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The number of militias in the USA is up at least 37% in just a couple of years.
This quick read gives you a brief overview
Well Regulated: Inside an Indiana Militia
It seems that more and more people on the far right are embracing an alternative reality from the one the vast vast majority of Americans live in preferring to inhabit their own delusional reality that is often potentially dangerous and even rise to criminal eleven as we saw in Nevada and in the Oregon recently.
This article from the Southern Poverty Law Center provides more information showing that the feeble and i,potent response from law enforcement at the Bundy ranch played a significant role in encourage more such in-your-face confrontations from the right.
https://www.splcenter.org/news/2016...-militia-groups-grew-more-one-third-last-year
It appears that some folks have given up on normal political avenues and recognize that their extremist views are in a very tiny minority so they turn to this type of movement as their last desperate tactic to be relevant.
This quick read gives you a brief overview
Well Regulated: Inside an Indiana Militia
It seems that more and more people on the far right are embracing an alternative reality from the one the vast vast majority of Americans live in preferring to inhabit their own delusional reality that is often potentially dangerous and even rise to criminal eleven as we saw in Nevada and in the Oregon recently.
This article from the Southern Poverty Law Center provides more information showing that the feeble and i,potent response from law enforcement at the Bundy ranch played a significant role in encourage more such in-your-face confrontations from the right.
https://www.splcenter.org/news/2016...-militia-groups-grew-more-one-third-last-year
It appears that some folks have given up on normal political avenues and recognize that their extremist views are in a very tiny minority so they turn to this type of movement as their last desperate tactic to be relevant.