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Michigan Militia Shows it’s Hand

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I have been keeping an eye on the michigan militia website on and off throughout they year as a barometer for all the political stuff that is happening. They are one of the more well-known militias, and maintain a presence online so they are not hard to follow. I thought they were much more neutral than this, but the below post shows otherwise. This is nothing to panic about - their membership is only like 20 people or so based on facebook postings from earlier this year - but just something that I found interesting.

https://michiganmilitia.com/wolverine-watchmen-incident/

Posted Dec 21, 2020, 12:24 PM UTC

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ElTamaulipas•

Most militia types are blowhard. However, for every 100 guys there is always a McVeigh and that is the real danger.

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freeloz•

McVeigh was a sheep-dipped spook - but ya those are def a danger

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spacealienz•

I've never heard that one before. Got any evidence? I read that he washed out of SF on the 2nd day of the 21 day training program. An anti-government spook? He believed the government had put a microchip in his ass.

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HKBFG•

If you lived around here, you would know that there are a lot more than 20 of these fucksticks.

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junk_yard_godVerified Member•

A lot more spread out all over the mitten. Plus smaller groups they work with. Not 1000s, but certainly on the 100s

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Suitable_CapOP•

Yeah, I don’t know. There were about 20 people in the facebook photos for this section earlier this year. I also read an old paper (I think from 2012) that discussed a pretty low membership in the michigan militia - noting that most people did the target shooting qualification and then never returned (similar to what it sounds like Timothy Mcveigh did). So many things have changed since 2012 or even earlier this year so it’s hard to tell - I want to make it clear that my judgement is based on the limited information that I have access to.

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DemocracyStan•

That reads to me like someone trying to put a genie back in the bottle. The rightwing has so universally lost the plot right now that this guy is probably an FBI plant.

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lifeson106•

I like how Republicans are comparing themselves to BLM and being so proud of "remaining peaceful in the face of injustice."

Mother fuckers, you've faced "injustice" for like 6 weeks and have been shooting and stabbing people at your events, not to mention incessantly whining about it! Black people have been facing real injustices in America for HUNDREDS of years and the worst they've done is empty out some storefronts of massively rich corporations who will be reimbursed by insurance companies for their losses! Who are the real violent ones here?

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FeastOfNothing•

Most domestic terrorism is enacted by the radical right wing. The left "riots" and "burns cities" according to them, but they conveniently overlook the fact that the right murders groups of innocent and unsuspecting people to make a statement. Their claim of being peaceful is pure shit.

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ShouldHavePulledOut-•

Paper tigers.

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Suitable_CapOP•

I think most self-proclaimed militias are.

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goldeNIPS•

they do have a track record

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_City_bombing

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Physical-Ad-9711•

The way they're trying to distance themselves sounds like they're really worried about an investigation coming their way.

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