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Originally Posted by Aloha1
That's a very unkind reply to the poster who was simply stating his feelings. The Michigan Militia is a fringe radical group that does not represent mainstream Michigan conservatives.
It was telling that the media chose to focus on the 12 to 15 idiots dressed in fatigues with their rifles as "representative" of those who protested last Friday at the Michigan State Capitol Building instead of the several hundred average citizens who shared the poster's sentiment.
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I was not meaning to be unkind. I lived in Michigan for 25 years and biked paths that ran through their territory. They do like their guns, but for the most part they don't cause problems; they just want to be left alone. There are many paramilitary groups around the country who are focused on keeping government out of their lives. The initial protest in Michigan was staged mainly by the Michigan Militia. Later protests added other groups--fishermen, for one, who had been told they could not put their fishing boats on the water, while sailors could.
I stand by what I said, and the reason I said it.