Militia alliance in Georgia signals new phase for extremist paramilitaries

[DonViejo]

Source: Atlanta Journal Constitution


‘We are going to see a lot of this coalition building with some pretty nasty actors,’ says one expert.

By Chris Joyner, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

The leader of a private paramilitary group that provided security for Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said he has formed alliances with other far-right groups to advocate for Georgia’s secession from the union, following the arrests of participants in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.

“The way patriots are now being hunted down and arrested by fellow men and women who have taken the same oath has disheartened any faith I had in the redemption or reformation of the USA as one entity,” Justin Thayer, head of the Georgia III% Martyrs, said in a text exchange with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution this week.

Thayer said the Martyrs have allied themselves with fellow “Three Percenter” militia the American Brotherhood of Patriots and American Patriots USA (APUSA), a north Georgia group headed by Chester Doles, a Dahlonega resident who belonged to various racist and neo-Nazi hate groups before forming the new group in 2019. The combined groups will advocate for Georgia’s secession from the union through an amendment to the U.S. Constitution or through “the collapse of the American experiment,” Thayer said.

“For the last 150 years, the Imperial Yankee culture of the northeast has been molding Georgia — and the South in general — into its ‘perfect’ image,” he said.


Read more: https://www.ajc.com/news/militia-alliance-in-georgia-signals-new-phase-for-extremist-paramilitaries/UD2JMQV5A5EABHHAKBQZBK2IVY/

[jpak]

1. Umm... the South lost

Whupped by those dastardly Yankees.

Get over it.

[ouija]

28. Sounds like a sweetheart

[modrepub]

30. And The Only Reason It Was Close

was the South's use of slave labor to keep its economy going and assist in the war effort. The Confederate army used impressed slaves to build fortifications and generally assist in operations, though slave owners didn't like it and often tried to skirt the government from "seizing" their slaves. Another reason the Emancipation Proclamation was just another war time decision to help end the Civil War as it was to express the basic foundations of the Republic ("all men are created equal&quot .

[Irish_Dem]

2. They always said the South will rise again. I guess they're doing it now.

I wish some of these idiots would travel outside the US to some third world countries to fully grasp how lucky they are.

[CaptainTruth]

45. +1 Watch kids & dogs dig through garbage heaps for scraps of food, it changes you.

At least it changed me.

[Irish_Dem]

46. Exactly. You return home with a deep appreciation of the US.

[bucolic_frolic]

3. So ..

do they have a party platform?

[Bernardo de La Paz]

18. Yes

1. Destroy the United States

2. Destroy the United States and make a new white supremacist country.

3. Destroy the United States and make a new christo-fascist white male supremacist country.

[cagefreesoylentgreen]

38. Their endgame

Their endgame is genocide and re-enslavement of anyone who isn’t white or male.

[Roy Rolling]

4. The South *Is* Rising

Powered by African-American economic gains.

Somebody said it’s people making $40,000 a year who say raising the $7.25 minimum wage will destroy the economy.

The South is rising (economically), and that’s what makes some people mad. They like people to stay in their place.

[jaysunb]

5. Is GITMO still operational ? Nt

[marble falls]

7. Georgia III% Martyrs. Really?

[Ford_Prefect]

17. I'm thinking they are the Georgia version of the suicide squad from Life of Brian.

[COL Mustard]

52. Sounds Like They Took A Page From The Playbook Of

The Martyrs for The Ultimate Liberation Of Palestine (or Angola, Or Indonesia, Or....You Get The Picture).

[ck4829]

55. And if a Muslim even said the word 'Martyr', the whole state of Georgia would go into lockdown

[Ilsa]

8. Fuck these assholes.

Gitmo is too good for them.

[turbinetree]

9. Fuck this asshole and his followers............what oath did this fucker take

Georgia III% Martyrs...........

[CanonRay]

11. A lot of these shitheads are ex-cops and ex-military

Sadly

[turbinetree]

16. They should be brought back into service court martialed and then jailed......

[CanonRay]

26. I think that only applies to officers receiving a pension

[McKim]

27. Yes, We Trained Them!!!!

Yes we trained them. This what we in the Peace Movement call "Bringing the War Home!". They become accustomed to the violence of war and bring it home with them. This is an unintended consequence of our wars of choice abroad. These wars are expensive in more ways than just dollars!

[TigressDem]

61. The "OATH" I think he is referring to is CONGRESS's OATH to defend Constitution....

He's just mad they are defending it AGAINST THEIR INSURRECTION.

He doesn't "get it".

Like others said before, the South lost.


If he is too dumb to figure it out and brings his guns to DC, then he can have a nice cell with 10 other guys just like him.

[reACTIONary]

10. Imperial Yankee Culture of the Northeast....

.... count me in!

[Thekaspervote]

12. Why are they not considered terrorist organizations?? Canada does!!

[HUAJIAO]

34. That pisses me off too.

All these news organizations calling them "militias."

gobbledeegook.. The National Guard is a MILITIA.

[ksactivism]

13. Georgia volatility

Georgia is truly a bizarre state. I am from the midwest and I can't get a grasp for Georgia politics to save my life. It seems like they are all over the place!

[ancianita]

14. First, it's a good way to get the FBI on them.

Second, they misname their alliance & insult the meaning of "martyr" to hide their KKK intent.

No one fighting and dying to preserve white supremacy is a martyr.

They are liars, dividers and threateners.

They pretend to themselves that organizing for patriotism isn't cover for mayhem. MTG included.

Their pretenses hide their danger to Black people, rule of law and even themselves.
They are unconscious.

[TeamProg]

19. The militias aren't interested in democracy because

Democracy is a threat to white supremacy.

They are OK with democracy for whites, but not for all, and they can still keep a straight face and call that "democracy".

They're warped beyond repair.

And if they're slightly religious, they could be an even bigger threat IMHO.

[HUAJIAO]

37. They are not militias. They are terrorists.

[TeamProg]

15. Sounds like a good time for businesses to leave GA!

GA is going to become increasingly destabilized. What nation-wide business needs that?

[penbo]

67. so true!

Mohawk and Syntex sell carpet and textiles around the entire country and world.
Will people really want to support people working for these companies buying these products?
Keeping the citizens of Rome Ga. who all voted for a fascist dictator and a Qanon nut employed?

[orwell]

20. Please proceed...n/m

[EarthFirst]

21. I'd expect quite a few doors have been knocked on recently...

...and if not; I’d expect them to be shortly.

Keep the pressure on these extremist groups; their membership networks; funding sources; etc. -and do not relent in the slightest.

Let them feel the pressure; it will further increase the odds that they attempt to organize.

The first sign that a single law has been broken; pull them in and perp walk every single one of them.

There’s no room for this to gain any further foothold in this country. We already have an extremist group problem; we cannot allow it to get any further organized.

[BadGimp]

22. "Imperial Yankee culture of the northeast"...

Holy crap. They're still fighting the Civil War.

[reACTIONary]

44. Neo-Confederates. I've....

... had the "pleasure" of their acquaintance for some time. Nothing new.

[Rebl2]

23. Time for

homeland security to name these type of groups as terrorists including proud boys.

[Auggie]

24. Dream on, dickheads

[Initech]

25. So the Proud Boys are going full ISIS then? Great.

[Politicub]

29. Terrorists. Round them up and lock them up.

Gitmo is too good for traitors to the United States.

[dalton99a]

31. The All-Oxy Martyr Brigade

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades:

[IronLionZion]

32. Good thing they're not terrorists

[Yeehah]

33. Just makes it easier for the FBI to round them all up

These "militia" people are not intelligent.

[NoMoreRepugs]

35. Please continue to advertise your names and locations to the Federal authorities.

These are some brilliant tacticians.

[Lonestarblue]

36. I hope AG Garland beefs up the FBI to get these groups in jail.

To help in that effort, Dems need to pass some new laws on domestic terrorism and outlaw citizen militias completely. All 50 states already have laws against citizen militias, but they obviously are not being enforced. The Second Amendment does not give militias the right to organize either (District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570, 621 (2008) (citing Presser v. Illinois, 116 U.S. 252 (1886)). In both decisions, the Supreme Court decided that the Second Amendment “does not prevent the prohibition of private paramilitary organizations.”

All 50 states prohibit private, unauthorized militias and military units from engaging in activities reserved for the state militia, including law enforcement activities. The militias tried some law enforcement by appearing at BLM protests to help the police and intimidate protesters, and they were allowed to get away with it. For the most part, though, they seem more intent on government tyranny. Right-wing writers and militias have used the argument that the Second Amendment gives them the right to organize to fight tyranny by the government, even though it clearly does not according to the opinions cited above.

Here is a link to an interesting Atlantic article from 2011 debunking the whole Second Amendment argument. Here’s an interesting paragraph about the notion of insurrection that we certainly recognize today.

“But that image of a Mad Max republic lives on in the fringes of the national imagination. It is what authors Joshua Horwitz and Casey Anderson call "the insurrectionist idea," the notion that the Constitution enshrines an individual right to nullify laws an armed citizen objects to. Its most prominent recent expression came from Senate candidate Sharon Angle, who predicted that if she was unable to defeat Democratic Sen. Harry Reid at the ballot box (which she couldn't), citizens would turn to "Second Amendment remedies"--in essence, assassination. Rand Paul also likes to hint that the remedy for rejection of his libertarian policies may be hot lead.”

https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/06/constitutional-myth-6-the-second-amendment-allows-citizens-to-threaten-government/241298/

[cactusfractal]

39. "Georgia Martyrs"?

Sounds better as "Al-Shuhada' Jurjia".

I mean, same thing but for the direction they read their holy book and BBQ.

[Nitram]

40. Makes them more visible and easier to find and monitor.

[godfree2]

41. still fundraising & recruiting via Patreon & Discord?

[HUAJIAO]

42. Good article. Thanks for posting the link.

[tiredtoo]

43. They already tried this 160 years ago

Didn't work out well for them then and it won't work out well for them now.

[CaptainTruth]

47. Do they not realize THEY can just secede? Pack your stuff & leave!

[msongs]

48. they are NOT militias. media perpetuating a lie once again nt

[Solly Mack]

49. "Lost Cause" ideology salves the pride of the forever losers.

Dangerous people with their revenge fantasies, their lifetime grievances of a well nurtured persecution complex, and their fear-driven delusions of someone taking their guns.

Terrorist group. Nothing but.

One big terrorist group.

[4Q2u2]

50. Love it of Leave it!

"If they don't like the way America is, they can all move back to Africa"

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

[TigressDem]

60. Africa don't want them either. nt

[4Q2u2]

64. I know

Just wanted to burn them with their own words.

I hear Antarctica is wonderful this time of year.

[TigressDem]

65. LOL - They can TUX up and march with the Penguins!! nt

[Marthe48]

51. I'd like to see a movie

an update to Its a Wonderful Life. The idiot militias intent on destroying the U.S.A. get hit on the head, enter a fantasy world and go right to jail. Because in their dream world, the U.S.A. never existed and no other country in the world would let them get away with their nonsense.

(see putin/russia/opponent jailed. See Myanmar. See any regime anywhere in the world)

[Evolve Dammit]

53. Go for it Cult 45. Burn in hell.

[flotsam]

54. Does it occur to these clowns

That to be a "Georgia 3% Martyr" they need to be dead?

[hadEnuf]

56. The words "patriot' or even "militia" do not even remotely describe what these scum are.

They are sworn enemies of the United States who are amassing weapons and people to threaten and carry out violence against American citizens.

They are terrorists organizations and should all be destroyed.

No more coddling or making excuses for these enemies. Period.

[Progressive Jones]

57. When the only thing you know how to do is shoot a gun... nt

[Captain Zero]

58. The Martyrs?

Self fulfilling any?

[TigressDem]

59. Yeah, you can call it KKK or you can call it 3%er or APUSA but racist bastard BS is what it is.

MORE GEORGIANS VOTED BLUE.

THAT is WHY Biden WON.

GEORGIA may ask Y'all to find some other state to make nasty with, do declare the turd blossoms are blooming early this year.

Bless their little hearts.





Shout out to all the DU DEMs in Georgia.

Did I get my Southern syntax right?

Just a damn Yankee, but I try.

[cntrfthrs]

62. excellent...get them all together...

then terminate them all...problem solved.

[Corgigal]

63. Someone is shopping for

that sweet federal informant money.

Ha.

[FormerOstrich]

66. secession, pfffft

Which of these brainiacs are going to establish new currencies, trade agreements, tax authorities, food distribution, and other essential country-of-your-own kind of things.

I'm thinking they haven't thought this thru very well.