'Sovereign citizen' movement now on FBI's radar

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24. It's a marriage made in heaven...

But what really makes them kinda scary compared to your straight White Supremacist is the extent to which they become true believers:

Writing the court, Garrison’s wife also styled her name and pleadings in line with arguments put forward by sovereign citizens around the country. To support their anti-government ideology, adherents to the movement have created a fanciful legal history of the United States and adopt unusual legal language they believe protects their status as “sovereign” citizens.

The law of the sea, they contend, has replaced what they call “common law” – not to be confused with the widely understood concept of common law – that was, in the sovereign citizen’s view, envisioned by the nation’s founders. Under their conspiracy theory, judges form the heart of the scheme to enslave Americans.

“They … believe that judges around the country know all about this hidden government takeover but are denying the sovereigns’ motions and filings out of treasonous loyalty to hidden and malevolent government forces,” the IRS special agent told the court.

“Under common law, or so they believe, the sovereigns would be free men. Under admiralty law, they are slaves, and secret government forces have a vested interest in keeping them that way.”

Your average Neo-Nazi often knows that most of society thinks he's a douchebag, but these guys think they're above it all. You start combining that fatalism into the Militia movement and it fast gets out of hand. How else do you get people conspiring to the launch a ricin attack from a Waffle House? There's an exceptional fantasy life for these people and they organize into cells.

(LaRouchies = cultists)