Arizona's own Jacob Chansley, who's been dubbed the QAnon Shaman, is obviously a certified maniac parading as a human being. And his attire is being compared to the Ku Klux Klan...
"While most people recognize the infamous hood and white robes of the 1920s Klan, early Klan costumes were homemade, individualized and much more bizarre."
Well, I grew up in the South, witnessing several of these manifestations in the 40s and 50s, rife with the KKK and its demonstrations, and, I am not defending these men of white sheets and hoods, but I don't remember any member acting like a completely deranged individual. It was a serious thing in those days burning crosses, and for a completely different goal, to kill blacks. I guess it is only the goal that is different, although even that is questionable. Read more...
And here's another group of doubtful grey matter in the Boogaloo Bois, who claim they "have guns and military training. Now they want to overthrow the government." ProPublica, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom says...
"The group is part of the Boogaloo movement — a decentralized, very online successor to the militia movement of the '80s and '90s — whose adherents are fixated on attacking law enforcement and violently toppling the U.S. government."
The frightening part is that these maniacal groups keep popping up on a regular basis and we have to wonder when the sane population might be outnumbered.
Jennifer Rubin of the Washington Post says, "Republican weakness enables domestic terrorism," adding...
"The Department of Homeland Security has acknowledged what most Republicans do not: Mobs of white supremacists who have aligned themselves with the MAGA party are a threat to national security."
Now that we know whose fault it is, the next move is to get rid of them. Read more...
