Truth. But things would have to get MUCH worse before the rednecks get off their a$$es and do anything beyond shooting road signs. I'm a born-and-bred redneck and I know my own people (both the the best and the worst).
But who decides that? If 5% of the population thinks the government isn't taking care of the 'our' people, is that enough? What about 10%, 30%? Even the militias aren't actually likely to agree on what 'tyranny' looks like. There are people on the far left who are 100% seriously saying that Trump is going to put all LGBT people in death camps - you probably think that's ridiculous, but think about it, if _they_ had a militia and started shooting police officers because they thought the US government was tyrannical, would you support that? The problem with militias as a solution to bad government is it's very difficult to game-plan out an actual scenario that ends in a politically stable government, and not an extremally bloody civil war, violent insurgency or dead police officers just trying to do their job.
@@rileygladue3979American militias have been around since 1776 it goes back way before your pre conceived notion that any militia has to be bad because gun = scary
Filipino here. Imagine completely depending on a government for protection. What if they turned tyrranical or corrupt or racist? My dudes, a 2A is necessary worldwide to ensure that dictators do not have total control
the 2A could not defeat the US millitary, but if police and millitary had to fight their own citizens they would join forces against government. like in Syria, Assad troops didn't want to fight. and many soldiers, generals and pilots joined the rebels. so its good but US vs citizens wont ever happen. it will be a political war or a coup
0:46 - Militias claim justification for their existence based on Article 1 Section 8 Article 15 and 16 of the US Constitution not the 2A which merely recognizes that they do exist as provided for earlier in the document. It is also necessary to note that the 2A is not the North Star of the US Constitution. The principle of self determination is the North Star, it is the 2A which protects the right to protect that principle. 1:12 - Back then the militia was seen as a means to keep any level of government from becoming tyrannical since the militia, as organized under the First and Second Militia Acts of 1792 provided for the militia to be drawn up from local inhabitants under locally elected officers and equipped with privately held weapons from swords to cannons. This is why the original states all had some version of the 2A in state constitutions as well. 1:31 - The private militias of today do in fact bear that resemblance still, and arguably more so than the organized militia (10 USC Sect 246/ 32 USC Section 313), because they are locally assembled with locally elected leaders and privately provided weapons (see 2nd Militia Act 1792). 1:37 - You mean like the militias of the revolutionary period where some served only locally and others could volunteer to serve outside their state in a national independence movement? 2:11 - It is the right and duty of ever US military member to disobey illegal (IE unconstitutional) orders. This is upheld in various legal findings related to the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ, the US military law code for those not from the US) and under rule 154 of the International Humanitarian Law which would put the Oathkeepers stated mission in line with interpretations of US law and international humanitarian law. 4:19 - It is worth noting that in the ProPublica piece in Section 2: The Struggle paragraph 4 and 5 we are informed that Williams is a convicted felon who perfected being manipulative during his three years in prison for issuing threats to law enforcement. This helps frame the entire piece where there are no comments from any of the individuals named that Williams deceived. So we know he is apparently an accomplished liar and have no verification beyond the authors word that "honest, every word is true!" 5:08 - Simon is correct, it is worth reading the piece in full. It does really help understand just how little of this information is verifiable beyond Kaplan and Williams saying "trust me bro." 5:39 - The article does not provide any proof of the text or comment from Rowland regarding the text either. I am not saying Williams or Kaplan made it up, I am pointing out they provide no proof or counter point from the person being discussed. 6:44 - If he attended arms training exercises and handle any weapons he would have been committing a felony since he is a felon himself. While nothing is presented in the story to say that Williams ever handled a firearm I would find it hard to believe that in the years of working with these militias providing and/or present in the training discussed that he would never have handled a firearm. 6:59 - So he learned that the Oathkeepers are trying to participate in the political process and this is presented as a bad thing. Why would you not want groups like this to engage in the legal political process since that provides them an outlet other than more extreme forms of political expression. 9:36 - To clearly lay this out it has to have more than one man's word that it happened There has to be verification and there has to be an adherence to journalistic standards and ethics which are lacking here.
Nothing he claimed about the militias is illegal. They "could" and "feared" are not crimes. I'm in the government and I 100% believe citizens should have those skills.
I'm a citizen and I would like these local gangs like these 'militias' to not use the threat of violence against people in my community or my representatives. You are super naive to think they are just training for the defense of the community.
Your statement at 10:00 is EXACTLY why the Founding Fathers gave us the right to bear arms. In case of a situation, whether by foreigners or domestic entities, we can only defend ourselves and our country by being armed. Regular people owning guns is not a problem. Never has been.
@@West-rn-showvn-ist-chickSimon is just a presenter. He doesn’t research or write any of these videos. On his channel Brain Blaze he does occasionally talk about his opinions on these things. He has a more left wing bias by American standards but is far more centered than you might think. By European standards, which he is, he’s actually a little closer to center than the American standard. You also get more of an idea of his various writers’ biases as well and how that colours their scripts for other channels. One of his American writers, I would describe as far left.
Problems do exist relating to the widespread prevalence of guns. Pretending otherwise just makes you look dumb. You can support something like the 2nd amendment while also acknowledging that there are negative side effects of having it. There's no rule saying you have to dogmatically ignore the obvious!
@Wiseman__ What would the actions be taken to protect against a tyrannical government? Syria just finished taking actions against a tyrannical government, they overthrew it.
@@pauld.b7129 It's clear the issue is that the militias are being used for, not against, authoritarian despotism. Would the militias mentioned take up arms against the incoming government if they refused to leave office once their term was up?
Right! Or hey america, we need money. Even natural disasters around the world how much aid is given. Yeah, there are positives and negatives in every country
@BIng-g3d In 2023 we donated nearly 5x as much as the next largest donors, the European Commission and Germany. We definitely need to tone that waaaay back too.
Actually, if you look at the FBI and BJS statistics, crime ratea has actually been going down. With that being said, it seems that every political afiliation believes that crime is going up. Also, it is very possible that more crimes might be under-reported especially with the declining trust in government and police. Also, it should be noted that there are more unresolved crimes based on percentages
@@hansonlee5847 Keep in mind the fact that they (hello OR and CA as examples) made felonies into misdemeanors to lower their numbers. Plus as you stated how many people have just given up on reporting crime. The true crime numbers are significantly higher than what the FBI and BJS are reporting.
@@NotASeriousMoose if the southern poverty law center wants to start accurately tracking actual extremist groups on both sides of the political divide, then we’ll start taking them seriously. Everything I’ve ever seen from the southern poverty law center has obvious biases towards one side of the divide and doesn’t do any real porting or tracking of the other.
Guys it’s very safe to say all that militia nonsense is completely baseless. The mere suggestion that the FBI, who would love nothing more than a giant connected militia to investigate, has zero idea what said militia is up to, is unlikely to the point of absurdity.
You say that like the FBI hasn't already done that, though? Multiple attempted attacks have been thwarted like the attempted kidnapping of Michigan's governor, or the attack on Baltimore's electrical substations. The militia groups had learned to be more decentralised with their information by the Jan. 6 riot, though.
@@SusCalvinYep. Though to be perfectly honest the big groups like the 3pers and Oath Keepers and all the other big state-level groups are incredibly elementary in their skills to conduct any type of combat or occupation. They are far from worrying no matter what their politics are. There are certainly smaller groups that are 1000% more effective and skilled, but there is a clear divide between actual terrorists and those loyal to America when you get that deep, and they’re very easy to identify.
@@Bertinator-nm9ld When it comes to being wrong about the 2A, yes. Its not up for debate. We have the right to form armed militias. Anything other than this exact line of speaking is wrong and stupid.
@@ZeSgtSchultz I mean if any US group decided to take up old filibuster traditions, somehow got to Algeria and tried to fight an insurgency over a few years.
How many GWOT veterans are there in the USA right now? If they ever acted together US militias make up one of the most capable paramilitary force in history, that’s why they’re so scared of them
As an American I like the idea of militias, but the main problem is that the majority of members in these organizations are middle-aged, out of shape, and enjoy LARPing more than anything else.
Most of them have shady priorities it seems. Instead of protecting civilians and helping during disasters, they seem more focused on political/racial ideals. If it were just a bunch of retired dudes willing to help people after a tornado/flood rips the town to shreds then they'd be cool. But instead, they seem more focused on political disruption.
@ That’s true as well. If militias would focus more on building community and bringing people from all walks of life together, they’d be huge assets to their local areas.
You have to find or make your own unit under the overarching organization. You just need to keep up with the cost of the equipment if you want to be legit.
It is *fascinating*, as an American, to listen to how other countries describe what happened and is currently happening here. We'd never classify the revolution as an insurgency, but honestly that's what it was
if you study the revolutionary war a little, it's very clear it was an insurgency. The british were vastly more powerful and outnumbered us, so we used hit and run tactics, ambushes, very "ungentlemenly" things like targeting officers, used the terrain to our advantage. The revolutionary war is often used as an example of early fourth generation warfare
@@CedarHunt they're the same thing it's just one is just seen as moral and the other immoral. we don't call the revolution an insurrection because they won, and teaching that an insurrection gave us our country would make people think that they have the power to change things.
@@BlazinTigger They're not at all the same thing. An insurgency is based on a small group of political activists attacking a larger group. A revolution is a popular movement with specific goals to overthrow and replace a government. Completely different things.
Well if you want to define a group of toxic machos carrying guns around the place with no accountability as regulated, you find it no surprise we hate their guts. But sure accuse me of jealousy instead of what they could do to me, my family, and friends if we speak out against their fascist sympathies.
Tyranny is running rampant, not only in America, but almost everywhere. Militia’s are absolutely necessary, even if some of them have slightly differing opinions/goals from eachother. America was never meant to be a Police/Surveillance State. The individual Citizens of America, are THE Militia, not the federally paid military and especially not LE.
No, the National Guard ARE America's militia. You treat the military like it's made up of politician hired thugs or mindless robots. The vast majority of U.S. servicemen in both the formal military and that national guard are blue collar stiffs who work because they have families to feed and bills to pay. Thinking that they would turn on their fellow citizens just because a senator ordered them to instead of just ignoring it is incredibly out of touch.
Which is more likely: 1. Americans during 2020 saw their local and state governments turn repressive, shutting down commerce and due process with emergency powers. These same governments then refused to enforce the laws during that summer and major cities saw burning and looting, with the police refusing to show up to emergency calls for extended periods. This led average people to to arm themselves and seek out community protection organizations or 2. A lone survivalist worked his way up to kead an organization he in no way embellished or made up, and then fed unverified information to a bunch of naive journalists (and TH-camrs), which by coincidence confirmed their existing biases and coincided with their advertiser's narrative. Said sole source then disappeared and changed his name
Typical liberal nonsense. I've watched documentaries where they're "horrified" that people are teaching kids gun safety, and think that traditional values make you a "cult member"..I take everything they say from the perspective that they're sheltered pearl snatchers who knows very little of the world outside their city bubble
buddy both what happens didnt happen becaudse you based them on delusions. Such as believing epidemics don't exist. My guy black lives matter only a few places. and thousands were charged for crimes my guy.
Agreed! We should get more left wing militias up and running, to protect against all the censorship that has been happening in the nanny states of Texas and Florida, these past couple years!
@moonasha except Pepe did get appropriated by alt-right people for a little while back in like 2015-2017. So much so that the creator of Pepe had to sue multiple neo-nazi groups to stop them from using the meme that way.
Yeah how about playing Helldivers 2 to see what happens when "managed democracy" knows how to coop those words and ideas to hide the fascism it really is.
@@NoumenonAndPhenomenon I don't think you understand what he's saying. He's talking about the US Constitution. Of course if a dictator comes in and institutes their own constitution then it's going to be heavily biased towards keeping them in power forever. The US Constitution was not written under these kind of ideals...
@@Bertinator-nm9ldExactly! Dude outright floated termination of it because he lost, then took active measures to subvert it to stay in power. He was just re-elected by the very people who claim to support the constitution.
This baked into the constitution and bill of rights. If you can't understand why militias are necessary for a nation then you will never get it. Look whats happened to countries that were disarmed
buddy thinks hand guns can fight against tanks. No reality it always meant the state had to control them. seriously you can look up paramilitary laws. by the way you keep using the term milities when in reality they can called paramilitary forces.
Simon, instead of focusing on Americans rights to bear arms against tyrannical governments, maybe focus on your own United Kingdom’s government literally jailing its citizens for “offense Facebook content”.
I see musk has convinced you this is actually happening. Carry on. You cannot be helped and won't research the facts. Calls to action aren't legal in America either. Free speech? Ask Snowden about American free speech 😂
@@marqsee7948 "He said to them, 'But now if you have a purse, take it, and also a bag; and if you don’t have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one.'" - Luke 22:36
Every able bodied male in the United States is in the unorganized militia, my state Oklahoma even has it in our state constitution that every able bodied male is in the unregulated militia. We have 2 militia forces in our nation, the organized (national guard) and unorganized (citizenry)
No one in our country has felt the fear of being invaded and will have no reason to for decades. The goal of the militias are obviously not for community defense. They are interested in domestic politics, which is fine, if it didn't involve the threat of violence.
@willjapheth23789 it only involves the threat of violence to the govt, cuz ya know. The american govt is inherently corrupt in every state and especially at the federal level. They should rightfully fear a bunch of armed and not listened to citizens.
So basically this one guy, did more sleuthing and undercover work than the FBI ever could manage against these militias? This guy deserves some sort prize for journalism or something similar to applaud this guy and his huge balls
Irony: When a Brit criticizes American insurrectionist groups, conveniently forgetting their ancestors once threw the biggest tea party tantrum in history and called it independence.
So Simon uses genocide to describe what's currently going on in Sudan, while Israel is fighting a "war" against Hamas. This is in spite of reems of video and picture evidence showing that Israel has been carrying out a genocide.
@Bertinator-nm9ld yes, crimes are illegal and should be punished. Militias should be allowed to exist as an accountability against ill intended government actions. It's sketchy that the government targeted militias disproportionately.
@@Bertinator-nm9ld Or just maybe look into why they bothered them in the first place? It's a free country support who you want freely. That's how it should be
@@hankgast3928 Maybe groups that attract military LARPers also attract people who are willing to push the boundaries of laws? Maybe there's a correlation between those two groups? Is it disproportionate targeting if they're disproportionately committing crimes?
@Bertinator-nm9ld as long as they are getting arrested for actual crimes. If they are targeted for arrest because of affiliation to coordinated armed groups who can hold corruption accountable, that is wrong. The larping thing is funny because they do look like dog shit if you watch their "tactical" videos.
America's relationship with the UAE makes a lot more sense if the UAE told america they want help reforming and cracking down on their oppression. Who knows if its true, but telling america you want help with human rights etc and all you need is american support to do it is a great way to get america to help diplomatically. From America's pov if all it takes to get the UAE to stop supporting proxy wars and stop helping russia is to be nice and invest in them, then thats a pretty easy choice. Its cold war diplomacy, and if it works it would be a huge success to pull the culturally conservative middle east into the western sphere.
Lol. The billionaires trying to siphon the last of the US wealth distribution donating anything to UAE is laughable. I'd focus on keeping your already wavering allies before recruiting more.
@@AL-lh2ht no I’m pointing out the fact that it’s ironic that an American is accusing another country of what his own country has been (and still doing) for decades. Nice try bozo.
The entire first part of this video really just feels like heavily personally influenced Anti-Militia propaganda instead of a neutral take on US information. Puts a a weird spin on it.
I find Simon's content is normally pretty level-headed, but occasionally they upload a video like this one where it's incredibly biased. I mean using the SPLC as a source? REALLY?
This guy content has always been based only facts,he relate it as it is. We may not like the facts cause it goes against how we feel about it but facts are facts. He has never been bias and it’s really unfair to label him that just cause you don’t agree with him or have not seen all his other videos. Check them out,he talk about world wide history and wars,been doing it for yrs
@ No, he relates what he's told and what he gathers from other sources. According to Marjorie Taylor Green, California wildfires are likely caused by Jewish Space Lasers. She's a congresswoman, a far more reliable source than the SPLC. Does that mean Simon should do a video on Israel's anti-California space program?
@@ayelensougan499 Normally, I would agree, and I def agree with Plaid-h7b. However, quoting the SPLC for a damn thing shoots a major hole in his credibility. It would be like me claiming that the Ukrainians are losing and then citing a Russian news agency as a credible source on the topic.
I don’t understand the severe cynicism towards the UAE. At the end of the day, it is one of the least radical countries in a tough neighborhood. Gaza needs billions of dollars to rebuild, the population needs to be deradicalized (not politically correct- but it’s the truth, sorry), and UAE investments in Gaza will ultimately benefit the people of Gaza. Perhaps War Fronts has a better alternative in mind?
Most "known "militias will help the law enforcement officers,the National Gaurd,any branch of the military or the federal government asked them without threatening them.If America ever gets invaded the angry American civilian population will do their part.
@@Talisguy A radical reli(political ideology)gion, taking over the country, seems to be the culprit. Pushing the NATIVE men of the country to push back against the radical invasion.
Tbh, the militia thing feels like an outsider commenting on something he doesn't understand about another culture. It was in fact the intent of the founding fathers that US citizens be able to form armed militias. The existence of militias like that is not inherently bad, and you didn't establish why anyone should disagree with the goal of protecting our fundamental civil rights outlined in the constitution, nor did you even attempt to establish that this isn't the goal of these militias. I'm not a part of any of them, and don't know enough about them to comment on how good or bad they are, but the reporting on them lacked the most basic and foundational building block or informing people: establishing a common starting point for the information you intend to convey
It’s the purpose of militias to do exactly what they are doing….it literally says in the constitution that if the government becomes overly tyrannical it’s the people’s right and duty to overthrow that government and create a new one
@BigfootFungi it's the possible intent of 2A because of the words of the declaration and the mindset of the anti federalist who authored the bill of rights. Political organizations that think theats/violence are appropriate forms of political activism should not be seen as defensive militias, though.
@@JohnLocke1776Why does it always come around to bashing Jews for you guys I'm as distrustful of three letter agencies as anyone ( Im black after all and the FBI hasn't historically been kind to us) but Jews have nothing to do with it.
They have indeed. Far left political action group at this point. Normally, his videos are pretty decent. It just feels like anytime he covers recent US politics, his writers end up getting the most biased sources imaginable.
Yeah.. Militias have been around for a long time, Right wing, left wing, etc. May work for a seperate video if you want to explore the idea, but not on a Situation room Current Events chapter.. there not current events.And it being from a single source, and it seems not well researched by whatever team you have going.. is kinda lazy. Try again with your own research and an unbiased observation.
So I generally love your show, but the armed militia thing is hilarious. I’m an Infantry combat veteran and work in the firearms industry. To call these people a threat to anyone but themselves is ridiculous. While militias do have a lot of weapons they lack the training or expertise to pretty much do anything but shoot them selfs in the foot. People give military personnel way too much credit for having deadly skills. In the American military only Infantry and Special Operations have the training to go on the offensive with small arms. Illiterate every one else is only trained to a level that they can defend themselves. Even combat arms personnel on tanks or artillery can only attack with the system they specialize on, with out them they’re combat ineffective and would take a defensive posture. In my civilian line of work as a Gunsmith, I can tell you from having a front row seat and fixing these people’s equipment that yeah, the US military has nothing to worry about from these guys. Most if they are military lack any of the skills that would be required to pose a threat. Lastly I’ll touch on why you rarely find guys like me in these groups. War is the most intense when experienced as riflemen, doesn’t matter who you are if you’re attacking with nothing but small arms, you’re a rifleman. These experiences bond us together in a way you won’t see in the rest of the military. I’ve been out for almost 20 years and to this day my closest friends, and the people I spend the most time with are the guy I fought along side. We’re our own tribe and our sons and daughters now wears the uniform today. Also because of what we did many of us stay strongly connected to the military even after getting out. I have countless brothers who now work law enforcement, DOD or other government jobs. We see every one in uniform as family, and that would mean attacking the military as killing our own. Finally we know the reality of was. The US is not Iraq, Afghanistan or Vietnam. We have a functioning government and so those type of insurgency wouldn’t work. I agree these people will always be a threat as lone wolves or small scale attacks, but a major threat to the United States of America? Hell no, I mean really guys I’d expect more from you.
Stop it pls...y'all couldn't even win in iraq and Afghanistan let alone a war on your own soil...acting like you need to be a SOF to stand against a tyrannical government give me a break....
@@9BF_5459 wtf are you talking about? The US had a resounding victory in Iraq and now permanently occupies portions of it. In Afghanistan, it was another resounding victory. The US handed over the reigns to Afghanis in the late 2010s, and they collapsed like the Syrian army just did. The US military was at no point ever militarily defeated, for most of the late 2010s there were less than 2000 US troops in the country who were never really engaged in combat. I don't know what you're doing but lying about history won't change it.
Where are people getting the idea that militias are planning on fighting the US military? If anything they'd be fighting agencies like the FBI and ATF. militias are not offensive forces, they could do terrorist attacks but what the hell would that accomplish?
@@9BF_5459depends on what you define as winning. Did we topple governments in the matter of hours? Yup. Did we eliminate terrorist leaders without much effort? Yup. Did we change a century old culture of cowards? Nope, we failed at bringing freedom to people who aren't willing to fight for it.
Sadam's troops were hardened by the hellscape they grew up in, had training, tanks, fighter planes, missiles and special forces. The US army devastated Sadam. US police officers are very poorly trained and US militias are mocked as ''gravy seals'' for a reason.
@@DarkWarchieff The army of Saddam had a bit out of date kit, but most of all they had an extremely centralized command. A lot of the US strikes targeted their command and control organs.
The US only came out on top because of its weapons though they did struggle in Afghanistan. Americans haven't fought a serious army. Even Ukraine claimed when they followed American military advice they started losing 😅😅
It looks like nobody is considering ceasefire for Sudan due to its lack strategic economic interest. I never thought the UAE is playing such a bloodthirsty role behind the scenes.
“If the United States faces any clear large scale domestic security threat, it’s these well armed well populated militias” You do not see the hundreds of thousands of undocumented men coming in the US a year from unknown locations, ideologies, and backgrounds as a larger threat than the militias that are formed from the chief legal and cultural document of the United States ?
Both are potential threats. All it takes for militias to become a threat is a cult of personality forming around a highly narcissistic and unstable person with the Supreme Court and Legislature in lockstep behind said person for militias to become a very big problem, very quickly. Oh wait...
unless you can prove that all of those people have discussed committing terrorist attacks and assassinating politicians, yes. the middle east should be a good example of how dangerous small groups of well armed, ideologically extreme and violence oriented people can have on a nation’s stability. the taliban, ISIS, and al qaeda started out just like these guys.
of course the possible Chinese sabotage groups are less dangerous then US citizens with guns, the guns tell people to kill didn't you know! absolute joke isn't it?
@@arwing20More along the lines of "our founding document guarantees us rights in line with natural rights." It saddens me that my fellow lefties will complain about armed MAGAts and then disparage community defense in the same breath.
So, I did 11 combat tours…end of my career, I was part of Task Force White…these “militias” will not be a problem. Yes, there are groups that patrols and monitors the southern border. They also set up places where the migrants can get clean water and shelter. They have also kicked out the people they learned that were shooting the water tanks and setting fire to the shelter. The groups I have watched from UAVs along the border are heavily armed - they bring the migrants to the closest Border Patrol checkpoint, they help provide care. They don’t want to have dead bodies all over the desert. They are heavily armed because you can learn pretty quickly where the Cartel leader is located - sometimes you can see them from an elevated position basically having a stare-down with binoculars. I do know of former US SOF on the ground right now in Gaza - many are trying to escort the young and elderly. The Israelis are much less likely to open fire on a group of white, heavily armed, dudes speaking in American accents and wearing the US flag patch. These groups are willing to fight Hamas in order for civilians to be protected - they wear the flag because the Israelis are way less likely to fire upon them because of all the military weapons we have provided to Israel. I have worked for several Private Military Companies. Much of my work were the protection and evacuation of embassy staff in Sudan, Libya, Iraq, Afghanistan (right after the fall of Afghanistan), I do know the guys hired by the UAE- I have been in combat right beside them in the past. Let me say this; They do NOT represent what the average American PMC is like. You have to understand, when you are literally going into compounds with SOF and eventually JSOC, you get really good what we are supposed to do. We are there to confirm the identity, arrest/capture or if it comes down to do it, killing them when all other measures have failed. There is a switch that we all have implanted in our body - and it’s not easy to turn off. I’m not making excuses for the guys who were in Yemen (and likely still are). They were offered a ton of money to do exactly what we were trained to do. The problem is that this group had no overlook - they truly didn’t care about killing civilians because they got paid either way. If you work in the SOF in the role that I held (I planned, and called in air strikes - many of which were “danger close” Shit man, mistakes happen, sensors on the aircraft systems fail at times, I make mistakes, we have a JDAM that doesn’t track towards the IRLD (basically a laser only the guys on night vision and those in aircraft can see) and the bomb hits the wrong area. I know I made mistakes that did cost a few civilian lives - and I hate myself for that. I have met with the families of those that were killed, and they forgave me, but I have a hard time forgiving myself. My point is that we will always have bad apples in every bunch. It’s the bad apples that can truly ruin an entire tree.
@@AL-lh2ht There is a video on here about “mercenaries” fighting and killing on the orders of the United Arab Emirates. I’ll just tell you that one of the guy’s name is Dale. I’m sure you can google the rest. He was a member of The US Army CAG.
Damn, groups protecting citizens and doing good? Sounds like exactly the sort of thing that the British government, and much of the US government would try to eliminate as quickly as possible.
As stated in numerous other comments, this video is based on very flawed, skewed, and bias information with an obvious agenda. I would encourage you to do better in the future as an “independent journalist”
@@BlazinTigger what laws? The usual procedure is the courts, like the supreme court. At what point ought we to ignore the court's interpretation and enforce our personal interpretation?
@@BlazinTigger Ehh..I don't want the people enforcing it being able to pick and choose. Each time they choose not to enforce, I would want them suspended pending investigation. Think it'd be better for courts to stop being so anal about jury nullification - and for the defendant to receive proper restitution should they be found innocent / case nullified. I'm pretty pro-police as a baseline just for the record, but lord knows we got some people who shouldn't be officers. And not enough who should.
@@BlazinTigger And when they behave in a way you take issue with, you'll probably delete this post and deny supporting them. All it took was an election loss for those "back the blue" flags to turn into weapons against capitol police officers. These militias are the same way.
@ I’m not saying they don’t exist. I’m saying that fixating on fringe groups with little cache doesn’t mean they’re widespread or to be taken seriously.
so why haven't they changed it?? you can change the amendment all you want but you cant write laws that just ignore it. kinda telling that it hasn't been changed yet.
Simon clearly does not understand why militias exist in the first place in the USA. Nor how they continue to exist despite stigma from certain interested parties. I will not be re-hashing what someone else in the comments has done by scrutinizing this video's American Militias portion; But Brother-man - Simon, my dude. You suck at reporting these things with an unbiased or even a balanced approach! All the speculation from 9m55s to around 11m20s is just that - wild speculation based upon biased sources. I love these videos, but you could stand to gain from finding better sources for US domestic politics and events.
You make me laugh my ass off soundin like there's a militia hiding behind every corner, in truth there are very few and very small and in reality NOT A THREAT TO THE GOVERNMENT.
UAE is also working with Egypt to build a city on the Mediterranean coast, not that far from Suez, and 'Hello! Gaza. They also annexed a significant Yemeni Island between the Persian Gulf and the Bab El Mandab (entrance to Red Sea, southern approach to Suez)..... UAE is making some moves. Hope the State Department is keeping an eye on the whole geopolitical game.
I still hold that letting rednecks shoot their guns and talk trash lets them blow off steam and feel heard; then they go home. Not letting them be heard is more dangerous.
@brian_phipps i live in a very red area I've seen them openly saying they can't wait to start rounding up and pew pew dems and immigrants. I've received death threats as well. Every dem and veteran I know is stock piling gear. To deny what's happening is just being blind.
@Mauricio-v4e5j look at the people launching attacks, look at the people trying to burn down los Angeles and caught setting the fires. Trouble is just starting.
They would at least have a voice that their rulers would fear enough to take seriously. As it is, indigenous Brits are toothless, and little more than a mild irritant along the WEF’s path to globalist domination.
I'm for militias but a militia that sees itself as right or left leaning misses the point entirely. If you have a militia it should be for the stated purpose in the Constitution. The decision to take action should be based on facts not conspiracies or personal beliefs. I think militias could also be a big help during natural disasters.
US in the 1990s: "We gotta stop these militias!" US in the 2020s: "We gotta stop these militias!" ...and the wheel of time turned, yet not a lesson was learned.
Look we feel the anxiety of being a “free” country. No one in their right mind feels as if we are free…”here choose between these 3 things” thanks but that’s not freedom. The mass majority of us just want to be comfortable and happy so we eat what they feed us. Only now is it so egregiously in our faces that we are the bad guys and that this political structure is a joke that we can’t look away. We long for the archaic revival that should put us back on track that it’s difficult to speak out.
In this video your accent is much more natural than in the Yougoslav wars. More pleasant, less posh or distracting. Congratulations, I'm pleasantly surprised
Also you describing militias as a lingering threat is quite silly as militias are what made this country and was smoking your great big redcoat army back in the good old days lol please do not turn this channel political.
Man, I'm kinda feeling left out here. Was considering joining the Three Percenters a few years ago and spent about a year with them. All we did was do training in the woods. volunteer work, and target shooting. Considering how they operate, I'm curious how a random guy just shows up and gets put in charge of a state. Most leadership positions require experience with leadership in a military or law enforcement capacity.
Keep in mind the US constitution also Legally states its our given right and duty to overthrow the govenrment if it is not taking care of our people
Amen to that
Truth. But things would have to get MUCH worse before the rednecks get off their a$$es and do anything beyond shooting road signs. I'm a born-and-bred redneck and I know my own people (both the the best and the worst).
God bless you for being brave enough to speak the truth! The Declaration of Independence demands it! Say no to Despotism!
No, it does not.
But who decides that? If 5% of the population thinks the government isn't taking care of the 'our' people, is that enough? What about 10%, 30%? Even the militias aren't actually likely to agree on what 'tyranny' looks like. There are people on the far left who are 100% seriously saying that Trump is going to put all LGBT people in death camps - you probably think that's ridiculous, but think about it, if _they_ had a militia and started shooting police officers because they thought the US government was tyrannical, would you support that? The problem with militias as a solution to bad government is it's very difficult to game-plan out an actual scenario that ends in a politically stable government, and not an extremally bloody civil war, violent insurgency or dead police officers just trying to do their job.
Okay it feels like this militia topic should be a separate video, no disrespect intended.
Maybe he can cover how 'American Militias' is always just an excuse for the government to commit mass murders against it's citizens
It's b.s. anyway
@sardonicspartan9343 Nope very accurate information
He even admits it in the video of you listen close. @@danielsuarez3198
@@danielsuarez3198Based on a single source with a very clear political motive? Try again
Ten minutes for a guy saying "I was undercover for years and didn't find anything illegal... but I got a feeling."
Saying they are 'on the rise', while noting they are down a third, as listed groups since 2011, is contradictory.............
Ebb and flow is a thing, just because the Nazi's were down after the Beer Hall Putsch doesn't mean their consecutive rise wasn't just that - a rise
^ spitting facts
@@rileygladue3979American militias have been around since 1776 it goes back way before your pre conceived notion that any militia has to be bad because gun = scary
It's just a left wing talking point. They tried the same thing during Trump's last term in office.
@@rileygladue3979lol what a goofy comparison
Filipino here. Imagine completely depending on a government for protection. What if they turned tyrranical or corrupt or racist? My dudes, a 2A is necessary worldwide to ensure that dictators do not have total control
Based Filipinos as usual
A 2A as well as a community-oriented society to prevent social isolation and risks of a mass shooting.
When did rebel groups ever have problems getting AKs & RPGs?
the 2A could not defeat the US millitary, but if police and millitary had to fight their own citizens they would join forces against government. like in Syria, Assad troops didn't want to fight. and many soldiers, generals and pilots joined the rebels. so its good but US vs citizens wont ever happen. it will be a political war or a coup
Ironic coming from the Philippines, where the govt has turned all 3 in your history and still got total control lmao
0:00 America
11:55 UAE
22:58 Sudan
Two Situation Rooms in a few days! Simon, you spoil us!
That's just how quick shit is moving globally right now
Putting Arab led mercenaries in charge of a beaten down vulnerable populace? What could possibly go wrong?
Can't be any worse than letting Hamas stay in charge or having western armies manage.
Steve, Go ahead and fix it yourself then ?
@Countsploogula nah i’m good 🙂 now what?
@Countsploogulahilarious 😂😂
@Countsploogula nah i’m good 🙂 now what?
0:46 - Militias claim justification for their existence based on Article 1 Section 8 Article 15 and 16 of the US Constitution not the 2A which merely recognizes that they do exist as provided for earlier in the document. It is also necessary to note that the 2A is not the North Star of the US Constitution. The principle of self determination is the North Star, it is the 2A which protects the right to protect that principle.
1:12 - Back then the militia was seen as a means to keep any level of government from becoming tyrannical since the militia, as organized under the First and Second Militia Acts of 1792 provided for the militia to be drawn up from local inhabitants under locally elected officers and equipped with privately held weapons from swords to cannons. This is why the original states all had some version of the 2A in state constitutions as well.
1:31 - The private militias of today do in fact bear that resemblance still, and arguably more so than the organized militia (10 USC Sect 246/ 32 USC Section 313), because they are locally assembled with locally elected leaders and privately provided weapons (see 2nd Militia Act 1792). 1:37 - You mean like the militias of the revolutionary period where some served only locally and others could volunteer to serve outside their state in a national independence movement?
2:11 - It is the right and duty of ever US military member to disobey illegal (IE unconstitutional) orders. This is upheld in various legal findings related to the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ, the US military law code for those not from the US) and under rule 154 of the International Humanitarian Law which would put the Oathkeepers stated mission in line with interpretations of US law and international humanitarian law.
4:19 - It is worth noting that in the ProPublica piece in Section 2: The Struggle paragraph 4 and 5 we are informed that Williams is a convicted felon who perfected being manipulative during his three years in prison for issuing threats to law enforcement. This helps frame the entire piece where there are no comments from any of the individuals named that Williams deceived. So we know he is apparently an accomplished liar and have no verification beyond the authors word that "honest, every word is true!"
5:08 - Simon is correct, it is worth reading the piece in full. It does really help understand just how little of this information is verifiable beyond Kaplan and Williams saying "trust me bro."
5:39 - The article does not provide any proof of the text or comment from Rowland regarding the text either. I am not saying Williams or Kaplan made it up, I am pointing out they provide no proof or counter point from the person being discussed.
6:44 - If he attended arms training exercises and handle any weapons he would have been committing a felony since he is a felon himself. While nothing is presented in the story to say that Williams ever handled a firearm I would find it hard to believe that in the years of working with these militias providing and/or present in the training discussed that he would never have handled a firearm.
6:59 - So he learned that the Oathkeepers are trying to participate in the political process and this is presented as a bad thing. Why would you not want groups like this to engage in the legal political process since that provides them an outlet other than more extreme forms of political expression.
9:36 - To clearly lay this out it has to have more than one man's word that it happened There has to be verification and there has to be an adherence to journalistic standards and ethics which are lacking here.
Greatly appreciate this type of scrutiny instead of "SPLC = BaD sOuRcE = bAd ViDeO"
@@hansonlee5847 old mate here just did Simon's researcher's job with better precision
My man didn’t ask for the source. My man gave the source
Giving the Oathkeepers legitimacy and a platform could backfire, Weimar tried that with the Nazis, it went very wrong.
In light of that, the scariest part of the whole story is that that Williams got as high in the militia leadership as he did.
Nothing he claimed about the militias is illegal. They "could" and "feared" are not crimes. I'm in the government and I 100% believe citizens should have those skills.
@@socaliente2543 meanwhile antifreeze are terrorists. Hypocrite.
What about logic over feelings?
I'm a citizen and I would like these local gangs like these 'militias' to not use the threat of violence against people in my community or my representatives. You are super naive to think they are just training for the defense of the community.
@@NoumenonAndPhenomenon When has logic ever governed? America works because we don't enforce logic :)
@@socaliente2543 It stopped being fun here in 1917, when the communists had their own militias.
Your statement at 10:00 is EXACTLY why the Founding Fathers gave us the right to bear arms. In case of a situation, whether by foreigners or domestic entities, we can only defend ourselves and our country by being armed.
Regular people owning guns is not a problem. Never has been.
Him mentioning the ridiculous biased southern poverty law centre he lost any credibility..😂
@@West-rn-showvn-ist-chick they are credible when you aren't Republican.
@@West-rn-showvn-ist-chickSimon is just a presenter. He doesn’t research or write any of these videos. On his channel Brain Blaze he does occasionally talk about his opinions on these things. He has a more left wing bias by American standards but is far more centered than you might think. By European standards, which he is, he’s actually a little closer to center than the American standard. You also get more of an idea of his various writers’ biases as well and how that colours their scripts for other channels. One of his American writers, I would describe as far left.
Problems do exist relating to the widespread prevalence of guns. Pretending otherwise just makes you look dumb.
You can support something like the 2nd amendment while also acknowledging that there are negative side effects of having it. There's no rule saying you have to dogmatically ignore the obvious!
@@leholen381Simon has and continues to be biased in his reporting, whether he is writing the story or not.
Ruby ridge was one family
It was also entirely the laws fault it even happened in the first place, and Waco ended the way it did because of the laws ineptitude as well.
Move Movement, so many more 🤬
This video is from a very outsider perspective. It makes me question the other ones I've listened to of his.
@@JohnLocke1776 Move Movement were actual criminals though, that is the difference.
@@nephilimninjaofnibiru2907 How would he get any other perspective? He IS an outsider.
Sounds like the 2A is working as intended then, nothing to see here honestly.
That's the thing. Liberal and left leaning people fear the right to bear arms.
So many seem to get sour with a tight butt for it being mentioned at all lol
Considering these militias' goals are to seize power and not protect against a tyrannical government means there's a lot to see
@@Wiseman__ not mention are nothing like well regulated
@Wiseman__ What would the actions be taken to protect against a tyrannical government? Syria just finished taking actions against a tyrannical government, they overthrew it.
Sooooooo, the 2A is working as it should?
Just as the Founding Fathers Intended 🇺🇸
Yes and No. Depends on who you ask.
Militias are still glorified gun clubs not that it matters
Exactly. The 2a clearly asserts our rights to form militias for our own defence.
@@pauld.b7129 It's clear the issue is that the militias are being used for, not against, authoritarian despotism. Would the militias mentioned take up arms against the incoming government if they refused to leave office once their term was up?
The world: America stop being the world police!
Also the world: Hey America why are you ignoring these horrible things??
Damned if we do damned if we don’t.
Europeans want to be independent then lose their minds when all their social programs funding actually goes into their security.
Right! Or hey america, we need money. Even natural disasters around the world how much aid is given. Yeah, there are positives and negatives in every country
Rein in your three-letter agencies and aid in humanitarian efforts, very simple what's not to get
@BIng-g3d In 2023 we donated nearly 5x as much as the next largest donors, the European Commission and Germany. We definitely need to tone that waaaay back too.
Demands of the UAE
1. Rights to all gold, down to the last nanogram, in the Gaza Strip.
2. That's about it.
That's better than the demands of the freaks running the show now
and any environmental legislation infringes on their ambition, so it is not allowed.
What gold is there tho lol
@ Black gold, maybe. Or maybe they're just going to turn that place into a cheap manufacturing hub.
@@zboy2020vision I dunno. That's just kinda the UAE's thing.
I wish the feds cared as much about the crime wave in most American cities as they do about dorks larping in the woods
Actually, if you look at the FBI and BJS statistics, crime ratea has actually been going down.
With that being said, it seems that every political afiliation believes that crime is going up. Also, it is very possible that more crimes might be under-reported especially with the declining trust in government and police. Also, it should be noted that there are more unresolved crimes based on percentages
Which of those groups tried to take the government by force, four years ago? The criminals or the larpers?
@hansonlee5847 That's a lie. Many cities don't publish their stats consistently and more crimes than ever are going unreported
@@hansonlee5847 Keep in mind the fact that they (hello OR and CA as examples) made felonies into misdemeanors to lower their numbers. Plus as you stated how many people have just given up on reporting crime.
The true crime numbers are significantly higher than what the FBI and BJS are reporting.
@@hansonlee5847after a historic high in 2020. Granted it’s lower than the early 90’s but it’s not lower than 2019
The southern poverty law center is not a creditable source for anything.
This is an obvious lie. Probably a Right winger.
Who is your source for dangerous activists groups?
@@willjapheth23789 Someone with integrity.
@@archlich4489Let me guess, people like Alex Jones or Tucker? 😂
@@NotASeriousMoose if the southern poverty law center wants to start accurately tracking actual extremist groups on both sides of the political divide, then we’ll start taking them seriously. Everything I’ve ever seen from the southern poverty law center has obvious biases towards one side of the divide and doesn’t do any real porting or tracking of the other.
I lived in Los Angeles during the 1992 police stand-down and subsequent riots. So yeah, stay armed. Stay frosty.
Keep your rifle by your side
The Roof Koreans are returning.
Same! Lived in South Gate at the time and watched it all happen.
Guys it’s very safe to say all that militia nonsense is completely baseless.
The mere suggestion that the FBI, who would love nothing more than a giant connected militia to investigate, has zero idea what said militia is up to, is unlikely to the point of absurdity.
Plus the FBI prizes secrecy for a reason.
You say that like the FBI hasn't already done that, though? Multiple attempted attacks have been thwarted like the attempted kidnapping of Michigan's governor, or the attack on Baltimore's electrical substations. The militia groups had learned to be more decentralised with their information by the Jan. 6 riot, though.
@ I’m NOT saying that. “John Williams” is. And that’s what it’s so absurd.
@@Vaeldargoh my God you are an absolute embarrassment and did you forget that it was a setup case and was thrown out
So both sides of government are scared of the militias? Good, that’s kinda the point. Carry on everybody
@@AK74-7n6 I think any sort of militia could potentially function as a pro-government militia in the right circumstances.
@@SusCalvinYep. Though to be perfectly honest the big groups like the 3pers and Oath Keepers and all the other big state-level groups are incredibly elementary in their skills to conduct any type of combat or occupation. They are far from worrying no matter what their politics are. There are certainly smaller groups that are 1000% more effective and skilled, but there is a clear divide between actual terrorists and those loyal to America when you get that deep, and they’re very easy to identify.
@@SusCalvinala the brown shirts
@@SusCalvin its cool paramilitaries are illegal in the US then
@@SusCalvin Good point. Maybe we should try to encourage more left wing militias, to balance out all the right wing militias
I see Simon poked a nerve with many of his American viewers
Europeans don't get to have opinions on liberty when they've never been free, and are incapable of imagining what being free is like.
LOL this coming from an ignorant American is hilariously ironic.
@@theawesomeman9821 well yeah, he said something stupid.
@@JustiniZHere Everything you don't agree with is automatically stupid, right?
@@Bertinator-nm9ld When it comes to being wrong about the 2A, yes. Its not up for debate. We have the right to form armed militias. Anything other than this exact line of speaking is wrong and stupid.
“Back then the militias functioned to ensure the government didn’t descend into tyranny” that’s still the role
I love hearing Brits tell me about how scary US militias are.
Makes me all warm and fuzzy inside
@@ZeSgtSchultz I think no current US armed group could fight a sustained insurgency against the state of Algeria.
@SusCalvin so Algeria would attack the US, or do you mean they couldn't defeat Algeria on their soil?
@@ZeSgtSchultz I mean if any US group decided to take up old filibuster traditions, somehow got to Algeria and tried to fight an insurgency over a few years.
There still salty were not a colony. Haven't gotten over the L
How many GWOT veterans are there in the USA right now?
If they ever acted together US militias make up one of the most capable paramilitary force in history, that’s why they’re so scared of them
As an American I like the idea of militias, but the main problem is that the majority of members in these organizations are middle-aged, out of shape, and enjoy LARPing more than anything else.
The issue is that they are all, to a man, widely bigoted and waiting for an excuse.
Most of them have shady priorities it seems.
Instead of protecting civilians and helping during disasters, they seem more focused on political/racial ideals.
If it were just a bunch of retired dudes willing to help people after a tornado/flood rips the town to shreds then they'd be cool. But instead, they seem more focused on political disruption.
@ That’s true as well. If militias would focus more on building community and bringing people from all walks of life together, they’d be huge assets to their local areas.
You have to find or make your own unit under the overarching organization. You just need to keep up with the cost of the equipment if you want to be legit.
Maybe we should have well regulated militia instead of these LARPers.
It is *fascinating*, as an American, to listen to how other countries describe what happened and is currently happening here. We'd never classify the revolution as an insurgency, but honestly that's what it was
if you study the revolutionary war a little, it's very clear it was an insurgency. The british were vastly more powerful and outnumbered us, so we used hit and run tactics, ambushes, very "ungentlemenly" things like targeting officers, used the terrain to our advantage. The revolutionary war is often used as an example of early fourth generation warfare
Calling the American Revolution an insurgency is pretty silly. It was an organized revolution, which is a completely different thing.
@@CedarHuntthe winner decides what it’s called lol same shit different toilet
@@CedarHunt they're the same thing it's just one is just seen as moral and the other immoral. we don't call the revolution an insurrection because they won, and teaching that an insurrection gave us our country would make people think that they have the power to change things.
@@BlazinTigger They're not at all the same thing. An insurgency is based on a small group of political activists attacking a larger group. A revolution is a popular movement with specific goals to overthrow and replace a government. Completely different things.
There are many of us (Americans) who want to see strong, local, well led militias as a protection against a corrupt government.
Then they need to be well regulated. You know, like the constitution says? Do you know how to read, or just not understand what certain words mean?
The vast majority of us don't want that.
@@AdamtheRed- Regulated had to do with using similar equipment So that there's redundancies and ammo That can be shared. It's a change in vernacular.
Well if you want to define a group of toxic machos carrying guns around the place with no accountability as regulated, you find it no surprise we hate their guts. But sure accuse me of jealousy instead of what they could do to me, my family, and friends if we speak out against their fascist sympathies.
@@nephilimninjaofnibiru2907 wrong. You can't just change the meaning of words that you don't like.
Tyranny is running rampant, not only in America, but almost everywhere. Militia’s are absolutely necessary, even if some of them have slightly differing opinions/goals from eachother. America was never meant to be a Police/Surveillance State. The individual Citizens of America, are THE Militia, not the federally paid military and especially not LE.
No, the National Guard ARE America's militia. You treat the military like it's made up of politician hired thugs or mindless robots. The vast majority of U.S. servicemen in both the formal military and that national guard are blue collar stiffs who work because they have families to feed and bills to pay. Thinking that they would turn on their fellow citizens just because a senator ordered them to instead of just ignoring it is incredibly out of touch.
yours is not a sincere comment. It's hyperbole.
Love your videos brother but the Southern Poverty Law Center is not a legitimate organization anymore, they’re a far left political group.
Only seems that way because the far-right went full-on nasi.
So, the good guys...
@@SonsOfLorgar😂😂😂
@@SonsOfLorgarIdk usually good guys win elections
Far left = good ✔️@@SonsOfLorgar
Never quote the SPLC for anything.
Unless you're pointing out what a compromised, biased and laughable source of information they are.
PePe ThE fRoG iS a HaTe SyMbOl
So Is ThE oK sIgN
Great point, who should we refer to as the authority?
Ok, Mr thought police!
because they hurt Nazi feelings?
Which is more likely:
1. Americans during 2020 saw their local and state governments turn repressive, shutting down commerce and due process with emergency powers. These same governments then refused to enforce the laws during that summer and major cities saw burning and looting, with the police refusing to show up to emergency calls for extended periods. This led average people to to arm themselves and seek out community protection organizations or
2. A lone survivalist worked his way up to kead an organization he in no way embellished or made up, and then fed unverified information to a bunch of naive journalists (and TH-camrs), which by coincidence confirmed their existing biases and coincided with their advertiser's narrative. Said sole source then disappeared and changed his name
Typical liberal nonsense. I've watched documentaries where they're "horrified" that people are teaching kids gun safety, and think that traditional values make you a "cult member"..I take everything they say from the perspective that they're sheltered pearl snatchers who knows very little of the world outside their city bubble
buddy both what happens didnt happen becaudse you based them on delusions. Such as believing epidemics don't exist. My guy black lives matter only a few places. and thousands were charged for crimes my guy.
#1 was a calculated message to upset the people by ignoring the context of the time and #2 is dismissively biased.
Freedom of speech, and the right to defend it
And big boom boom sticks to say whose right
@@BobSmith-rp2oz Don't forget!
Agreed! We should get more left wing militias up and running, to protect against all the censorship that has been happening in the nanny states of Texas and Florida, these past couple years!
Who, in need of defense, in recent years was being fined or jailed in the USA by a government entity for mere speech?
@@wheeliebeast7679not jail. Loss of job, family, friends, livelihood... Over speech. I understand your exaggeration tho
When the courts take decades to figure out justice, and the states ignore them anyway... The next step is both tragic and obvious.
"according to the southern poverty law center"
Turned off the video there.
are they the ones who say pepe the frog is a hate symbol
@@moonasha Yes. They are.
@moonasha except Pepe did get appropriated by alt-right people for a little while back in like 2015-2017. So much so that the creator of Pepe had to sue multiple neo-nazi groups to stop them from using the meme that way.
@@floyd0604 That didn't happen. These groups don't exist. Turn the news off and go talk to people outside.
@@davidc1878 This is like sayinga swastika isn't used as a hate symbol
Protecting the constitution is a requirement for a free society.
Militias don't protect the constitution. They work to undermine it.
Yeah how about playing Helldivers 2 to see what happens when "managed democracy" knows how to coop those words and ideas to hide the fascism it really is.
@@NoumenonAndPhenomenon I don't think you understand what he's saying. He's talking about the US Constitution. Of course if a dictator comes in and institutes their own constitution then it's going to be heavily biased towards keeping them in power forever. The US Constitution was not written under these kind of ideals...
@@Smuggs75 The militias are largely supporting a guy who said he wants to throw out the Constitution when it gets in his way...
@@Bertinator-nm9ldExactly! Dude outright floated termination of it because he lost, then took active measures to subvert it to stay in power. He was just re-elected by the very people who claim to support the constitution.
This baked into the constitution and bill of rights. If you can't understand why militias are necessary for a nation then you will never get it. Look whats happened to countries that were disarmed
buddy thinks hand guns can fight against tanks. No reality it always meant the state had to control them. seriously you can look up paramilitary laws. by the way you keep using the term milities when in reality they can called paramilitary forces.
@AL-lh2ht I suppose you'd prefer we had muskets too 🙄
@@AL-lh2hthate to break it to you cannons and tanks can be legally purchased
@@simoncohen9323 And you know someone who owns an M777A2 howitzer or M1A2 Abrams MBT?
@questionmaker5666 no but I do know someone that owns a Sherman tank
Simon need to steer clear of US domestic politics until he gets some American writers cuz he really sound like he has no idea wtf hes talking about
Here's the thing, he has just as little idea about anything else. It's just ones lack of familiarity with topics that make him seem well informed.
So Americans are using the second amendment as intended terrific 🙌🏽
nobody's used it properly yet.
The Southern Poverty Law Center is not a valid source, they have an extreme bias.
THANK YOU
Don't pretend it's about bias. This is the same nonsense as when he talks about Putin, or Netanyahu. Just excuses desperately trying to deny reality.
Simon, instead of focusing on Americans rights to bear arms against tyrannical governments, maybe focus on your own United Kingdom’s government literally jailing its citizens for “offense Facebook content”.
I was gonna make a few points for you to have a look at but nah not gonna waste my time
@@theboat2328 good, don’t.
@@theboat2328 Great argument
I see musk has convinced you this is actually happening. Carry on.
You cannot be helped and won't research the facts.
Calls to action aren't legal in America either. Free speech? Ask Snowden about American free speech 😂
Thank god for our second amendment 🇺🇸
which god
god would object.
@@marqsee7948God told us to sell our cloaks and buy a sword
His words on the matter are very clear
@@marqsee7948A god of war is a god of peace. War is human nature whether we like it or not. Just accept it and everything's cool.
@@marqsee7948 "He said to them, 'But now if you have a purse, take it, and also a bag; and if you don’t have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one.'"
- Luke 22:36
Every able bodied male in the United States is in the unorganized militia, my state Oklahoma even has it in our state constitution that every able bodied male is in the unregulated militia. We have 2 militia forces in our nation, the organized (national guard) and unorganized (citizenry)
I'm not in a militia. lol
This is true of a lot of states, including many on the political left (such as Washington state).
No one in our country has felt the fear of being invaded and will have no reason to for decades. The goal of the militias are obviously not for community defense. They are interested in domestic politics, which is fine, if it didn't involve the threat of violence.
@@BlazinTigger How would you react if unmarked armed people were suddenly telling you they had to check your car.
@willjapheth23789 it only involves the threat of violence to the govt, cuz ya know. The american govt is inherently corrupt in every state and especially at the federal level. They should rightfully fear a bunch of armed and not listened to citizens.
Most militias are no problem at all, feels like scaremongering from the "firey yet mostly peaceful" crowd.
Stop using AI generated thumbnails, thanks.
Speaking as an officer in a nationwide Defense Militia most of us join because we're former military and just want to keep helping our communities.
Militias are not a threat they are a right that we Americans are entitled to in our constitution
Militias aren’t a threat . American militias stand to defend the constitution mostly through protests
like Jan. 6.
So basically this one guy, did more sleuthing and undercover work than the FBI ever could manage against these militias?
This guy deserves some sort prize for journalism or something similar to applaud this guy and his huge balls
Allegedly, this is based on what, the testimony of that one journalist?
He deserves the CIA prize for Excellence in Journalism!
There is so much more than what’s publicly available.
The FBI created these 'militias'
@Gorbachof
One journalist with a deep-cover source that has, and shared, the receipts.
Irony: When a Brit criticizes American insurrectionist groups, conveniently forgetting their ancestors once threw the biggest tea party tantrum in history and called it independence.
Yall and most of our English speaking cousins still live under the 'crown', so it was worth it to be free of the king.
So Simon uses genocide to describe what's currently going on in Sudan, while Israel is fighting a "war" against Hamas. This is in spite of reems of video and picture evidence showing that Israel has been carrying out a genocide.
Exactly. It’s so odd. But not unexpected from a European commentator.
The fact that many militia members have been arrested in the last 4 years is a great representation of why militias are important.
Maybe they shouldn't commit crimes then, if they don't want to get arrested!
@Bertinator-nm9ld yes, crimes are illegal and should be punished. Militias should be allowed to exist as an accountability against ill intended government actions. It's sketchy that the government targeted militias disproportionately.
@@Bertinator-nm9ld Or just maybe look into why they bothered them in the first place? It's a free country support who you want freely. That's how it should be
@@hankgast3928 Maybe groups that attract military LARPers also attract people who are willing to push the boundaries of laws? Maybe there's a correlation between those two groups?
Is it disproportionate targeting if they're disproportionately committing crimes?
@Bertinator-nm9ld as long as they are getting arrested for actual crimes. If they are targeted for arrest because of affiliation to coordinated armed groups who can hold corruption accountable, that is wrong. The larping thing is funny because they do look like dog shit if you watch their "tactical" videos.
America's relationship with the UAE makes a lot more sense if the UAE told america they want help reforming and cracking down on their oppression. Who knows if its true, but telling america you want help with human rights etc and all you need is american support to do it is a great way to get america to help diplomatically. From America's pov if all it takes to get the UAE to stop supporting proxy wars and stop helping russia is to be nice and invest in them, then thats a pretty easy choice. Its cold war diplomacy, and if it works it would be a huge success to pull the culturally conservative middle east into the western sphere.
Lol. The billionaires trying to siphon the last of the US wealth distribution donating anything to UAE is laughable. I'd focus on keeping your already wavering allies before recruiting more.
An American accusing other countries of supporting proxy wars LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
@@CarlyGayJepsen you said trying to white wash the UAE support of the deadlines war on war currently with millions of dead civilians in sudan.
@@AL-lh2ht no I’m pointing out the fact that it’s ironic that an American is accusing another country of what his own country has been (and still doing) for decades. Nice try bozo.
@@AL-lh2ht no I didn’t I simply pointed out the irony of an American making that accusation.
Listening to SPLC takes you to crazy places.
Culturally I just don't think you understand us.
Read the daily stormer if you want to understand militia groups
@@dabocasterSo you say.
Western Europeans have no concept of liberty or safety and are now in a position to possess neither.
You lost me at SPLC.
Couldn't keep up, eh?
The entire first part of this video really just feels like heavily personally influenced Anti-Militia propaganda instead of a neutral take on US information. Puts a a weird spin on it.
For someone I've never seen on camera, I am very aware of the writers' politics. Try not to make it too obvious.
I find Simon's content is normally pretty level-headed, but occasionally they upload a video like this one where it's incredibly biased. I mean using the SPLC as a source? REALLY?
This guy content has always been based only facts,he relate it as it is. We may not like the facts cause it goes against how we feel about it but facts are facts. He has never been bias and it’s really unfair to label him that just cause you don’t agree with him or have not seen all his other videos. Check them out,he talk about world wide history and wars,been doing it for yrs
@ No, he relates what he's told and what he gathers from other sources. According to Marjorie Taylor Green, California wildfires are likely caused by Jewish Space Lasers. She's a congresswoman, a far more reliable source than the SPLC. Does that mean Simon should do a video on Israel's anti-California space program?
@@ayelensougan499 Normally, I would agree, and I def agree with Plaid-h7b. However, quoting the SPLC for a damn thing shoots a major hole in his credibility. It would be like me claiming that the Ukrainians are losing and then citing a Russian news agency as a credible source on the topic.
@@YnnY_1 I'm glad you find your feelings and vibes to be such a good guide for your opinions!
I don’t understand the severe cynicism towards the UAE. At the end of the day, it is one of the least radical countries in a tough neighborhood. Gaza needs billions of dollars to rebuild, the population needs to be deradicalized (not politically correct- but it’s the truth, sorry), and UAE investments in Gaza will ultimately benefit the people of Gaza. Perhaps War Fronts has a better alternative in mind?
All those militias are filled with glowers... Brighter than the sun 🌞
I'm proud to see all the Americans pushing back on the militia tooic
Never thought this fella would take an L. Now i gotta revisit every video he's ever made and do better research.
Most "known "militias will help the law enforcement officers,the National Gaurd,any branch of the military or the federal government asked them without threatening them.If America ever gets invaded the angry American civilian population will do their part.
buddy they paramilitary forces are not that big, in fact most are antigoverment.
@AL-lh2ht Not the ones known in Tennessee & most are pro-American not anti-American.
I will never work along side with the Federal Government ever only local or state
Meanwhile in Britain you can go to Jail over a meme
...If the meme incites people to set religious buildings on fire.
You're missing a little context there.
free speach does not mean you are allowed to break the law
@@liorgoldshtein2373👈🏽 govern me HARDER. 🤡
@@Talisguy A radical reli(political ideology)gion, taking over the country, seems to be the culprit. Pushing the NATIVE men of the country to push back against the radical invasion.
😂 you both need to move. Stockholm syndrome is deep.
USA:want to conquer Greenland, Panama canal and Canada
Simon:Militias are on the rise
Lol no American I know wants to do any of that, we are all laughing at the very notion 😂
@@jaceh5109 The leader and representative wants to his actions and wants are yours as you elected him.
Trump is just trolling you. He likes talking trash and stirring up drama; he's a showman first, then an American. lol
@@ZezyxxTrump has no idea what he is saying either. He is a demagogue, not a leader
@@jaceh5109This reassures me only slightly more than when Russians were saying that Russia was not going to invade Ukraine. Right up until it did…
Militias are not a security issue. The millions of illegals that infiltrated the southern border is the issue.
Fr💯🗿
So...where are all those illegals? I haven't seen any.
Tbh, the militia thing feels like an outsider commenting on something he doesn't understand about another culture. It was in fact the intent of the founding fathers that US citizens be able to form armed militias. The existence of militias like that is not inherently bad, and you didn't establish why anyone should disagree with the goal of protecting our fundamental civil rights outlined in the constitution, nor did you even attempt to establish that this isn't the goal of these militias. I'm not a part of any of them, and don't know enough about them to comment on how good or bad they are, but the reporting on them lacked the most basic and foundational building block or informing people: establishing a common starting point for the information you intend to convey
It’s the purpose of militias to do exactly what they are doing….it literally says in the constitution that if the government becomes overly tyrannical it’s the people’s right and duty to overthrow that government and create a new one
@@rjweiss1 It means my gun is worth more than your vote.
How many people get a say when 1% decide violence is the answer? One group is called the 3 percenters.
Show me where it says that in the constitution
Better re-read the Constitution RJ. It's not that long.
@BigfootFungi it's the possible intent of 2A because of the words of the declaration and the mindset of the anti federalist who authored the bill of rights. Political organizations that think theats/violence are appropriate forms of political activism should not be seen as defensive militias, though.
Have the Southern Poverty Law Center not been discredited quite thoroughly?
Comprised mostly of former alphabet agencies, and lobbies that wear small hats if ya follow
@JohnLocke1776 the unabashed nazism here is astounding holy shit
@@JohnLocke1776Why does it always come around to bashing Jews for you guys I'm as distrustful of three letter agencies as anyone ( Im black after all and the FBI hasn't historically been kind to us) but Jews have nothing to do with it.
Only by racist groups.
They have indeed. Far left political action group at this point. Normally, his videos are pretty decent. It just feels like anytime he covers recent US politics, his writers end up getting the most biased sources imaginable.
If we were allowed to speak, we could explain why. Censorship is one of the issues that rub us the wrong way.
Ain't nothing stopping you from speaking here.
@@zacnewman7140 well technicaly there is, youtube does censor certain comments.
@@balinthehater8205 mostly literal slus
@ If you have never been censored, you have no interesting political opinions.
@ It happens every single day.
Yeah.. Militias have been around for a long time, Right wing, left wing, etc. May work for a seperate video if you want to explore the idea, but not on a Situation room Current Events chapter.. there not current events.And it being from a single source, and it seems not well researched by whatever team you have going.. is kinda lazy.
Try again with your own research and an unbiased observation.
So I generally love your show, but the armed militia thing is hilarious. I’m an Infantry combat veteran and work in the firearms industry. To call these people a threat to anyone but themselves is ridiculous. While militias do have a lot of weapons they lack the training or expertise to pretty much do anything but shoot them selfs in the foot. People give military personnel way too much credit for having deadly skills. In the American military only Infantry and Special Operations have the training to go on the offensive with small arms. Illiterate every one else is only trained to a level that they can defend themselves. Even combat arms personnel on tanks or artillery can only attack with the system they specialize on, with out them they’re combat ineffective and would take a defensive posture. In my civilian line of work as a Gunsmith, I can tell you from having a front row seat and fixing these people’s equipment that yeah, the US military has nothing to worry about from these guys. Most if they are military lack any of the skills that would be required to pose a threat.
Lastly I’ll touch on why you rarely find guys like me in these groups. War is the most intense when experienced as riflemen, doesn’t matter who you are if you’re attacking with nothing but small arms, you’re a rifleman. These experiences bond us together in a way you won’t see in the rest of the military. I’ve been out for almost 20 years and to this day my closest friends, and the people I spend the most time with are the guy I fought along side. We’re our own tribe and our sons and daughters now wears the uniform today. Also because of what we did many of us stay strongly connected to the military even after getting out. I have countless brothers who now work law enforcement, DOD or other government jobs. We see every one in uniform as family, and that would mean attacking the military as killing our own. Finally we know the reality of was. The US is not Iraq, Afghanistan or Vietnam. We have a functioning government and so those type of insurgency wouldn’t work. I agree these people will always be a threat as lone wolves or small scale attacks, but a major threat to the United States of America? Hell no, I mean really guys I’d expect more from you.
Stop it pls...y'all couldn't even win in iraq and Afghanistan let alone a war on your own soil...acting like you need to be a SOF to stand against a tyrannical government give me a break....
@@9BF_5459 wtf are you talking about? The US had a resounding victory in Iraq and now permanently occupies portions of it. In Afghanistan, it was another resounding victory. The US handed over the reigns to Afghanis in the late 2010s, and they collapsed like the Syrian army just did. The US military was at no point ever militarily defeated, for most of the late 2010s there were less than 2000 US troops in the country who were never really engaged in combat. I don't know what you're doing but lying about history won't change it.
Where are people getting the idea that militias are planning on fighting the US military? If anything they'd be fighting agencies like the FBI and ATF. militias are not offensive forces, they could do terrorist attacks but what the hell would that accomplish?
@@9BF_5459depends on what you define as winning. Did we topple governments in the matter of hours? Yup. Did we eliminate terrorist leaders without much effort? Yup. Did we change a century old culture of cowards? Nope, we failed at bringing freedom to people who aren't willing to fight for it.
@9BF_5459 of course u clowns talk trash about the best military in the world when all yall do is failed assassination attempts and rebellions lmao
I dont think anyone in the US takes those milities seriously, theyre like goofy idiots
Sadam's troops were hardened by the hellscape they grew up in, had training, tanks, fighter planes, missiles and special forces. The US army devastated Sadam. US police officers are very poorly trained and US militias are mocked as ''gravy seals'' for a reason.
@@DarkWarchieff The army of Saddam had a bit out of date kit, but most of all they had an extremely centralized command. A lot of the US strikes targeted their command and control organs.
The US only came out on top because of its weapons though they did struggle in Afghanistan. Americans haven't fought a serious army. Even Ukraine claimed when they followed American military advice they started losing 😅😅
@@Bamboohugger ukraine cant do what the us can. American soldiers and doctrine have assumption of air mastery.
Ukraine doesnt have that
@@Bamboohugger You need American kit to follow American military advice effectively. Specifically air supremacy.
@@Bamboohugger Using US military tactics didn't work for two reasons: One a lack of air power, and two was rushed training (weeks not months).
Having lived through 2020 in the U.S., militias are the least of my concerns.
The UAE needs to answer for their complicity in exacerbating and funding the war in Sudan.
It looks like nobody is considering ceasefire for Sudan due to its lack strategic economic interest. I never thought the UAE is playing such a bloodthirsty role behind the scenes.
“If the United States faces any clear large scale domestic security threat, it’s these well armed well populated militias”
You do not see the hundreds of thousands of undocumented men coming in the US a year from unknown locations, ideologies, and backgrounds as a larger threat than the militias that are formed from the chief legal and cultural document of the United States ?
Both are potential threats. All it takes for militias to become a threat is a cult of personality forming around a highly narcissistic and unstable person with the Supreme Court and Legislature in lockstep behind said person for militias to become a very big problem, very quickly. Oh wait...
unless you can prove that all of those people have discussed committing terrorist attacks and assassinating politicians, yes.
the middle east should be a good example of how dangerous small groups of well armed, ideologically extreme and violence oriented people can have on a nation’s stability. the taliban, ISIS, and al qaeda started out just like these guys.
He is taking about the Government Institutions not the people.
of course the possible Chinese sabotage groups are less dangerous then US citizens with guns, the guns tell people to kill didn't you know!
absolute joke isn't it?
@@davidrossa4125then he worded it extremely poorly
This is why we have militia because some say we aren't allowed....
Militias are fine until they start becoming terror groups
So the mindset of a toddler then? Someone says you can't, so you do?
@@arwing20More along the lines of "our founding document guarantees us rights in line with natural rights."
It saddens me that my fellow lefties will complain about armed MAGAts and then disparage community defense in the same breath.
@@arwing20 honestly its a valid mindset if for a goal or a reason
@@arwing20 to be fair, America will probably be needing those militias soon at this rate.
So, I did 11 combat tours…end of my career, I was part of Task Force White…these “militias” will not be a problem. Yes, there are groups that patrols and monitors the southern border. They also set up places where the migrants can get clean water and shelter.
They have also kicked out the people they learned that were shooting the water tanks and setting fire to the shelter.
The groups I have watched from UAVs along the border are heavily armed - they bring the migrants to the closest Border Patrol checkpoint, they help provide care.
They don’t want to have dead bodies all over the desert. They are heavily armed because you can learn pretty quickly where the Cartel leader is located - sometimes you can see them from an elevated position basically having a stare-down with binoculars.
I do know of former US SOF on the ground right now in Gaza - many are trying to escort the young and elderly. The Israelis are much less likely to open fire on a group of white, heavily armed, dudes speaking in American accents and wearing the US flag patch.
These groups are willing to fight Hamas in order for civilians to be protected - they wear the flag because the Israelis are way less likely to fire upon them because of all the military weapons we have provided to Israel.
I have worked for several Private Military Companies. Much of my work were the protection and evacuation of embassy staff in Sudan, Libya, Iraq, Afghanistan (right after the fall of Afghanistan), I do know the guys hired by the UAE- I have been in combat right beside them in the past.
Let me say this; They do NOT represent what the average American PMC is like. You have to understand, when you are literally going into compounds with SOF and eventually JSOC, you get really good what we are supposed to do.
We are there to confirm the identity, arrest/capture or if it comes down to do it, killing them when all other measures have failed.
There is a switch that we all have implanted in our body - and it’s not easy to turn off.
I’m not making excuses for the guys who were in Yemen (and likely still are). They were offered a ton of money to do exactly what we were trained to do. The problem is that this group had no overlook - they truly didn’t care about killing civilians because they got paid either way.
If you work in the SOF in the role that I held (I planned, and called in air strikes - many of which were “danger close”
Shit man, mistakes happen, sensors on the aircraft systems fail at times, I make mistakes, we have a JDAM that doesn’t track towards the IRLD (basically a laser only the guys on night vision and those in aircraft can see) and the bomb hits the wrong area.
I know I made mistakes that did cost a few civilian lives - and I hate myself for that. I have met with the families of those that were killed, and they forgave me, but I have a hard time forgiving myself.
My point is that we will always have bad apples in every bunch. It’s the bad apples that can truly ruin an entire tree.
source?
@@AL-lh2ht There is a video on here about “mercenaries” fighting and killing on the orders of the United Arab Emirates. I’ll just tell you that one of the guy’s name is Dale. I’m sure you can google the rest. He was a member of The US Army CAG.
You can also fill out a FOIA, and get the report for yourself. Other than that, I am your source.
Damn, groups protecting citizens and doing good? Sounds like exactly the sort of thing that the British government, and much of the US government would try to eliminate as quickly as possible.
The 2A not only guarantees the right of every citizen to own and bear arms but also the right to form and organize militias
As stated in numerous other comments, this video is based on very flawed, skewed, and bias information with an obvious agenda. I would encourage you to do better in the future as an “independent journalist”
militias in the US are not a threat, they are insurance.
Militias in the USA connected to local police??? No fucking way…
Some of those that work forces, are the same that burn crosses.
Militia members should be in law enforcement and refuse to enforce unconstitutional laws.
@@BlazinTigger what laws? The usual procedure is the courts, like the supreme court. At what point ought we to ignore the court's interpretation and enforce our personal interpretation?
@@BlazinTigger Ehh..I don't want the people enforcing it being able to pick and choose. Each time they choose not to enforce, I would want them suspended pending investigation. Think it'd be better for courts to stop being so anal about jury nullification - and for the defendant to receive proper restitution should they be found innocent / case nullified. I'm pretty pro-police as a baseline just for the record, but lord knows we got some people who shouldn't be officers. And not enough who should.
@@BlazinTigger And when they behave in a way you take issue with, you'll probably delete this post and deny supporting them. All it took was an election loss for those "back the blue" flags to turn into weapons against capitol police officers. These militias are the same way.
Omg they are using 2nd amendment... isnt that their right?
What’s the impetus underlying acknowledging Sudan as a genocide and not Gaza
I’m huge into the firearm community in the United States and I’ve never encountered anything like the militias or heard of anyone involved.
Doesn't mean they don't exist though
Same, here in the western part of the states militias get made fun of
@@nathanrose3523 So what if they do?
@ I’m not saying they don’t exist. I’m saying that fixating on fringe groups with little cache doesn’t mean they’re widespread or to be taken seriously.
@@tannermurphree8247 Oath Keepers alone is estimated to be 5,000 to 30,000 in membership
“Hey buddy! You can’t change the Second Amendment!!”
“Then why’s it called an ‘amendment’?”
so why haven't they changed it?? you can change the amendment all you want but you cant write laws that just ignore it. kinda telling that it hasn't been changed yet.
Hey random question, remember when Ray Epps said we needed to go into the Capital? Who is Ray Epps lol silly little question.
If you are asking that question, you know the most important part of the answer, the rest will have to wait for Kash 😂.
Left winger there to provoke
Simon clearly does not understand why militias exist in the first place in the USA. Nor how they continue to exist despite stigma from certain interested parties. I will not be re-hashing what someone else in the comments has done by scrutinizing this video's American Militias portion; But Brother-man - Simon, my dude. You suck at reporting these things with an unbiased or even a balanced approach! All the speculation from 9m55s to around 11m20s is just that - wild speculation based upon biased sources. I love these videos, but you could stand to gain from finding better sources for US domestic politics and events.
You make me laugh my ass off soundin like there's a militia hiding behind every corner, in truth there are very few and very small and in reality NOT A THREAT TO THE GOVERNMENT.
like Jan.6.
UAE is also working with Egypt to build a city on the Mediterranean coast, not that far from Suez, and 'Hello! Gaza. They also annexed a significant Yemeni Island between the Persian Gulf and the Bab El Mandab (entrance to Red Sea, southern approach to Suez)..... UAE is making some moves. Hope the State Department is keeping an eye on the whole geopolitical game.
Tensions here are sky high on both sides of the political isle now. Personally, i fear a violent break is inevitable now.
I still hold that letting rednecks shoot their guns and talk trash lets them blow off steam and feel heard; then they go home. Not letting them be heard is more dangerous.
No one wants to go over that edge
Nothing ever happens
@brian_phipps i live in a very red area I've seen them openly saying they can't wait to start rounding up and pew pew dems and immigrants. I've received death threats as well. Every dem and veteran I know is stock piling gear. To deny what's happening is just being blind.
@Mauricio-v4e5j look at the people launching attacks, look at the people trying to burn down los Angeles and caught setting the fires. Trouble is just starting.
If the UK had the right to bear arms and form a militia, perhaps they would have less grooming gangs. 🤔
Criminals still exist in the US. Vulnerable children don't have access to guns in the US and so it would make little difference.
They would at least have a voice that their rulers would fear enough to take seriously. As it is, indigenous Brits are toothless, and little more than a mild irritant along the WEF’s path to globalist domination.
We've all seen how this sort of thing tends to end when the government is corrupt enough.
I'm for militias but a militia that sees itself as right or left leaning misses the point entirely. If you have a militia it should be for the stated purpose in the Constitution. The decision to take action should be based on facts not conspiracies or personal beliefs. I think militias could also be a big help during natural disasters.
US in the 1990s: "We gotta stop these militias!"
US in the 2020s: "We gotta stop these militias!"
...and the wheel of time turned, yet not a lesson was learned.
I'm so happy and proud to see the comments atually calling up bullshit when they see it. It's so unbelievably refreshing
Look we feel the anxiety of being a “free” country. No one in their right mind feels as if we are free…”here choose between these 3 things” thanks but that’s not freedom. The mass majority of us just want to be comfortable and happy so we eat what they feed us. Only now is it so egregiously in our faces that we are the bad guys and that this political structure is a joke that we can’t look away. We long for the archaic revival that should put us back on track that it’s difficult to speak out.
archaic revival? You mean when the US was mucher pooro then britian or even further back when slavery was legal.
In this video your accent is much more natural than in the Yougoslav wars. More pleasant, less posh or distracting. Congratulations, I'm pleasantly surprised
Simon I am dumbfounded you used a SPLC “statistic”; when was the last time you checked/enforced the sources your writers are using?
Also you describing militias as a lingering threat is quite silly as militias are what made this country and was smoking your great big redcoat army back in the good old days lol please do not turn this channel political.
This is a wild video. I've been through all 48 continental states and met many people and have yet to meet a neo nazi or a black separatist.
dont stick to the highways 😂
They typically don't broadcast it
@@brohan914
Or it is simply no where near as prevalent as it is sold to be.
They tend to do podcasts now, like Nick "Your body, MY choice." Fuentes.
I'll have to keep an eye out for these dangerous podcasters
Man, I'm kinda feeling left out here. Was considering joining the Three Percenters a few years ago and spent about a year with them. All we did was do training in the woods. volunteer work, and target shooting. Considering how they operate, I'm curious how a random guy just shows up and gets put in charge of a state. Most leadership positions require experience with leadership in a military or law enforcement capacity.
Well because you never got the chance to go out and start lynching gay people, which is why groups like that exist. And we know it. And we see you.