With the recent two incidents involving right wing Christian terrorists in this country*, and the total suppression, as usual, of their political affiliations by the mainstream press, I thought it would be beneficial to take a few minutes to consider briefly the history of these two groups, the Sovereign Citizen movement and the Christian Identity "religion." This is not a complete story- the Christian Identity movement is an outgrowth of the British Israelite movement, which since the 1870's was based on the absurd claim that Northern Europeans were the real descendants of the Jews in the bible. Various explanations have been given about where today's Jews came from, some going so far as to claim that Jews (and black people too, of course) are actually not human beings at all, but spawns of an affair which Satan supposedly had with Eve, which is why God ejected Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden. Well, enough of this idiocy, on with the story. First, with Chri...
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I wouldn't bet on it, but I think they are losing steam. We'll see.
This is the problem with building your movement with geezers instead of college students. They just don't have enough energy to turn cop cars over and run away from tear gas. Pretty soon, they're ready to go back to their canasta games.
About the current healthcare debate, here is a brief vignette to share with you:
“Last weekend, the healthcare controversy came to my door when friends from South Florida arrived for a visit (…) My former neighbors and now dear friends had an appointment at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville. Her cancer is treatable and manageable, but she suffers from fatigue and takes mega doses of Percocet and morphine to relieve pain. Last week, she and her husband checked into a Marriot Inn near the clinic for days of blood tests, X-Rays, MRIs, and consultations (…) On Monday morning, just before their return trip to Jacksonville for more diagnostics, the hospital called their cell phone: Their insurance carrier had not “pre-authorized” the tests.”
The full story here.
Those SEIU folks sure are insane.
Thanks for the comment. I fully agree with you, and I have stated numerous times here that I am deeply afraid that, before this is over, we are going to see some truly ugly incidents growing out of the current conservative sense of entitlement to violence.
I feel, however, that these tantrums are already starting to bore the mainstream press, and they are too obviously out of any real proportion to their alleged causes; consequently, what seemed to be having a massive effect on political decisions just a few days ago is already fading.
Sad to say, if and when a real health care bill is passed, it will only serve to further inflame the wingnuts' deep sense of injury, and although their behavior may prove politically impotent, it might continue to build until some really horrible violent confrontations are inevitable.