He was for a while. Then like most of these groups he decided to splinter. The Michigan militia was not radical enough I suppose.
On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 5:22 PM, Dana <dana.tier...@gmail.com> wrote: > > yes but > > one right-wing nut does not imply that all of the right is nuts! > > Was McVeigh actually in a formal militia? I forget. > > > On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 7:08 AM, Larry C. Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> April 19th, what anniversary does that remind you of? I'll give you a >> hint, Oklahoma City, tim McVeigh. It was the largest domestic >> terrorist attack on the United States. McVeigh was not a left wing >> radical by any means. >> >> How about that Hutaree Militia up in Michigan? Or the guy who >> organized yesterday's 2nd Amendment rally in Virginia. There are >> plenty of cases. If you want I can go into the FBI stats for 2008 and >> show you even more cases. >> >> On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 10:12 PM, Jerry Johnson <jmi...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hold hard there Larry. >>> >>> More Patriot groups and more militia groups NEQ more offending. >>> >>> Even the SPLC does not make that assertion. >>> >>> If you have examples of these militias offending, then trot them out, but >>> painting them as violent or offending is not warranted ATM. >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 9:09 PM, Larry C. Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com >>>> >wrote: >>>> >>>> > >>>> > Just to throw more manure into to the stew, the Southern Poverty Law >>>> > Center, (which I know is left of center, but does a very good job of >>>> > tracking hate groups) found the following last year >>>> > ( >>>> > >>>> http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-report/browse-all-issues/2010/spring/rage-on-the-right >>>> > ): >>>> > that there was a 244% increase in the number of active Patriot groups >>>> > in 2009 while the number of Militia groups almost tripled in number in >>>> > 2009. >>>> > >>>> > It would seem that those right of center are more offending than >>>> offended. >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:316381 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
