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IronLionZion

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29. Maybe they can shoot the fire

Wed Jul 27, 2022, 04:23 PM

Jul 2022

instead of getting in the way of people actually helping.

Local officials always coordinate volunteers and aid groups if these guys want to help in good faith. They don't. They want to push their extremist ideologies.

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Militia presence at massive Oak Fire sparks concern - Los Angeles Times [View all] PSPS Jul 2022 OP

Yeah, it seems doubtful these guys are truly altruistic... Wounded Bear Jul 2022 #1

Does sound Rebl2 Jul 2022 #36

This must be nipped in the bud intrepidity Jul 2022 #2

how can one tell the diff tween fake militias and sheriffs/deputies nt msongs Jul 2022 #4

Exactly why it needs addressing, pronto intrepidity Jul 2022 #8

dear LA Times, these are not militias, they are gangs nt msongs Jul 2022 #3

Exactly Demovictory9 Jul 2022 #14

White people with weapons are militias. Black people with weapons are gangs. Probatim Jul 2022 #16

Militias are paramilitary groups. wnylib Jul 2022 #47

Hmmm.... Farmer-Rick Jul 2022 #5

They claim to be originalists circa 1787. Marcuse Jul 2022 #41

Originalists? Like our Supremely Religious Court? Farmer-Rick Jul 2022 #43

There are now city police from surrounding areas up there. onecaliberal Jul 2022 #6

Terrorist groups do this the world over. They "help" those in need and gain a positive attitude Solly Mack Jul 2022 #7

All true, tho one unidentified woman is quoted as saying, "The last thing I'm going to do is take... Hekate Jul 2022 #10

I would hurry on by them too but not everyone will. Solly Mack Jul 2022 #12

Being evacuated from a raging fire has a tendency to rattle one profoundly -- but the seditionists Hekate Jul 2022 #15

They should stay away but then they don't think the way we do. Solly Mack Jul 2022 #18

Agreed! Rebl2 Jul 2022 #37

That's how the religious folk worm their way into crises. erronis Jul 2022 #25

Yes Solly Mack Jul 2022 #26

It's like the drug cartels in Mexico. Elessar Zappa Jul 2022 #31

Yep. Them, too. Solly Mack Jul 2022 #34

Every free dinner at the Salvation Army multigraincracker Jul 2022 #40

Yup. Hamas does this in Middle Eastern countries. wnylib Jul 2022 #48

Yes. Hamas, others. Solly Mack Jul 2022 #50

PR & recruitment duckworth969 Jul 2022 #9

Drove right past their Halloween show. usonian Jul 2022 #11

They're not militias; they're terrorist organizations. Novara Jul 2022 #13

Militia and terrorist organization are not wnylib Jul 2022 #49

We who dare Aviation Pro Jul 2022 #17

Hiding behind the lines while bad mouthing the heros and government agencies on the front lines randr Jul 2022 #19

THIS. TY. NoMoreRepugs Jul 2022 #20

Right!! Traildogbob Jul 2022 #21

Perhaps they have something else in mind. SergeStorms Jul 2022 #22

I'd worry more that the terrorists have embedded inside the LEO ranks. erronis Jul 2022 #27

It should be noted that Sheriff Jeremy Briese has all the signs of a CSPOA NullTuples Jul 2022 #23

Seems pretty simple Zeitghost Jul 2022 #24

Be super-weaponized while offering to help? No. erronis Jul 2022 #30

The very example of Lipstick on a Pig Torchlight Jul 2022 #28

Definitely lipstick on a pig Rebl2 Jul 2022 #39

Maybe they can shoot the fire IronLionZion Jul 2022 #29

Great, we have our own version of ISIS and al-Qaeda. Initech Jul 2022 #32

Come citizen, let the party feed you.... hadEnuf Jul 2022 #33

IMO, this is bullshit. Ferrets are Cool Jul 2022 #35

Oh, Gov. Newsom, please weigh in. BadgerMom Jul 2022 #38

There would be no group... Snackshack Jul 2022 #42

The militia is just desperate to be seen doing something- anything - rather than just parading and Martin68 Jul 2022 #44

Burn Baby Burn. "Echo Company" FU Evolve Dammit Jul 2022 #45

LASD has avowed three percenters among its deputies tishaLA Jul 2022 #46