I think from time to time, from a gay man’s perspective, it can seem as if it is us (LGBT’s) against them (everyone else) as if that everyone else is a solid, unified group of folks. The reality is there are many factions and groups of folks, all with their own agenda. I saved this link a week or so ago to write about. It is really a (non) group that is pretty scary.
As many as 300,000 people identify as sovereign citizens, the Southern Poverty Law Center found in a study to be published Thursday that was obtained by The Associated Press. Hate group monitors say their numbers have increased thanks to the recession, the foreclosure crisis, the growth of the Internet and the election of Barack Obama in 2008.
Adherents expect the current American system of government to end one way or another. “I’m the Patrick Henry of the 21st century. I’m here to regain our freedom,” James McBride said in a jailhouse interview. “I’m going to, or die trying.”