Back during the Ruby Ridge/Waco atrocities the NRA released a statement advising members not to associate with "fringe elements". They got called on that blunder, really quick.
The more decent law abiding American citizens we can muster, the better. Decent and law abiding should be the only criteria.
I definitely agree. We NEED all ‘groups’ to come together. As I said, maybe I could have or should have taken more time to put together my thoughts. I’m not suggesting that various groups DON’T come together, or that we should be afraid of “associating” with different groups, or people, just that we could be heading into “dangerous” territory if we don’t know who the people are that are claiming leadership of this movement...
If we remember ALL POLITICS IS LOCAL - and keep the GRASSROOTS portion of this going - we should be fine. As soon as someone “steps up” and grabs that mike claiming to speak for all of us, well... I’m just VERY wary of things like that.
I mentioned the LP in my post — I have NO PROBLEM with the Libertarian Party, nor any of its members. I am a “small-l” libertarian in philosophy myself! And, yeah, I’ve been called “fringe” MYSELF at times! ;)
To paraphrase an overused Star Wars quote, “I’ve got a bad feeling about this”.