Date: Sat, 2 Mar 1996 12:02:50 -0400
From: dhenwood-AT-panix.com (Doug Henwood)
Subject: Re: Marxist Information for Militia Members


At 11:12 PM 3/1/96, Ryan-AT-bitstream.mpls.mn.us wrote:

>Hans Ehrbar:
>>Could these people be won over to Marxism?
>
>Not likely. First of all, with the exception of the tax protest literature
>which is common, the patriots that buy into that other stuff are the same
>ones that think the moon landings were faked. These are the folks that I
>never told they were talking to a Marxist, because they would have come
>completely unglued. I have a whole file of bizarre things they have said
>about Marxism. Don't we have enough problems? Let the Christian Coalition
>have them.
>
>The more sensible militia members have their own ways of dealing with these
>"bh types" to ameliorate their fears and tendency toward panic. I'd forget
>them and first concentrate on the larger group of mainstream militias who are
>best described as libertarians. They are generally open to talking to
>leftists who don't just want to ridicule them.

Could we be a bit more precise about who "these people" are? According to
Chip Berlet, there are probably 40,000 actual militia members, but 5
million or so sympathizers in the "patriot" movement. Or are "these people"
the scores of millions who constitute what Bob Reich calls the "anxious
middle"?

Doug

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