Rightwing Militias A Growing Threat?

[Dondilion]

Originally Posted by Oerets

The MAGA crowd is gonna be around for sometime.
The current focus at the center of will matter little in the long run. He is not the driving force rather the distraction. Others are pulling the strings and planning. He is just the one now being used to distract the masses. For all he cares about is being adored and pampered.

Once gone another will come forth. Manufactured by the handlers to feed the MAGA Cult.

Once gone infighting and fracturing will occur.

[init4fun]

Originally Posted by Dondilion

Once gone infighting and fracturing will occur.

Don, I do believe the MAGA movement has already fractured the Republican party. There are the very vocal MAGAs, and then there are other Republicans who see the MAGA "movement" for the farce that it is. Respectable Republicans like Mitt Romney and Charlie Baker will have nothing to do with Trump and his movement, neither will Liz Cheney and others.

I'm not much of a fan of the "party" system anyway, I believe it should be "The Party of the United States of America, period. But, if we're gonna have what's essentially a two party system, I'd much rather see two healthy parties, led by the centrists among them seeking to find common ground VS dividing the country. I do believe right now it's the Democrats seeking that common ground, and the (MAGA) Republicans determined to burn that TO the ground.

I too believe there will be "interesting times" ahead, as the "Tea Party" which has morphed into "MAGA" again morphs into something far more sinister, something like armed militias threatening FEMA officials, for instance.

[RickeyM]

On that last part, the armed militias threatening FEMA workers thing. What was the hoped for result? Was/is chasing off the FEMA workers was/is the aim? To what end? Someone help me out here because I'm not up on MAGA think.

[Rajoo]

Originally Posted by RickeyM

On that last part, the armed militias threatening FEMA workers thing. What was the hoped for result? Was/is chasing off the FEMA workers was/is the aim? To what end? Someone help me out here because I'm not up on MAGA think.

So the MAGAts can claim that Biden and by extension Harris did not help those displaced by Hurricane Helene. Earlier today there were commenters on WaPo claiming that SBA running out of money is Biden's fault, not the House or its leader not funding the program.

[RickeyM]

Originally Posted by Rajoo

So the MAGAts can claim that Biden and by extension Harris did not help those displaced by Hurricane Helene.

Cutting off one's nose to spite one's face all to please the Mango Mussolini.
Yeah, cults are like that.

[Rajoo]

Originally Posted by RickeyM

Cutting off one's nose to spite one's face all to please the Mango Mussolini.
Yeah, cults are like that.

There is a side benefit here too, it the Republicans can blame Biden, then short funding FEMA works with their overall plan.

[RickeyM]

They're already blaming Biden, Biden and Harris.

[Pio1980]

His Country Trained Him to Fight. Then He Turned Against It. More Like Him Are Doing the Same

https://www.military.com/daily-news/...same.html?amp=

[bobabode]

A deeper look at what sparked this thread. Well worth the read.

'How a conspiracy-fueled group got a foothold in this hurricane-battered town'
"Over the course of 11 days, a supermarket parking lot became a snapshot of the chaos that can unfold in some corners of post-disaster America." WaPo

"LAKE LURE, N.C. — It started with hot coffee.

Hurricane Helene had just cut off this already isolated foothill town from everything: power, water, information. Paralyzed, the only thing that residents Carin Harris and Hilary Yoxall could think to do was post up outside their Ingles supermarket and hand out something warm. Soon, donations began to pour in, and a makeshift supplies distribution center emerged from a parking lot off the main two-lane road."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/weath...battered-town/

p.s. If you're a constant complainer about paywalls? Google will happily show you many ways around paywalls. I happen to have a sub to the Post.