]

That would be an interesting project

[GeronL]

I can't find anything. I think they might have meant the National Guard

[guitarplayer1953]

Is there real true Militia out thee like in the 1700 when the constitution was written? Not a bunch of wackos but patriots who are willing to defend the constitution?

[FreedomPoster]

One man’s “whacko” is another man’s patriot.

[Dayman]

Define your use of “wacos” and “Patriots.” Anyone who is willing to take up arms against an oppressive gov’t or their agents is a patriot to some and a waco to others. Arms can be anything from guns, explosives, etc.

Was Tim McVeigh a patriot or a wacko?
Where do you draw a line of diffrentiation?

[Lurker]

Try reading the Militia Act sometime. You might be shocked to find out who is legally defined as ‘The Militia’.

[Dayman]

I’m not advocating violence, I only ask because those two terms can mean anything from one person to another and you threw them out there without any sort of explenation.

[guitarplayer1953]

Wacko:

White supremacist

NeoNazi

black panthers

Anti Jewish.

I think from this short list you can catch my drift.

[Copernicus]

Not a bunch of wackos but patriots who are willing to defend

Well,if you are between 18 and 45 you are in the militia, so you tell me.

Best regards,