Word: militiaization
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...have much faith in our government. But common sense tells me one very important thing -- it is our government, and unlike almost any system anywhere else, it gives us the right and the means to change it peacefully. Killing one another is not the answer. If these right-wing militia types want to live in a country in which their style is completely acceptable, they should purchas a one-way ticket to Iran...
Wouldn't you love to know how many members of the Michigan Militia are Rush Dittoheads...
Contrary to the common caricature, not all NRA members are crazed, government-hating militia members. Many members are simply law-abiding citizens, some not even gun owners, who seek to protect a constitutionally guaranteed right to bear arms...
...would appreciate the irony, since worrying about the government has become a kind of grim national obsession-it's what Americans seem to do best, or at least loudest. At its extreme, this anxiety is expressed in the now famous conspiracy theories held dear by some right-wing militia members-namely, that the U.S. government has a secret plan calling for United Nations troops to take over America. Coded markers are being placed on the backs of road signs so that the Blue Helmets will know which way to turn to get to the concentration camps in which they will...
...shouldn't worry about the government. Our leaders conspire to do bad things behind our backs: they bug us, they experiment on us, they subsidize foreigners who sell us drugs-the list goes on. Fortunately, these clumsy transgressions-unlike the Mission: Impossible fantasies of militia members and Oliver Stone-are eminently verifiable, our knowledge of them not dependent on tweezing out coincidences from selective readings of the evidence. We should also remember that government tends to commit its worst crimes in public. The process is called politics, and it's no big secret...