Reply #21: These are not militias.

[sulphurdunn]

They are white supremacist and neo-fascist gangs. They are the spawn of the KKK mentality, recruited from the ranks of frightened and disillusioned white people of limited education and economic means. They fused with fascist and corporate traitors to undermine the New Deal in the 1930s. They tend to subside when Republicans control government and reemerge during Democratic transcendence. The are the de facto Brown Shirts of Wall Street. They are aided, abetted, agitated and covered by corporate media when progressive politics mounts any threat to the status quo. They are intended to run interference for right wing politicians and to intimidate liberals but not to challenge the power elite. Sometimes they slip the leash: Oklahoma City, 4/19/1995. They are being ginned up for that again.