From Malheur To Jan. 6: NC Militia Organizes Letter Writing Campaign To Insurrectionist ‘Political Prisoners’ | Talking Points Memo

Those imprisoned and awaiting trial for alleged crimes related to the Jan. 6 insurrection have benefitted from a torrent of positive mail, thanks in part to one North Carolina militia group.


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1399841

By God, these people have a victim complex. You’d think they would have more empathy, but they don’t. It’s all about them.

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Trying to wrap my head around this

the members of the mob, and those sympathetic to them, are everyday Americans, even if they call themselves members of a “militia.”

“We’re terrorists but we’re not all bad.”

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Well, yeah, sure, maybe he was a hitman who coldbloodedly executed people, but he was a loving father and a good husband and went to church every Sunday.

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I’m thinking of getting a bunch of postcards printed up, a form letter of sorts, so we can all join in on the letter writing campaign. maybe something like:

Rot in hell you fscking treasonous little asshole!

Maybe?

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Send me over a 100 or so and an address list…

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Funny about that. I grew up in New Jersey, and there was, seriously, a guy who lived near me who was high ranking member of a certain organized crime “family.” One day, after the guy was arrested, a neighbor was remarking on it, and expressed some dismay about the whole affair noting that “he kept his lawn so nicely manicured.”

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Reminds me of the last line in Zappa’s song Joe’s Garage: " He was a nice boy. He used to mow my lawn."

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Boo fucking hoo.

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Put me down for another 100.

@karlwlewis

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They’re victims of their own stupidity.

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Too be fair, it’s tough growing up as a straight white male. s/

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No one who hasn’t grown up as a delicate, entitled, self-absorbed, mildly narcissistic straight white guy can even begin to understand the travails we suffer…

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“We just don’t look like or behave in the ways the media would like to portray any group with any similar word in their name,”

Yes, “militia” makes one think of military:

But this is how they really behave:

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And this just in from Eastern Washington state:

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/law-justice/2-men-with-ties-to-central-washington-anti-government-militia-indicted-on-federal-charges/

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Political prisoners??? Ha!

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there was not one person who wasn’t deeply affected by that act of kindness

Pass it on.

I hope that the little girl whose face may or may not have lit up on Christmas appreciates the fact that, from what I can tell, she was mentioned after the inability to check traps.
I’m not trying to minimize the impact of incarceration on the children of those incarcerated. My guess is, however, that those who are publicizing the plight of these terrorists are unlikely to be concerned about the impact on the children of people who are incarcerated for other crimes.

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Pass out the crayons. Broken ones only for this crowd.

Dear traitorous assholes,

Sincerely,

Jim

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