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Veterans Fortify the Ranks of Militias Aligned With Trump's Views
NYT ^ | 12Sept20 | Jennifer Steinhauer

Posted on 09/12/2020 4:15:10 PM PDT by qaz123

WASHINGTON — Emboldened by President Donald Trump’s campaign platform of law and order, militia groups have bolstered their strength before Election Day by attracting military veterans who bring weapons and tactical skills viewed as important to the organizations.

The role of veterans in the newly proliferating militia groups — which sometimes are steeped in racism and other times steeped simply in anti-government zealotry — has increased over the last decade, said a dozen experts on law enforcement, domestic terrorism and extremist groups.

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TOPICS: Conspiracy; Society
KEYWORDS: dsj03; fakenews; falseaccusations; gossip; hens; lawandorder; lawenforcement; militia; newyorkmythology; newyorkslimes; stolenvalor; tds; trump; veterans
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To: qaz123
Sure there are still some good ol’ boys toting quite a few extra pounds...

And a few extra years. Maybe my footwork isn't as quick and fancy as it used to be, but that's why I've been working on my skills with a scoped 30-06, the same reason that I carried an M60 hog when I was in the infantry: I want to reach out and touch someone long before it becomes hand-to-hand. I've gotten to the point where I can consistently put 10 rounds downrange at a 300-yard target and cover the shot pattern with a playing card. Now, I'm trying for 350 ...

41 posted on 09/12/2020 5:49:48 PM PDT by BlueLancer (Orchides Forum Trahite - Cordes Et Mentes Veniant)
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To: qaz123

You know, Qaz, putting mikes in the scum and their parents, etc, is a very good idea—to use an old fashioned pool players phrase, it woudd be “reverse English” wouldn’t it?

I remember William F. Buckley saying that we don’t know or use shame anymore, and freedom needs it if we want to save civilzation. Exposure generates shame. For example the violent left is exposing themselves, and I’m more and more optimistic we are turning the corner to winning the influential war, which I thought was lost before PDJT came into office and gave us a shot of testesterone. The Eagle’s health and influence suits me to a “T”


42 posted on 09/12/2020 5:50:22 PM PDT by sciencewriter86
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To: qaz123

Predictable drivel.


43 posted on 09/12/2020 6:11:46 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: qaz123

So according to the NYT...vets are racist losers....

Ooook..... apparently the left is upset our vets arent marxists.


44 posted on 09/12/2020 6:14:22 PM PDT by Crim (Palin / West '16)
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To: qaz123

After months of left-wing rioting, arson, and looting, the NYT is (of course) raising the alarm about “right-wing militias.” This reinforces my belief that one of the reasons for the left-wing violence is to provoke a violent reaction from the right, thereby giving the left an opportunity to claim that the REAL problem is right-wing violence.


45 posted on 09/12/2020 6:18:01 PM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: qaz123

take solace in the fact they, and their masters fear us.


46 posted on 09/12/2020 6:27:24 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: qaz123

They are scared to death that patriots will rise up and defeat their loved ones in ANTIFA, BLM and the Dim o craps. And we are fast approaching that time.


47 posted on 09/12/2020 6:27:26 PM PDT by Midwesterner53
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To: lurk

Read up on 4GW.
4th generation warfare.
A common mistake is to be fighting the last
war, not the new one.
Just a thought.
I don’t think it will get to that,
and I’d never violate any Federal, State, or
Local laws, nor would I suggest people do so.
But the future is here, now.


48 posted on 09/12/2020 6:46:07 PM PDT by rellic
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To: qaz123
The role of veterans in the newly proliferating militia groups — which sometimes are steeped in racism and other times steeped simply in anti-government zealotry

Good thing Antifa isn't anti-government!

49 posted on 09/12/2020 6:46:25 PM PDT by Zionist Conspirator (Modernism began two thousand years ago.)
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To: Steve_Seattle
"This reinforces my belief that one of the reasons for the left-wing violence is to provoke a violent reaction from the right, thereby giving the left an opportunity to claim that the REAL problem is right-wing violence."

A few more run ins like happened with Rittenhouse or the McCloskeys will quickly demonstrate who has the upper hand tactically. Right now the authorities are interfering mainly in favor of the rioters. That could change.

50 posted on 09/12/2020 7:25:17 PM PDT by William Tell
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To: qaz123
"But there seems to be a movement of the complete opposite of what you’re talking about."

Only in the imaginations of people who know too much about television shows and nothing about prior servicemen from battle focused combat training specialties.

51 posted on 09/12/2020 9:34:37 PM PDT by familyop ( "Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy".)
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To: rellic
I’d never violate any Federal, State, or Local laws, nor would I suggest people do so.

A problem is there are so many laws on the books now the average American commits 3 felonies per day. This empowers the government to arrest any American that annoys them, lock them up in a cage for ransom, and at a minimum, financially destroy them. Stalin's secret police chief said "show me the man and I'll show you the crime". Now the USA is listing to port. Government inspectors will be arriving to check all your mattresses for tags.

52 posted on 09/12/2020 10:40:37 PM PDT by Reeses (A journey of a thousand miles begins with a government pat down.)
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To: qaz123

What we are NOT seeing is an influx of former officers. We are getting enlisted men from every generation from Vietnam to present day. But officers are not showing up. That will be a problem.


53 posted on 09/12/2020 10:42:00 PM PDT by Salvavida
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To: Tell It Right
Blame Lighter Melanin

LOL, love it!

Also:
Burn. Loot. Murder.
and
Bitter Little Marxists

54 posted on 09/12/2020 10:47:56 PM PDT by nutmeg (Mega prayers for Rush Limbaugh)
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To: qaz123

The article that you posted is only an attempted distraction from the real problem: the drug trade that’s protected by Democrats. That’s what Antifa, BLM and all of those rioting groups are about (drugs). The violence against police and others is not caused by veterans, American “rednecks,” or by other law-abiding residents who have firearms. It’s caused by criminal drug addicts and dealers.

The canard in places like New York about militias existing in many rural locales west of the Hudson is a myth. In most of these communities by far, there are no civilian militias. There are, however, many armed drug gangs. Investigate, arrest and convict them, and the violence rates will go down along with the commie rioters and much of the Democrat base (addicts).


55 posted on 09/12/2020 10:54:16 PM PDT by familyop ( "Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy".)
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To: qaz123

Veterans join and form militias after they can no longer tolerate Democrats support the mobs of ANTIFA/BLM people for months: riot, burn, loot cities, shoot police, destroy cities, attack citizens, start wildfires. While left wing democrat controlled national media support mobs of rioters looters and anarchists destroying America and the media gives them cover, real patriots see the real truth of the marxists ANTIFA and BLM mobs and as a result veterans are joining more militias. There corrected the the NYT story.


56 posted on 09/12/2020 10:57:13 PM PDT by Mat_Helm
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To: Salvavida
But officers are not showing up. That will be a problem.

I always felt we did just fine, if the officers stayed the heck away from us, and didn’t come, unless we called them. 😁👍

57 posted on 09/12/2020 11:27:17 PM PDT by Mark17 (USAF Retired. Father of a US Air Force commissioned officer, and trained Air Force combat pilot.)
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To: Mark17

I felt that way too all the way to E-5. Then I realized why officers are needed. We will not make it without them.


58 posted on 09/13/2020 12:06:33 AM PDT by Salvavida
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To: jonascord

“Funny thing about civil wars. They are FILLED with hate, and no ROEs.”

The very definition of civil war. Savagery and barbarism reign. Not pretty.


59 posted on 09/13/2020 3:35:51 AM PDT by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: ocrp1982

That says more about the FBI than it does about the Oath Keepers.


60 posted on 09/13/2020 3:39:15 AM PDT by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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