People keep saying this and I personally don’t really believe it, I think there could be a couple riots, but not like a full on civil war. What does everyone think?

  • ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net
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    10 days ago

    How do you define the destinction? I assume you’re only counting ‘in’ as officially recognized by the republican party, the political entity?

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      9 days ago

      There’s no way those guys vote Democrat, so it’s fair to say they’re “in” the Republican party, but they’re not a paramilitary “of” the Republican party, because none of the organisation and centralisation which makes the Republican party a force crosses over. They’re totally separate, and very unofficial - if a pastor or a local politician supports a militia group, they’re going to be doing that quietly on their own time. As a result, they all have a kind of “startup” thing going, and don’t really have logistics the way a viable insurgency would.

      Sorry, I should have expanded a bit more there. Brevity vs. clarity is always a tough balance.