It’s About the Culture

Can we separate right-wing ‘Patriot’ movement terrorists from the white rural subculture from which they emerge? Let’s not be naive. In case you missed the story today, many in the ‘Patriot’ community have been concerned that the Jade Helm 15 military exercises currently being conducted in the Southwest were actually a cover for a military takeover of several states that are already part of America. The problem for three guys from North Carolina was that, while their state wasn’t in the takeover zone, they still didn’t want to just sit around like losers while President Obama took away their liberties. So they set about stockpiling weapons and explosives with a plan to lure soldiers from Jade Helm over to their state – or actually next door to South Carolina for some reason – where they could ambush and kill a lot of them. If that didn’t pan out, ringleader Walter Eugene Litteral, 50, also had a plan to booby-trap his house so when the feds showed up there as part of the federal crackdown he’d blown them up to. Said Litteral: “Lemme tell you something I gunna have my fucking house rigged up these mother fuckers come try to come in my house its going off we gonna look here we’re partying.” Alas, someone ratted them out to the Feds and now they are looking at hard time in a federal slammer, an ironic end to their heroic, balls-to-the-wall quest for liberty. Here is the rest of the story.