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Considering the "plot" was a handful of people in a basement, probably not the most intimidating thing in the world. Meanwhile anti-government protests and attacks are happening on Michigan's streets while its government does little or nothing to stop them. If Michigan was as proactive about policing its streets as it is about arresting cranks, they'd have restored order months ago. But sure, it was probably for the best to arrest these crackpots. Even though they likely posed zero danger, you can't give the appearance of lawlessness because that just encourages more lawless behavior... as we've seen with the riots.

And when you look at the story, it's goofy as hell. It reads more like a comedy mocking militia groups than an actual militia group:
"FBI and state police executed the arrests of several of the conspirators when they were meeting on the east side of the state to pool funds for explosives and exchange tactical gear, Birge said Thursday."

I mean, seriously?

CyborgSage00x0 posted... For those that like to drink the antifa Kool-Aid, this is what an actual domestic terrorist organization looks like. Like, holy shit.

Which, if anything, demonstrates the LACK of threat posed by these groups considering they got busted trying to recruit people by publicly advertising their plot. They were a bunch of cranks who were caught with zero effort. They apparently didn't even put up a fight when they were arrested.

BlackScythe0 posted...

Militias have been doing more terrorist attacks now days.

Except they really haven't. Almost every militia arrest has involved a "plan," "plot," or "threat" of some kind. Offhand, I can't recall the last time there was a militia attack. The closest you got was the armed protests where they were illegally occupying places, which is nothing compared to protests that have damaged police stations and injured officers.

EvilMegas posted...

I dont understand why they thought they would be able to hold the area after "securing it".

Then again, logic doesn't really reach these people.

Clearly they weren't the best and brightest, which is why they likely never posed any real danger in the first place even if they had the balls to go through with their talk -- which they almost certainly didn't because, if they did, they would have just done it. It's depressingly easy to kill a governor or other sitting politician and it's something of a miracle that it doesn't happen more often.

On the plus side, most of these guys probably need professional help and hopefully they'll be able to get it now.

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