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Conspiracy Nation -- Vol. 7 Num. 64
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("Quid coniuratio est?")
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GATHERING STORM
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The *USA Weekend* magazine, delivered with many Sunday papers,
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had a cover story on April 14, 1996 dealing with the growing
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citizens' militia movement. Therein we learn that Morris Dees of
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the Southern Poverty Law Center has written a new book,
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*Gathering Storm*, in which he "examines" the militia movement.
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It is probably a good idea to put aside any ill-will some may
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have toward Dees: that way the *USA Weekend* article can be
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examined objectively and dispassionately. Giving Dees the
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benefit of the doubt, he may just be misguided in his
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perceptions; Dees may not actually realize that much of what he
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has to say is erroneous and/or fanciful. At any rate, name
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calling by whichever side does not help us to communicate and
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hopefully arrive at consensus.
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Yes, Conspiracy Nation *has* stooped to this very same name
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calling in the past. Often it has been in regard to the mass
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media "news" outlets who will not allow non-approved persons
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access to their forum. Perhaps if increased access were given
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to, for example, persons such as Noam Chomsky, Sherman Skolnick,
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Terry Reed and John Cummings, Carl Jensen of Project Censored,
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Rodney Stich, Larry Nichols and hundreds of other vital American
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voices, then the consequent frustration of being denied a voice
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in the American dialogue would not explode into name calling.
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With the previous background in mind, lets' take a look at the
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*USA Weekend* article.
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Dees' book is said to be based on, among other things,
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"undercover operations I cannot reveal." So right there Mr. Dees
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has given us a bit of helpful information: undercover operations
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are underway within the militia movement. Thank you, Mr. Dees.
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Mr. Dees is also kind enough to point out early on that "Not
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every militia unit has racist or violent tendencies." He grants
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that many militia members are good Americans who love their
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country.
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But from this hopeful beginning he descends into nonsense. Says
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Dees:
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** "There will be more people like the Oklahoma bombers."
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Hey, Mr. Dees, haven't you heard? We have this thing in the
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United States whereby a person is innocent until proven
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guilty. People forgot that with the O.J. Simpson case also,
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and now it sticks in their craw that their presuppositions
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collapsed when faced with the jury's verdict. If McVeigh is
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indeed guilty, AS YOU PRESUME, then why such a delay in
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bringing him to trial? You know, a speedy trial and all
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that? What's the delay?
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** Mr. Dees says there are what he calls militia "cells" --
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"half a dozen or so members". Where have we heard that
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before? Remember the Communist Party "cells" supposedly
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lurking everywhere in the 1950s? The more things change, the
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more they stay the same.
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** Mr. Dees informs us that "Short-wave radio personalities
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send programs to loyal listeners huddled in small rooms."
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Huddled? *Huddled*?? Isn't that a bit imaginative? Huddled
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in small rooms? Getting a bit poetic, aren't we?
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** Mr. Dees warns of "plans to poison water supplies." Here
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he is reminiscent of dire warnings about "yellow fever plots"
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that accompanied the "trial" of the supposed conspirators
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behind the Lincoln assassination.
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** Again returning to the Oklahoma City bombing(s), Dees
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warns that "they *will* strike again." WHO will strike
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again, Mr. Dees? As noted above, we still haven't got to the
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"speedy" trial of McVeigh and Nichols. What is more, any
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links between them and the militias are tenuous. Tell me,
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did you go to school at the same place as Chip Berlet, by any
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chance?
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** Morris Dees writes that FBI and BATF "have a legal basis
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to exist." I don't know about BATF, but there is some doubt
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about the FBI's legality. Sherman Skolnick, Orlin Grabbe and
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others have claimed that the FBI has no charter and therefore
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does *not* have a legal basis.
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** Says Dees: "True patriots are in voting lines, not
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militia columns." And who will they be voting for, Clinton
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versus Dole? What kind of a damn choice is that? Don't you
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really mean that "true patriots" just watch sports and leave
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"democracy" to the "experts"?
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A suggestion to Mr. Dees is that he can take a lesson from the
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bygone Berlet of olden times: people don't really have anything
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against you, as such. But when you so awfully misrepresent them,
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you can't blame them if they get a bit angry. Add to that how
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these same people are not "approved", not "allowed", in the
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public forums such as television in which dialogue CAN happen --
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can you blame them if they start "huddling in small rooms"?
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