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There are no Oath Keepers, there is no Michigan Militia, there are no 3 Percenters... (Original Post) Dawson Leery Jul 2021 OP
Couldn't agree with you more! This is exactly right. n/t CaliforniaPeggy Jul 2021 #1
I'm with you. FalloutShelter Jul 2021 #5
Yup, no more lipstick on the pig... Blue Owl Jul 2021 #2
All of these terrorists groups were founded to repeal equal rights for racial minorities. Dawson Leery Jul 2021 #3
I'm surrounded by them in... 2naSalit Jul 2021 #4
True. Once you accept them as "Organizations" Mr.Bill Jul 2021 #6
Too bad they aren't black - wearing specific colors marked you as a Blood or a Crip. Probatim Jul 2021 #15
What are they 3% of???? ironman99 Jul 2021 #7
The 'Three Percenters' derives from the erroneous claim... SeattleVet Jul 2021 #10
THAT drew a serious laugh!!!! MyOwnPeace Jul 2021 #12
Actually, the organizational structures make them easier to take down CanonRay Jul 2021 #8
Yes. And they do attract and enlist different types. Law enforcement Hortensis Jul 2021 #9
kick Dawson Leery Jul 2021 #11
10-4 good buddy. and ding ding ding we have a winna. AllaN01Bear Jul 2021 #13
Domestic terrorists who need to be treated accordingly. NOW. No f'in around. nt Evolve Dammit Jul 2021 #14
100% Correct. Snackshack Jul 2021 #16
DT's StClone Jul 2021 #17

Mr.Bill

(24,282 posts)
6. True. Once you accept them as "Organizations"
Tue Jul 6, 2021, 08:09 PM
Jul 2021

you have handed them credibility and status. The next thing you know we will be negotiating with them at the table.

I have watched over the decades how Law Enforcement made this mistake with street gangs. The mere recognition of them increased their power tenfold.

Probatim

(2,525 posts)
15. Too bad they aren't black - wearing specific colors marked you as a Blood or a Crip.
Tue Jul 6, 2021, 09:42 PM
Jul 2021

Didn't matter if you were in the gang or not. Be black, wear red, get arrested.

Guess it helps when the gang members are also police.

I'm tired of these f*ckers getting preferential treatment.

ironman99

(99 posts)
7. What are they 3% of????
Tue Jul 6, 2021, 08:13 PM
Jul 2021

They can't possibly be 3% of the population as that would bee 9,000,000 people. And since there is only 90, maybe 900....

As for the oaf creepers, looking at pictures of them, they all would have failed basic, i.e. physical training, in the military or police academy. That is their only claim to being former military or police.

And when push comes to shove and a "civil war" broke out, most of this morons would be filling their BVDs and crying for mommy when the first shots were fired.

SeattleVet

(5,477 posts)
10. The 'Three Percenters' derives from the erroneous claim...
Tue Jul 6, 2021, 08:49 PM
Jul 2021

that "the active forces in the field against the King's tyranny never amounted to more than 3% of the colonists" during the American Revolution. (Wikipedia)

I prefer to think of it as the actual percentage of brain cells that they may have active at any given time, including those necessary for autonomous functions like respiration and circulation.

MyOwnPeace

(16,925 posts)
12. THAT drew a serious laugh!!!!
Tue Jul 6, 2021, 09:04 PM
Jul 2021
"I prefer to think of it as the actual percentage of brain cells that they may have active at any given time, including those necessary for autonomous functions like respiration and circulation."

CanonRay

(14,101 posts)
8. Actually, the organizational structures make them easier to take down
Tue Jul 6, 2021, 08:16 PM
Jul 2021

Think of Antifa, try to prove a conspiracy there...no structure at all because no such "group" exists. On the other hand the right wing groups had meetings and were financed, and are vulnerable to criminal RICO or other conspiracy charges.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
9. Yes. And they do attract and enlist different types. Law enforcement
Tue Jul 6, 2021, 08:37 PM
Jul 2021

certainly wouldn't find their jobs easier by erasing facts about these groups, or legal definitions of different crimes, including what constitutes terrorism.

People here who want to just call them all terrorists just because it suits are free to, of course.

StClone

(11,683 posts)
17. DT's
Tue Jul 6, 2021, 10:19 PM
Jul 2021

Domestic Terrorists. home grown psychopaths, gun toting nut bags hell bent on fighting the fight for the toxic wealthy.

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