They are Armed Insurrectionists and should be treated as such.

[99th_Monkey]

3. Some on DU feel strongly the authorities need to "walk on eggshells" lest they trigger

a nationwide armed revolt by gun-nutters & white supremacists.

"..the fact remains that we have a large, maybe up to 20% of the population, group of heavily armed crazies that are basically right wing fanatics with strong racist, xenophobic and homophobic leanings. Couple that with the fact, yes fact, that these people HATE Obama and the government in general because they have been coached by hate-talk radio and Fox 'news' to hate the government instead of the oligarchs who are picking all our pockets.

Do you really want Obama to do 'something' that then escalates and sparks a misguided 'militia' revolution?
...Sure I think it sucks, and yes I think it is sedition. But Obama, the feds and the OR government need to be very careful here because they are literally walking on eggs. "
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